MC to shut secondary garbage sites, eyes 100% door-to-door collection

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, October 2

The local Municipal Corporation will do away with all secondary garbage points and ensure 100 per cent ‘fool-proof’ door-to-door waste collection to implement the outcome of Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM-U) 2.0.

The outcome means that there should be no garbage in the open anywhere in the city. Garbage should be inside the bins once taken away by door-to-door collectors. There should also be no spilling over of waste from bins.

“For a garbage-free city, we will first have to close down all secondary waste dumping sites. We will take our about 70-80 per cent door-to-door waste collection to 100 per cent. We are already closing SSKs in a phased manner. We have already achieved the open defection-free (ODF) status and will now move towards the ODF+ tag,” said MC Commissioner Anindita Mitra.

The MC will also optimise the ongoing 24×7 water supply project and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system to provide clean drinking water to all urban households, which is the second outcome under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0.

The second phase of the two missions were launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday. The first phase of the two flagship projects of the central government were launched in 2014.

“The first phase was originally about processes and the second phase is about outcomes,” Mitra said. On the AMRUT 2.0, the MC chief said, “For providing clean drinking water access to every urban household, the corporation will club this aspect with the ongoing 24×7 water project.”