The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has removed 18,000 kg of tarballs from Juhu and Versova beaches on Thursday and Friday. Two of the city’s two most popular beaches were polluted by them yet again. The sticky tarballs on the beaches have been causing trouble for the visitors as they gave out a foul smell and got stuck to the shoes and clothes. Earlier, the BMC removed around 6,000 kg of tarballs on Juhu beach. Locals and environmentalists of Mumbai have once again found the city’s beaches get filled with tarballs. The unusually large volumes of these tar deposits have been coming ashore with the high tides due to the start of the monsoon season. Although tar deposits on Mumbai’s beaches are normal, the increasing volume of the same is a matter of concern for the city. Following the high-volume deposit the BMC has alerted its clean-up contractors to remove the tar balls post high tide.
