With mounds of garbage piling up along the side of the road in several parts of Bandra West, residents have slammed the BMC for failing to streamline the collection of trash. With the Bandra fair to be celebrated in the second week of September at the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, residents have urged the civic body to clean up chronic garbage spots in the vicinity, most of which are in proximity to the church, including Hill Road, St Peter`s Road, and St John Baptist Road.

Lillian Pais, a Bandra resident, said, “Accumulation of garbage is happening in the vicinity of schools, near mutton markets, under flyovers, behind parked vehicles, and in the middle of residential areas. Even though the BMC has got rid of community open bins, garbage is still piling up on the road.”