India, Aug. 2 -- CCTV cameras, ward-wise monitoring and stricter penalties for littering will form the core of a new Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) drive to eliminate garbage hotspots across the city. Municipal Commissioner Ashwini Bhide issued the directions on Saturday while reviewing sanitation measures following recent directions by the Bombay High Court.

Chairing a high-level review meeting at the BMC headquarters on Saturday, Bhide directed all assistant commissioners to intensify sanitation measures, stating that the focus must be on markets, major roads, footpaths, public spaces, beaches, nullahs and the surroundings of other water bodies.

The civic body has already mapped recurring garbage vulnerable points (GVPs) acr...