Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (CDS)

Mumbai, Jun 24: In the last five days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) cleaned the Juhu Beach and removed over 430 tonnes of garbage.

Civic officials have suggested that three beach cleaning machines, four compactors, three tractors with a trolley, one JCB along with more than 100 labourers were deployed for daily cleaning at the Juhu Beach. An official claimed that overall in the last five days, 431 tonnes of garbage was removed from the beach.

Actress Dia Mirza, however, recently took to Twitter to raise concerns over the garbage that washed up on the Juhu Beach. Her tweet read, 'All our trash washed up on Juhu beach @DisasterMgmtBMC, been this way for the last five days. Bobcats required for Clean up'.

Prashant Gaikwad, assistant Municipal Commissioner of the K West ward said, “On Sunday, four compactors, three beach cleaning machines, one JCB and tractor each along with 130 labourers were deployed for the beach cleaning. Around 85 tonnes of garbage was removed and it took five hours.”

He further added that most of the garbage every year washes up on the beach in June and July. He said, “If there is a high tide around 4 am or 5 am, we are unable to remove the garbage for at least an hour, but we do clear a portion of the beach for the walkers.”

An activist, Chinu Kwatra, who for the past one year has been cleaning the Koliwada side of the beach, stated that garbage this year was less.

Kwatra explained, “Last year, there were two to three layers of garbage when we started cleaning the Koliwada side of the beach, but we found microplastics this year, which are difficult to pick and are more harmful to the environment.”