How to keep the streets of Andheri West as clean and empty as they are now

Under normal circumstances it would take me exactly a few seconds before bumping into someone in the densely packed streets of Andheri West. J.P. Road is a major thoroughfare connecting S.V. Road to Versova, Juhu and the link road that heads as far north as Bombay stretches. Andheri also has its fair share of educational institutions and industrial areas. People who come to these every single day are guilty of dumping plastic bottles, wrappers of chips and other junk food and a whole assorted set of items that belong in garbage or recycle bins. I am no social enforcer so besides a dirty look, I don't bother much with litter bugs anymore, as far as possible.

A wonderful part of this lockdown has been that these people are home and not coming from elsewhere and trashing my area.

It is no longer stressful to go outside. No more loud car horns, large crowds and auto rickshaws. Since schools and colleges are indefinitely closed, the noise that comes from the streets is equivalent to what used to be the case on Sundays. I frankly love it.

Andheri has been abused for decades, as has the rest of Bombay. One of the best ways to decongest both is to throw out industrial estates, the headquarters of the Western and Central railways, Central Government offices and Bollywood. The city's population would fall by a substantial number and places like Andheri West would be more liveable under normal circumstances.