BMC officials to get walkie-talkies for better communication

MUMBAI: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is planning to equip its officials with walkie-talkies to improve interconnectivity within the department and enhance readiness to tackle emergencies at dumping grounds in the city, the one at Deonar being the primary of such. The department will be getting 27 walkie-talkie sets. Deonar dumping ground has seen several fire incidents in the past and the walkie-talkies would be utilised to tackle the problem of low network coverage there, said the official. “These walkie-talkies will act as a useful means of communication at the time when an official falls sick or there is a fire accident at the dumping ground,” said the BMC official. The civic body dumps around 450 metric tonnes of waste every day at the Deonar dumping ground. BMC had later decided to convert the Deonar dumping ground into an energy plant post a verdict released by Bombay High Court (BHC) directed the civic body to close down the dumping grounds at Deonar and Mulund within three months, stating that the civic body did not have a plant to treat the waste generated at these places.