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Thackeray made these suggestion during a visit to various sites to check desilting work. He was accompanied by Mayor Shraddha Jadhav, standing committee chairman Rahul Shewale and other BMC officials.

“The BMC should provide helpline numbers for citizens to lodge complaint in case of any work not being completed or if they face any problems when the work is being done,” Thackeray said.

“In addition to this, the names and addresses of contractors, deputy municipal commissioners, ward officers, corporators of all areas responsible for the nullah work should be made public,” he said, adding that the numbers could be put on display boards.

The residents of the respective areas would be able to contact officials or contractors or other people responsible for incomplete or improper nullah cleaning work directly, Thackeray said.

At some sites, the nullah cleaning work had been completed, while in others it was incomplete. Like in Dahisar area, nullah cleaning work in one nullah was still incomplete and the silt had just been dumped on its edges. “I had visited this nullah last year and it was the same status,” Thackeray said, even as officials assured him that the cleaning work will be done before May 31. “There are a few spots where the work is not satisfactory, so we will visit all those spots once again on June 6,” he announced. 

During the visit, the officials also visited the Irla pumping station which is likely to start functioning within two weeks.