Will focus on monthly reviews of depts: BMC chief | Mumbai News
2 min readMumbaiApr 3, 2026 12:01 AM IST
A day after taking charge of her office, Mumbai’s municipal commissioner, Ashwini Bhide chaired a slew of meetings directing officials in ways that will strengthen the administrative operation of the civic body.
Speaking to the Indian Express, sources said the municipal commissioner stated a monthly review of every department will be taken by her.
“The municipal administration has distributed a format to all heads of departments. Starting next month, a review meeting will be taken by the commissioner where the progress related to all the ongoing projects taken up by various departments will be discussed,” an official said. The BMC has 53 departments providing services like healthcare, sanitation, environment conservation and infrastructure developments. The administration jurisdiction is also divided into seven zones and 24 municipal wards.
Officials also said Bhide held a meeting in a bid to strengthen mitigation measures to abate pollution woes ahead of the next winter season.
“Starting from March, Mumbai’s air quality has shown improvement. However the administration has been told to stay prepared before next October. So adequate infrastructure will be acquired to ensure regular road washing, besides this all construction companies will be alerted to install AQI monitoring machines,” the official added.
Meanwhile, the commissioner also reviewed an alternate plan to construct a 52 MLD water reservoir at Malabar Hill. Earlier this project was scrapped following concern of ecological damage. However, the BMC is reviewing an alternate plan to ensure execution of the project with minimum damage to the trees.
