Rs 25,000 fine from Monday: BMC goes after construction waste trucks as Mumbai’s air worsens

Mumbai's Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is set to enforce stricter penalties for construction and demolition (C&D) waste violations as the city's air quality deteriorates post-monsoon. Starting from Monday, the civic body will impose a fine of Rs 25,000 on vehicles transporting C&D waste without a Vehicle Tracking and Monitoring System (VTMS) and on construction sites that are not registered on the Mumbai Debris Control and Tracking System (MDCTS).

The BMC launched the MDCTS portal in August to track C&D waste from its generation point to an authorized unloading or processing facility, aiming to curb illegal dumping in roads, vacant plots, drains, creeks, water bodies, and mangroves. Despite generating over 8,000 tonnes of C&D waste daily, the BMC's treatment capacity is limited to only about 1,200 tonnes per day at its facilities in Dahisar and Shilphata.

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