The Hindu 05.11.2014
Sanitary work in 18 wards privatised
Minister launches outsourcing arrangement on the corporation premises
Almost a year after the City Corporation Council gave
its nod for engaging private contractors to carry out sanitary
operations and solid waste management in 18 wards in the city, a
Chennai-based private firm has began the operation.
It
lined up its men and imported machines when the Minister for Khadi and
Village Industries T.P. Poonachi formally launched the outsourcing
arrangement on the corporation premises here on Tuesday in the presence
of A. Jaya, Mayor and R. Manoharan, Chief Whip.
As
per the arrangement, Srinivas Waste Management Services Private Ltd,
will employ its employees in garbage collection and cleaning operations
in 18 wards – 1 ward in Srirangam zone, six in Ariyamangalam zone, seven
in Golden Rock zone, and three in K. Abishekapuram zone besides Central
and Chathram bus stands and Gandhi Market in the city.
It has to employ at least 339 workers.
The
agency will have to carry out the task of primary collection of
garbage, segregation at source into degradable and non-degradable,
transport them to corporation dump yards, sweep streets and clean
stormwater drains.
V.P. Thandapani, Commissioner, Tiruchi Corporation, told
The Hindu
that the outsourcing arrangement would cover 77,262 households, Gandhi
market and Central and Chathiram bus stands in an area of 50 square km.
It was estimated that the firm would handle about 125 metric tonne of
garbage daily. It would be segregated into degradable and
non-degradable. It would clear about 15 metric tonne of garbage in
Gandhi market and two-bus stands alone. A “foolproof arrangement” had
been made to measure the garbage collection.
He said
that the Corporation would pay Rs.1403 per tonne for garbage collection.
The rate was arrived at based on tender process. The arrangement was
made basically due to shortage of manpower for solid waste management.
As a result, sanitary workers in the 18 wards would be redeployed in
other wards for better management.
S. Vengateswaran,
General Manager (Operations), SWMS, said it had imported 6 compactor
vehicles, 1 hook loader vehicle, and a storm water cleaning crane from
Germany. It would place 500 compactor bins and 350 push carts in
different parts of 18 wards.
Uniformed-workers would
be engaged in door-to-door garbage collection. A software installed with
the computers of Corporation would enable it to monitor the garbage
cleaning activities effectively.