74% bulk waste generators yet to register on Gurugram MC portal

Despite efforts made by the Municipal Corporation, Gurugram (MCG), for the past one year to encourage bulk waste generators (BWGs) in the city to get themselves registered on the civic body’s portal, 74 per cent of BWGs are yet to get themselves registered.

It indicates that the city’s solid waste management system is either not being implemented effectively or is unable to cope with the burgeoning population.

Following the introduction of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the MCG mandated BWGs, who produce over 100 kg of garbage a day, to facilitate the collection, processing and disposal of waste within their premises, but only 26 per cent of them follow these rules.

As per details available, there are a total of more than 1,700 BWGs in Gurugram, which generate about 20 per cent of the city’s total solid waste.

However, 74 per cent of them are not complying with the Solid Waste Management Rules. They have undoubtedly become a ‘headache’ for the civic body. So far, only 450 BWGs have got registered themselves on the online portal of the civic body.

The BWGs in Gurugram generate at least 250 metric tonnes (MT) of waste daily, of which, less than 100 MT waste is managed and processed by them at their end. The remaining waste 150 MT generated by BWGs is either handed over to the waste collection agencies or their employees, or illegally dumped in the vacant plots and on the roadsides.

A total of 1,200 MT of solid waste is daily generated in the Gurugram city, which goes to the Bandhwari landfill site and other waste management facilities set up by the civic body.

The Additional Commissioner of MCG, Balpreet Singh, on Tuesday said the BWGs would also have to get themselves registered on the online portal, adding that if any BWG did not do so, a fine of Rs 25,000 would be imposed on it as per the rules. So far, the MCG has imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 each on more than 100 BWGs.

He said the MCG had formed a special cell to inspect the BWGs and ensure compliance of the rules. This cell visits the BWGs and asks them to register themselves on the online portal. The civic body has also hired many agencies to provide guidance on waste management to the BWGs.

He claimed that many big commercial and residential establishments —Global Foyer Mall, Lemon Tree Hotel, Fortis Hospital, Sun City Avenue, Space Plaza, Nirvana Countryyard, Signature Tower-1, Unitech Business Park, Unitech Crest, Unitech World Cyber Park, Unitech Trade Center and Uniworld Towers — had recently got themselves registered on the portal.