Gurugram civic body to decentralise door-to-door waste collection system
Amidst the prevailing anguish over poor sanitary conditions among local residents, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram has decided to streamline the door-to-door garbage collection system by dividing this work in four parts at the zone levels for monitoring and management.
Accordingly, the four separate tenders have been issued for inviting bids from different agencies to do the work.
The system is a part of the Haryana government’s initiative to prepare localised comprehensive plans for sanitation waste, construction and demolition (C&D) waste, e-waste and hazardous waste management in the urban areas.
The MCG has already selected at least four dumping yards for decentralised waste management at the zone levels, other than the Bandhwari landfill site.
The Haryana government declared a municipal solid waste exigency in Gurugram in June this year under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The government also formed a six-member committee and appointed HCS officers as executive magistrates in all the 35 wards to oversee implementation of the Solid Waste Environment Exigency Programme in the city. Residents allege that even after spending crores, garbage collection is not effective. One can see heaps of garbage on vacant plots and along the roadsides.
The Millennium City generates at least 1,200 tonnes of solid waste daily.
The MCG had cancelled the contract of the EcoGreen Company and had given the work to Bimalraj Outsourcing Company. However, the new company also failed to do the job. The contract of the company is also likely to expire in two months; therefore, the MCG has floated tenders to hire four new companies at zonal levels. MCG Commissioner Narhari Singh Banger said cleanliness would improve if different agencies efficiently worked in the zones.
