Additional Municipal Commissioner Dr Ashwini Joshi held a meeting with representatives of the clean-up marshal agencies working under the Solid Waste Management Department and the 'Swachh Mumbai Abhiyan' at the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) headquarters on Thursday. During the meeting,  she said that there will be no tolerance for any laxity in public cleanliness within the BMC's jurisdiction.

"Clean-up marshals appointed for cleanliness enforcement must be made more active. Between April 2024 and January 2025, fines worth Rs 4.54 crore were collected from 1,40,584 citizens for violations related to public cleanliness. However, this figure is relatively low and punitive action against violators of public cleanliness rules must be increased," said Dr Joshi during the meeting, which was also attended by Kiran Dighavkar, Deputy Commissioner (Solid Waste Management), and other officials.