28-year-old attacks man with stone, held
MUMBAI: A 28-year-old man has been arrested by Ghatkopar police for allegedly assaulting a man with a stone after they argued over a parking spot on Sunday morning.
Sayyad Rahim Hussain, 42, the owner of a transport business, filed a police complaint against 28-year-old Faiyaz Bagwan, a medical representative for assaulting him. Both individuals live in Narayan Nagar in Ghatkopar (West).
“The duo lives in the same area and had frequent skirmishes over petty issues,” said a police officer from Ghatkopar police station. The tiff escalated on Sunday morning when Bagwan and Hussain clashed again over parking of vehicles at a particular spot,” said a police officer with the Ghatkopar police station.
According to the complaint, Bagwan, in a fit of rage, took a stone and hit Hussain on the head. The latter sustained grievous injuries and was taken to a private hospital for treatment.
The police were informed and they arrested Bagwan on Sunday.
“While there were previous incidents of brawls between them, the matter was never reported to the police station,” said the officer.
Based on Hussain’s complaint, the police have registered a case under Indian Penal Code section 307 (attempt to murder), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), and 504 (criminal intimidation). MUMBAI: To streamline collection and processing of around 1,000 tonnes of dry waste generated in the city every day, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has invited global bidders to install material recovery facilities (MRF) at six locations in Mumbai. The locations shortlisted are Colaba, Bandra, Kandivli, Malvani, Ghatkopar, and Deonar.
An MRF machine segregates dry waste into plastic, paper, glass, among others, and processes it. The segregated material will then be sold to recyclers. An MRF machine can process up to 300 tonnes of dry waste a day.
At present, the city has 36 dry waste segregation centres. After segregation at source (households), the waste is transported to these centres where it is segregated by ragpickers appointed by the BMC and sold to scrap dealers.
“I have asked ward officers to organise seminars and meetings in their respective wards to promote waste segregation and find solutions to citizens’ queries. It came to light that more than 50% of items disposed as dry waste should be collected by wet waste vehicles,” said Vishwas Shankarwar, deputy municipal commissioner, solid waste management.
To improve segregation rate, which is 65% in Mumbai, the BMC stopped collecting wet waste from housing societies and establishments that generate more than 100-kg waste daily or have an area of more than 20,000 sqm since 2017. These bulk generators, which are mandated to segregate and process waste at source, were being penalised for violations.
The BMC said it has reduced the daily waste creation by 2,300 metric tonnes (MT). The number of waste collection vehicles also reduced by 120. This year, the civic body wants to reduce the number of collection vehicles by 70. Currently, 2,118 vehicles collect 7,200MT of waste daily.