Now, operator asks MC to pay tipping fee for running the plantJaypee U-turn on quitting garbage processing work

Sandeep Rana

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 27

Backtracking once again, Jaypee Group, the firm running the waste processing plant at Dadu Majra, today sought tipping fee from the MC instead of settling on a salvage value to make an exit.

MC Commissioner KK Yadav said the firm had stated to the monitoring committee that it was ready to exit after taking the salvage value from the MC. “However, during a meeting today, the Jaypee asked for tipping fee to the run the plant. It is contrary to their previous stand,” said Yadav.

Now, the MC has told the company officials to come with the owner for a meeting before February 7 to decide the salvage value. The MC officials said if the company does not respond by the given date, they would explore other options.

NK Vohra, in-charge of the plant, did not respond to the phone calls made to him for his comments.

In 2017 too, attempts were made to terminate the contract on a salvage value. But the plan did not materialise as the firm promised to process the waste properly.

The MC Commissioner said, “Neither we, nor the company, will decide the salvage value. An independent body will decide it. We are ready to pay the decided amount.”

The two parties have been fighting a legal battle in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) over the issue of waste processing.

According to the corporation, very less waste of the total 450 tonnes generated in the city daily is being processed at the plant. The remaining garbage is being dumped in the dumping ground, Dadu Majra, causing inconvenience to the residents of the adjoining places. Commuters also have to bear with the foul smell emitting from the dumping yard.

Though a new firm has been hired for clearing the garbage at the dumping ground, the effort will be useful only if fresh waste was not dumped there.

The plant authorities claimed that they had been getting only about 10-15 metric tonnes of segregated waste per day. They said until they get segregated waste, processing could not be done. The MC said the contract conditions did not require them to send the waste in segregated condition, though the NGT issued the direction of giving segregated garbage to the firm.