The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) intends to step up its cleaning campaign by imposing harsher penalties and a monthly user fee to cover the costs of solid trash collection, transportation, processing and disposal, so be prepared to spend at least INR 500 the next time you are caught leaving a mess in a public area.
In accordance with the civic body's revised draft sanitation and health ordinances 2025, it has suggested raising the penalties for failing to clean up after pets from INR 500 to INR 1,000 and for littering and urinating in public areas from INR 200 to INR 500.
BMC intends to increase the fines by 2.5 times and impose a user fee for waste removal.
Updated fine rates are as follows:
Categories | Current Fine | Proposed Fine |
Bathing | INR 100 | INR 300 |
Washing Utensils | INR 200 | INR 300 |
Washing Clothes | INR 200 | INR 300 |
Littering | INR 500 | INR 1,000 |
Defecation By Pets | INR 500 | INR 1,000 |
Dirty House Gully | INR 200 | INR 500 |
Proposed Monthly User Fee:
1. Commercial Establishments:
Shops, Cafes, Sweet Shops, Coffee Houses, Dhabas, Etc. | INR 500 |
Hostels | INR 750 |
Guest Houses | INR 2,000 |
2. Hotels:
Unstarred | INR 1,500 |
Up To 3 Star | INR 2,500 |
Over 3 Star | INR 7,500 |
3. Clinics And Dispensaries:
Up To 50 Beds | INR 2,000 |
Over 50 Beds | INR 4,000 |
4. Laboratories:
Up To 50 sqm | INR 2,500 |
Over 50 sqm | INR 5,000 |
5. Marriage Halls, Exhibitions, Festival Halls, and Fairs:
Up To 3000 sqm | INR 7,500 |
Over 3000 sqm | INR 7,500 |
Others:
Commercial And Government Offices | INR 750 |
Insurance Offices | INR 750 |
Coaching Centres | INR 750 |
Education Institutes | INR 750 |
Small And Cottage Industry (Up to 10 kg waste per day) | INR 1,500 |
Godowns And Cold Storage (Non-hazardous) | INR 2,500 |
On March 31, the draft bylaws that are intended to replace the 2006 ones were posted on BMC's website. Citizens have until May 31 to evaluate the draft and send their comments or concerns in writing to the head office of solid waste management or by email to bmc.swmbyelaws2025@gmail.com.
On the other hand, BMC will take action against the clean-up marshals. On April 5, the BMC's one-year agreement with cleaning marshals will come to an end. After complaints from a number of civic wards, where residents accused the marshals of overcharging and extorting money from citizens, it is unlikely to be expanded. According to a senior civic official, the local authorities now intend to strengthen their annoyance detector squad, concentrating on more successfully detecting and punishing offenders.
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