Mumbai: Pink Army, Civic Workers Join Hands to Clean the City Before Diwali

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is conducting a special cleanliness campaign across the city in preparation for Diwali from October 15 to 19. The drive focuses on main roads, internal roads, dividers, walkways, intersections, and marketplaces. 

Zonal and ward officials have been instructed to carry it out actively in their respective areas to involve local citizens as well as civic workers. The specially assigned "Pink Army" will help carry out the cleanliness drive during evening and night hours. Roads, dividers, walkways, intersections, and markets will be thoroughly cleaned. 

Waste, debris, dirt, and building rubble collected from roads and bylanes will be removed and disposed of using proper techniques, according to a BMC Solid Waste Management division representative.

This drive follows a recent special cleanup from September 29 to October 13, when the BMC conducted extensive cleaning across all administrative wards. The goal was to remove floating debris and maintain the city’s waterways.

The BMC collected and disposed of 124.55 tonnes of floating waste from nullahs. The two-week operation involved 4,974 workers and used 479 cleaning machines and trucks.