Linah Baliga, TNN -
Mumbai: Laying down clear rules for Advanced Locality Management(ALM)s in the city, the BMC has categorically emphasised that ALMs should focus on solid waste management issues, as a priority.
It was observed that the assistant commissioner of various wards are reluctant to meet ALMs that raked up other issues like hawkers and encroachments in their area. Additional municipal commissioner Ashish Kumar Singh met Action for Good Governance and Networking in India (AGNI) on Saturday to clarify the role of ALMs in the city.
Singh said that the most common observation at ward offices was that ALMs brought up issues other than solid waste management(SWM). “ALMs should only raise issues of garbage, cleanliness, segregation and recycling,” added Singh. “We were told that ward officers felt they were caught in a slinging match with ALMs. In 1999, the reason to start ALMs was for SWM and Singh wants us to bring it back to its original purpose.” said Shyama Kulkarni, treasurer, AGNI.
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