The Indian Express 15.08.2012
Door-to-door garbage collection in zone C areas from Sept 1
After having failing to start door-to-door garbage collection in the
posh zone D areas, A2Z, the private company undertaking the solid waste
management project, will start door-to-door garbage collection in the
zone C areas. September 1 is the deadline for starting this work in 10
wards of zone C.
On the zone C project, Dr Charanjit Uppal, medical officer health
in MC, confirmed that September 1 was the deadline for the new areas.
The areas where the project will be initiated are likely to be
Giaspura, Shimlapuri, Janta Nagar, Kot Mangal Singh, localities along
Gill road, and Sherpur road. Most of these areas are very congested and
there is hardly any place for a garbage dump, so door-to-door garbage
picking suits the company and there is not much resistance from the
private garbage picking agents either, according to sources.
Last year, the same company had started this project in Sarabha
Nagar on August 15 but the Safai Karamchari Union had damaged their
vehicles and injured their employees. After that, door-to-door garbage
collection never picked up in the posh localities.
As per the present arrangement, the private agents pick garbage
from houses and dump it at one common point from where the private
players pick and take it to the main dumping area at Tajpur road.
However, this offers no relief to the residents who are still living in
filthy conditions.