Chandigarh Mayor flags off 3rd phase of waste collection

Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, March 31

Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma today flagged off the third phase of door-to-door waste collection through MC vehicles at the Community Centre, Sector 50.

The Mayor said in order to implement successful door-to-door collection of segregated waste, the MC had earlier deployed 85 vehicles in the second phase in Sector 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 61 and 63 in the city, which had reduced the problem of mixed waste at the garbage plant.

The Mayor today flagged off 36 MC vehicles in Mauli Jagran. The vehicles will run in Mauli Jagran, Vikas Nagar and Mani Majra for door-to-door collection of segregated waste.

KK Yadav, Commissioner, MC, said these vehicles would carry waste from households to the transfer stations, from where it would be transported to the garbage plant in loaders.

All vehicles used in the collection and transportation system are monitored by a GPS-enabled tracking system. The GPS system is constantly monitored by a monitoring cell. Any route deviations by drivers invites penalty.