QR code-enabled garbage collection system sought in Thanesar

Nitish Sharma

Tribune News Service

Kurukshetra, October 3

To improve the door-to-door garbage collection under the limits of Thanesar Municipal Council, the District Municipal Commissioner has sought implementation of QR Code -based waste collection system in Thanesar.

The DMC has approached the Joint Secretary and Mission Director (Smart Cities Mission), Ministry Of Housing And Urban Affairs, Kunal Kumar for the implementation of the QR Code-based waste collection system. Bharat Bhushan Gogia, DMC, Kurukshetra, said, “Kurukshetra is being promoted as a major tourist destination so there is need to improve the sanitation conditions of the city. The MC has been taking steps to improve the sanitation conditions and also improve the door-to-door garbage collection system. A QR code-based unique addressing system has been launched in Delhi recently by the New Delhi Municipal Council in which plates with unique digital door number has been allotted to each property. It is a complete unique addressing system and we have shown interest to execute the same in Thanesar too.” “There are 68,000 property IDs under the limits of Thanesar MC. The QR code plate will contain complete information about the building and it will also give details about the pending dues and previous payments made by the property owner ”, he added. The DMC said during the door-to-door garbage collection, the garbage collection vehicles will automatically scan the QR code plates, installed outside the residences, and in case the vehicle passes the houses or any area without collecting the garbage then the control room at the municipal council will get the information about the same.

To have building, owner’s info

The QR code plate will contain complete information about the building and it will also give details about the pending dues and previous payments made by the property owner