Chandigarh MC panel okays shifting of legacy waste
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, November 20
The Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) of the Municipal Corporation (MC) today approved the transportation of legacy waste from the garbage processing plant to the dumping ground in Dadu Majra at an estimated cost of Rs48 lakh.
F&CC also approves
- Amendment in terms and conditions of 33 booths at the Fish and Meat Market in Sector 41
- Renewal of licence of Washerman Workshop Cooperative Industrial Society Ltd, Sector 15-D, from October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021, with a 10% increase in the licence fee
- Agenda regarding signing of an MoU with School of Public Health, PGI, for Phase-II of a project on training of street vendors on health and hygiene
The decision was taken during a meeting chaired by Mayor Raj Bala Malik and attended among others by MC Commissioner KK Yadav and councillors.
About 16,000 metric tonnes (MT) of legacy waste have been lying inside the garbage processing plant for a long time. The committee approved the awarding of contract to Kher Constructions, which had submitted the lowest bid for the job in the tendering process. The work will be completed in two months from the date of allotment.
The committee also approved the terms and conditions for a multi-level parking project at Mani Majra. It will resolve the parking problems in Mani Majra and generate revenue for the MC. The parking will come up on 2 acres near Rana Ki Haveli.
It will be used for commercial parking during the day and for parking of vehicles of local residents at night. The project will be developed on public-private partnership (PPP) mode.
