MBMC’s sewage suction van goes missing in Bhayandar

Always in the news- mostly for the wrong reasons, the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has now landed itself in an embarrassing situation following the mysterious disappearance of one of its trucks mounted with vacuum suction tankers to pump out the sewage water from underground septic tanks. A section of civic personnel are under the scanner of police investigations.

The vehicle was parked in the premises of the old fire brigade building in the 60 feet area of Bhayandar (west).

Notably, the vehicle department woke up from its slumber after members of local social organizations raised a query seeking the whereabouts of the vehicle, following which a FIR was registered by an employee attached to the vehicle department- Mahendra

Gawand on behalf of the MBMC on December 9, 2020.

“It was an out of use which had been junked. Having said so it was a municipal property and we have duly registered an offence in this context. Those found guilty will be taken to task,” said deputy municipal commissioner- Dr. Sambhaji Panpatte.

It has been alleged that the vehicle was not stolen but had been sold of f months ago as scrap by some corrupt civic personnel and the FIR was just a desperate attempt to coverup to actual fact.

Shiv Sena legislator-Geeta Jain has also sought a detailed probe into the matter.