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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) slapped the Railway Protection Force (RPF) with a penalty to the tune of Rs. 1,000 on Wednesday, after staffers from the agency were seen burning heaps of old documents outside Churchgate station on Tuesday evening.
An incident of open burning was reported at an open space near the IMC building, tucked behind the busy Churchgate station. In what appeared like an attempt to dispose of old office documents, heaps of official papers as well as bundles of folders were dumped at the open spot and were being burnt at the site.
Soon as the incident came to light, the civic body received complaints of open garbage burning who pressed their staffers to the site to douse the blaze and curb pollution in the busy spot. According to BMC officials who overlooked the drive, at least two RPF inspectors from the Churchgate station were also present during the operations.
Amid violations of the the civic SWM bylaws which prohibit open burning in the open, a senior official told The Indian Express that a penalty of Rs. 1000 has been imposed upon RPF Churchgate. “As per the Brihanmumbai Sanitation and health bylaws 2006, there is a provision to take penal action against the concerned for the nuisance of open burning in the city of Mumbai and with respect to the same, an penalty of Rs. 1,000 has been imposed,” read a notice issued by the A ward to the officials of Railway Protection Force at the Churchgate Police station. The notice further directed the force to refrain from open burning and discard old documents in the office in a proper way.
For the record, earlier this month, the BMC revised its penalty for open garbage and solid waste burning at public space to Rs 1,000, registering a ten fold increase from the previous penalty amount of Rs 100. The fine of Rs. 100 for garbage burning had been first imposed in 2006, when the solid waste management (SWM) bylaws came into force in the city.
Meanwhile, the civic body — in its draft policy of the revised bylaws of 2025 — has also proposed to further increase the fines for waste burning by a commercial property to Rs. 10,000.
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