The Hindu 09.10.2014
Garbage collection goes up by 20 per cent after October 2
Malba , silt from drains is also being removed
Snapshots of politicians and officers posing with brooms
after October 2 appears to be paying off, with garbage collection by
the municipal corporations going up by about 20 per cent in the past
week.
Swachh Bharat Mission
With
the launch of the Union Government’s Swachh Bharat Mission on October
2, the three Bharatiya Janata Party-led corporations have ramped up
their routine trash-lifting work.
According to
officials, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation’s average daily garbage
collection has gone up from 2,800 metric tonnes to 3,500 MT; the South
Delhi Municipal Corporation’s from 2,700 MT to 3,500 MT; and the East
Delhi Municipal Corporation’s from 2,000 MT to 2,700 MT.
Increased monitoring
North
Corporation Commissioner Pravin Kumar Gupta said on Tuesday that the
cleanliness drive had increased monitoring of sanitation work, leading
to better results.
“Senior officers have all been out
in the field to check cleanliness. This has led to a pressure on
workers to perform,” said the North Corporation Commissioner.
Officials
said Zonal Deputy Commissioners had been empowered to hire additional
manpower to make sure sweeping and garbage collection are carried out
across the city.
Apart from garbage, the collection of silt from drains and construction debris has also increased in the past week.
SDMC spokesperson Mukesh Yadav said: “Empty plots and abandoned areas are being cleared of
malba
and the silt from drains is also being removed.”
In
the South civic body’s four zones, the total solid waste (garbage, silt
and malba) collection has gone up from 12,000 MT to 16,000 MT.
