<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774534293530355801916">focus</gwmw> must be on transforming the character of cities and not just on cleanliness.</p>.<p>He was speaking at a meeting to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774534900591277260528">review civic</gwmw> issues in Mumbai.</p>.<p>Mumbai is an important metropolis on the global map and it needs "beautification and not just <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316545559802645">concretisation</gwmw>" through a unified approach to upgrade roads, footpaths, traffic, gardens, markets, educational <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316544026306282">centres</gwmw>, health, sanitation <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316549221059108">etc</gwmw>, he said.</p>.<p>He said illegal hoardings must be dealt with strictly and told the meeting that meritorious assistant commissioners (of the city's civic body) will be rewarded.</p>.<p>"Focus must be on transforming the character of the city, not just <span style="">about </span>cleanliness. The overall development of the city must be the focus," he said.</p>
<p>Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday said <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774534293530355801916">focus</gwmw> must be on transforming the character of cities and not just on cleanliness.</p>.<p>He was speaking at a meeting to <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-3" id="gwmw-15774534900591277260528">review civic</gwmw> issues in Mumbai.</p>.<p>Mumbai is an important metropolis on the global map and it needs "beautification and not just <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316545559802645">concretisation</gwmw>" through a unified approach to upgrade roads, footpaths, traffic, gardens, markets, educational <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316544026306282">centres</gwmw>, health, sanitation <gwmw class="ginger-module-highlighter-mistake-type-1" id="gwmw-15774534316549221059108">etc</gwmw>, he said.</p>.<p>He said illegal hoardings must be dealt with strictly and told the meeting that meritorious assistant commissioners (of the city's civic body) will be rewarded.</p>.<p>"Focus must be on transforming the character of the city, not just <span style="">about </span>cleanliness. The overall development of the city must be the focus," he said.</p>