This is encouraging and should spur officials into taking similar measures. Each ward must make a concerted effort to show a decreasing graph of cases in the year to come, and the pattern must result in a steady, consistent dip in numbers.

They must actually take it up as a challenge, try to go under the previous year’s numbers, then once again next year and the next year. If the number of cases refuses to decline, there must be efforts to find out where the lacunae is and quick solutions found and adopted. This problem can be measured numerically, so the data is staring one in the face.

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The monitoring of construction sites is vital, given that the boom is set to continue in Mumbai. House-to-house surveys may yield good results, with residents also being cooperative, a mutual trust bond established, one which is often missing between the BMC and the people. Let the numbers speak and show that initiatives are proving effective.