An FIR has been filed against Geeta Singhan, a former corporator from Borivli who is affiliated with the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), for not distributing dustbins that were meant for her ward a few years ago. Corporators receive funds from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to distribute dustbins, within a financial year, to residents in order to segregate waste at the household level. But it was found that in the R Central Ward, bins that were bought four to five years ago were still in storage.

As per the FIR—which was filed by an engineer employed by the BMC in the Kasturba Marg police station on Wednesday—after receiving complaints about the illegal storage of dustbins in a Slum Rehabilitation Authority building at Devipada in Borivali East, he visited the spot along with senior officials. The FIR states, "We found dustbins in three galas (storage units that sometimes function as shops) which belong to Ashapura Option Pvt Ltd on the ground and first floor and it was clear that they were bought with the corporator's funds of Singhan, who was the corporator of ward no. 12 in 2017-18 and 2018-19.”