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2. These byelaws shall apply to every public place within the limits of
Greater Mumbai, to every generator of Municipal Solid Waste and to every
premises under the ownership or occupation of any person within the
limits of MCGM
3 In these byelaws and the Schedule attached thereto the following words
shall have the meaning herein defined i;e;
Words and expressions used in these Byelaws but not defined shall have the
meanings respectively assigned to them in the Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Act, 1888, or the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Byelaws
2000, unless the context otherwise requires.
(4) Prohibition of littering, and other nuisances and ensuring “Saaf Aangan”
4.1 Littering in any public place: No person shall throw or deposit litter in any
public place except in authorized public or private litter receptacles.
4.2 Littering on any private property: No person shall throw or deposit litter on
any occupied, open or vacant private property, whether or not occupied by
such person, except in authorized private or public receptacles.
4.3 Litter –throwing from vehicles: No person, whether a driver or passenger
in a vehicle, shall throw or deposit litter upon any street, road, sidewalk,
playground, garden traffic island or other public place.
4.4 Litter from carrying vehicles: No person shall driver or move any truck or
other vehicle unless such vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to
prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown off or deposited upon
any road, sidewalks, traffic island, playground, garden or other public
place.
4.5 Creating Public Nuisance: No person shall bathe, spit, urinate, defecate,
feed animal or birds, repair/wash vehicles, utensils or any other object or
keep any type of storage in any public place except in such public facilities
or convenience specifically provided for any of these purposes.
4.6 Ensuring “Saaf Aangan” Every person shall ensure that any public place
in front of or adjacent to any premises owned or occupied by him including
the footpath and open drain/gutter and kerb is free of any waste, either in
solid or liquid form.
5.4 Composting by all generators: With a view towards achieving the larger
objective of reducing the cost of transportation of waste, local composting
of waste shall be promoted.
5.5 Specified household hazardous waste: (as listed in Schedule III) shall be
stored and delivered by every generator of waste to the collection vehicle
which shall be provided weekly/periodically by BMC or any other Agency
authorized by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) for collection
of such waste, or to a center designed for collection of such waste for
disposal in a manner that is mandated by the Government of Maharashtra or
the MPCB.
5.6 Untreated bio-medical waste (as listed in Schedule IV) shall be stored in
specified type of covered receptacles and delivered by every generator of
such waste to the collection vehicle which shall be provided
weekly/periodically by BMC or any other Agency authorized by the MPCB, or
to a center designated for collection of such waste, for disposal in manner
that is mandated by MPCB in accordance with the Bio-Medical Waste
(Management & Handling) Rules 1998 (as amended to date).
5.7 Construction and Demolition waste (C & D waste) shall be stored and
delivered separately as per the Construction & Demolition and Desilting
Waste (Management and Disposal) Rules 2006 of BMC. These Byelaws state
that for Category 4 i.e. Small Generators (household level), it will be the
responsibility of the generator to store the segregated C&D waste at source.
The generator must then call a local Help-line of BMC or the Agent of BMC,
who will then send a vehicle to pick up the segregated C&D waste from the
generator, with a specified charge, and then further transport this waste to a
processing centre, details of which are available in the respective ward offices
of BMC. Non-compliance will attract fines as per the Construction &
Demolition & De-silting waste (Management & Disposal) Rules 2006.
5.8 All other Non-biodegradable (“Dry”) waste – both recyclable and non-
recyclable – referred to at 5.1(6) in these byelaw shall be stored and delivered
by every generator of waste to the dry waste collection vehicle which shall be
provided by BMC or its Agents at such spots and at such times as may be
notified by the concerned Assistant Commissioner from time-to-time for
collection of such waste, or to the licensed dry waste sorting centers.
5.9 Bulk garden and horticultural waste shall be kept un-mixed and
composted at source. The Superintendent of Gardens or the concerned
Assistant Commissioners shall notify Instructions/guidelines with regard to
pruning of trees and storage and delivery of tree trimmings including
collection schedules. Where it is not possible to compost at site, BMC will
continue to collect and transport segregated garden and horticultural waste by
charging suitable fees as notified by it from time to time.
5.10 Community waste storage centers: Where any type of Municipal Solid
Waste is collected by a BMC vehicle directly from any community waste
storage centers whether located in an open space or a closed shed located
inside any premises or in a public place, the waste shall be deposited inside
separate receptacles to be provided for different types of segregated waste,
and not around or in the general vicinity of any such receptacle.
5.11 Burning of waste: Disposal by burning of any type of solid waste at
roadsides, dump sites, or any private or public property is prohibited. (This
does not refer to the facilities set up for close and controlled incineration of
specific types of waste which are authorised by the MPCB)
7.4 House-gullies:
7.4.1 It will be the responsibility of the owner/occupier of premises with
house-gullies to ensure that no waste is dumped in the house-gully,
and to segregate and deliver any solid waste to the waste collection
vehicle which shall be provided by MCGM at such spots and at such
times as may be notified by BMC. Failure to do so will attract a fine as
per the Schedule of Fines.
7.4.2 where owners/occupiers of such premises wish to avail of the
services of MCGM for the cleaning of the house gully, they must apply
to the concerned Ward Office of MCGM and pay suitable refuse
removal charges as notified by MCGM from time to time. It will be the
responsibility of the owners/occupiers to provide access to the house
gully for cleaning purposes.
7.5 Litter by owned/pet animals
It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal to promptly
scoop/clean up any litter created by pet animals on the street or any
public place, and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such
waste possibly by there own sewage system. Failure to do so will
attract fines as per the Schedule of Fines.
7.6) Public Gatherings and Events:
7.6.1 For Public Gatherings and Events, organised in public places for
any reason (including for processions, exhibitions, circuses, fairs,
political rallies, commercial, religious, socio-cultural events, protests
and demonstrations, etc.) where Police and/or MCGM permission is
required, it will be the responsibility of the Organiser of the event or
gathering to ensure the cleanliness of that area as well as all
appurtenant areas.
7.6.2 A Refundable Cleanliness Deposit, as may be notified by MCGM,
will be taken from the Organiser, by the concerned ward office for the
duration of the event. This Deposit will be refunded on the completion
of the event after it is noted that the said public place has been
restored back to a clean state, and any waste generated as a result of
the event has been collected and transported to designated sites. (This
deposit will be only for the cleanliness of the public place and does not
cover any damage to property.) In case the Organisers of the event
wishes to avail of the services of MCGM for the cleaning, collection
and transport of waste generated as a result of that event,
they must apply to the concerned Ward Office of MCGM and pay the
necessary charges as may be fixed for this purpose by MCGM.
7.7 Receptacles on private property
Every owner or occupant of private property may maintain authorized
refuse receptacles on private premises provided the receptacles are
not visible from public street/roads and sidewalks.
7.8 Problems of Car parkings on streets/roads
As private cars/other vehicles are parked on public streets or roads
over night and also during day time in public commercial area, road
sweeping beneath the vehicle cannot be done. In such places, where
road/street sweeping is not effected, it will be the responsibility of the
car/vehicle owner to get that place cleaned or otherwise pay fine as
specified in Schedule I.
7.9 Other public places
Any other public premises owned, occupied by Government / Semi-
government, statutory bodies shall be responsible for implementation
of these Bye-laws within the premises occupied by them.
8) Penalties for contravention of these Byelaws
8.1 On and after the date of commencement of these byelaws, there
will be a familiarization / warning period of 30 days, after which, any
contravention of these byelaws shall be punishable with fines as per
the Schedule of Fines (Schedule I) for every instance of breach of
these byelaws. In case the generator of waste is found contravening
any of these byelaws next time, the fine amount will be doubled.
8.2 In case the person or any other generator of garbage is not able to
pay the fine as mentioned in Schedule I while contravening any
of these byelaws he will be required by the byelaws
implementing authority or Nuisance Detectors or Enforcement
Squad to do the community work for atleast one hour like road
sweeping or graffiti cleaning etc.
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13 No. 5.7 For not delivering biomedical waste in a Rs.
segregated manner as specified 20000
14 No. 5.8 For not delivering Construction and Rs.
Demolition waste in a segregated 20000
manner as specified
15 No.5.9 For not delivering “dry” waste in a Rs. 1000
segregated manner as specified
16 No. For not delivering garden waste and tree Rs. 5000
5.10 trimmings as specified
17 No. For depositing waste outside designated Rs. 1000
5.11 community waste storage bin or in any non-
designated area
Rs. 1000
b) For a vendor/hawker who does not
deliver waste in a segregated manner as
specified
SCHEDULE – II –
Illustrative list of biodegradable and recyclable waste
• Aerosol cans
• Batteries from flashlights and button cells
• Bleaches and household kitchen and drain cleaning Agents & its
containers.
• Car batteries, oil filters and car care products and consumables
• Chemicals and solvents and their containers
• Cosmetic items, chemical-based Insecticides and their containers
• Light bulbs, tube-lights and compact fluorescent lamps (CFL)
• Discarded Medicines and its containers,
• Paints, oils, lubricants, glues, thinners, and their containers
• Pesticides and herbicides and their empty containers
• Photographic audio/video tapers and their containers, chemicals
• Styrofoam and soft foam packaging of furniture, packaging and
equipment
• Thermometers and mercury-containing products
Schedule IV:
List of Bio-medical waste: (Extract from the Bio-Medical Waste (M & H) , 1998)
Bio-medical waste
DRAFT
VOTE TODAY FOR CLEANER MUMBAI TOMORROW . . . .
Dear Mumbaikar,
Any citizens in following ways can access the Greater Mumbai Cleanliness &
Sanitation Byelaws 2006 and feedback form for the same.
1) Visit our website www.mcgm.gov.in and download the Byelaws and feedback
form.
2) The printed copy is available at Public Relations Officer (PRO) of MCGM Head
Office opposite CST Railway Station from 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and at
respective ward offices for inspection.
3) The proposed byelaws’ copy can be purchased at PRO office for price of Rs.
25/-.
Mayor, Mumbai