Old community dustbins, which are often found full and overflowing, are posing an obstacle to the BMC’s move to beautify the city, but civic officials seem least bothered about it. There are around 1,500 such bins across the city which are cleaned out once a day. Local residents claimed this was not enough and also pointed at the lack of facilities to segregate waste. This despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announcing a Rs 2,000-crore beautification plan for the city.

Faiyaz Aslam Shaikh, a Govandi resident, said, “Shivaji Nagar and its surrounding areas have a high population density, so these bins here are always full and the garbage spills over on the road. We have requested  BMC officials and even wrote to civic chief I S Chahal. As BMC is promoting waste segregation at source, we have urged them to raise awareness about the same in our area too.”