During the meeting, residents demanded that the candidates address long-pending civic issues, including broken and encroached footpaths, illegal hawkers, debris dumping, pollution, development of education facilities such as schools and colleges, and zero tolerance for corruption

Waste dumped in open due to absence of nearby dustbins; locals warn the littered streets are harming forest and wildlife; garbage bins have been installed outside slum pockets in Aarey Milk Colony, from where the BMC collects waste daily