AS the city waits for the rains and the question about its impending arrival dominates the conversation on train commutes and over cocktails, Mumbai is stepping on the gas pedal when it comes to monsoon preparation.

While BMC has started putting up nets at the mouths of several drains to stop garbage from entering the sea, the new civic commissioner Praveen Pardeshi has planned on posting clean-up marshals to monitor nullahs in the city round-the-clock.