To prevent this, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to remove encroachments near the city nullahs. This sends a wrong signal that nullah cleaning has not been done properly, due to which the civic body’s name gets spoiled," said a senior civic official. The civic body has received several complaints of dumping of waste material into nullahs by these slum dwellers."There is a need to instill civic sense in citizens. Though there is a penalty for dumping garbage into nullahs, the civic body hardly takes action for the offence.People living on banks of nullahs have been found dumping plastic bags, bottles, thermocol and even furniture parts.It’s not only improper desitling, but also encroachments along nullahs that are responsible for the clogging of nullahs, feel civic officials. After removing them, we will widen the nullahs, which will streamline the nullah flow," said a senior civic official.The clogging of drains due to plastic carry bags was one of the major reasons for the 26/7 deluge in 2005, in which the entire city came to a standstill and over a thousand people lost their lives.According to the civic officials, Injection Plastic Products Manufacturers the civic body collects silt taken out from the nullahs and ferry it at the dumping grounds.According to the civic officials, there are lakhs of slums along the nullahs in the eastern and western suburbs. The civic body had also started a public awareness campaign to prevent them from throwing garbage into nullahs during monsoon, but in went in vain. No matter how much nullah cleaning we carry out, people keep on dumping garbage into them, which mostly involves floating material like plastic bags, bottles and thermocol. But people living on the banks of nullahs and nearby areas continue to dump waste material, which includes garbage, plastic bags, bottles, thermocol, even broken furniture like chairs, tables and sofa-sets.."To prevent dumping of waste material, we have decided to remove encroachments along the city nullahs