BMC puts SCLR and Eastern Express Highway on its pre-Diwali Deep-Clean list
Chembur’s busiest arteries are in line for a pre-Diwali scrub. The BMC has named the Santacruz–Chembur Link Road, the Eastern Express Highway, Ghatkopar–Mankhurd Road and Sion–Mankhurd Road among 10 arterial roads in a special cleanliness drive to curb dust and improve air quality.
The drive began on Wednesday, October 28, and runs until November 7, with ₹15 lakh earmarked for each ward the roads fall under. Ward teams will sweep and scrape roads, dividers, medians, traffic islands, footpaths and kerbs, clear accumulated dust, silt and construction debris, and run water sprinklers and misting machines at dust-prone spots. Ward offices must also submit daily geo-tagged before-and-after photos. The guidelines were issued on the instructions of municipal commissioner Ashwini Bhide.