Segregated waste collection from June 5

The VMC will begin collecting segregated garbage from households from June 5 in the city.

Municipal Commissioner J. Nivas, who inspected door-to-door garbage collection in the 54th division of the city on Thursday, asked the authorities to make arrangements for collecting wet garbage and dry garbage separately from the households.

He directed them to replace the two-colour dustbin system with plastic bags and supply the bags to residents so that garbage is segregated at the beginning stage in the households.

Mr. Nivas also said NGOs must be roped in to create awareness among the civic staff and the public regarding segregation of the waste on a daily basis.

Vermicomposting

to be revived

He also told them to revive vermicomposting plants located at various areas and make use of them.

He asked the sanitation staff to collect the wet garbage, which would be largely generated at rythu bazaars and residential colonies, and dump it at the composting pits.

Though the VMC had made attempts to collect dry and wet garbage separately, non-cooperation of the public and lack of awareness among sanitation workers had failed the initiative.

Mr. Nivas also inspected the LBS Stadium in Ajith Singh Nagar. On finding the stadium in a poor condition, he asked the sports wing authorities to take up repair work and make the stadium useful for people.