The Times of India 25.12.2019
Chennai: Now, non-littering of roads is included in waste management
5,400 tonnes of waste generated in the city every day, more than 3,000 tonnes are generated in these seven zon…Read MoreMoving on from the existing tipping fee model, where the civic body paid private players on the weight of waste disposed at landfills, Greater Chennai Corporation is the country’s first to opt for the ‘cost of service delivery’ model.
Under
the new system, the selected firm will, apart from collecting and
transporting waste, should also ensure holistic hygiene by ensuring
non-littering of garbage on roads, preventing overflowing of bins and
complying with all environment, health and safety standards.
Urbaser
SA and Sumeet Facilities Limited, a Spain-India joint venture which was
on Tuesday issued work orders by municipal administration minister S P
Velumani and Greater Chennai Corporation commissioner G Prakash, will
collect and dispose waste in the Teynampet, Kodambakkam, Valasaravakkam,
Alandur, Adyar, Perungudi and Sholinganllur zones for eight years. It
will be paid based on 34 key performance indicators under primary
collection, secondary collection and transport, street sweeping and
collection, compliance, complaint redressal, IEC (information, education
and communication). 
joint venture firm is expected to achieve 100 % segregation in all
households within one year and maintain it consistently,” according to a
corporation engineer.
Battery-operated vehicles will be used for
door to door collection of segregated and non-segregated garbage from
households and market areas, horticultural waste from public places.
Minimum guaranteed solid waste will also go to decentralized units.
Cleanliness of bins will be an important factor and the firm will be
marked on compliance on legal, EHS (employment, health and safety),
non-mixing of waste, regular inspection.
“We
will give marks for each of the 34 key performance indicators every
day. The payment will be made according to the monthly average mark.
Payments will be deducted in case of non-compliance. For instance,
construction and demolitiion waste, horticultural waste, biomedical and
hazardous waste should not be mixed with solid waste,” a corporation
official said.
The firm is expected to set up a functional 24 X 7
call centre and redress all complaints within 12 hours. Apart from
minimum required manpower for sweeping, a system will be in place for
monitoring vehicle movement and bin clearance through a centralized
management information system.
