The Hindu 11.06.2013
Decentralised garbage management from July 15
The decentralised solid waste management with financial
aid from Hudco will be launched from July 15, Municipal Commissioner M.
V. Satyanarayana has said.
A meeting with Hudco
officials is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in New Delhi. Hudco has
committed itself to extend financial aid of Rs. 3 crore under corporate
social responsibility to enable the civic body with 520 sq km area and
20 lakh population take up the new SWM.
The new
programme envisages transportation to dump yards in each of the six
zones for disposal — with separation of garbage as dry and wet at the
doorstep of about 4 lakh households — will help the civic body, the
second largest in the State, comply with Solid Waste Management Rules
2000 of the Supreme Court.
Mr. Satyanarayana said the
government had given guidelines to go ahead, pending the agreement for
integrated SWM with Ramky environmental engineers.
Though the decentralised SWM was planned for March the government raising queries was one of the reasons for the delay.
The company is reportedly unwilling to absorb 5,000-odd sanitation workers and is insisting instead on 2100.
The commissioner maintained that the Ramky issue involved various aspects which the government was examining.
On
the Kapuluppada dumpyard, he said it was levelled now and would be used
later for making compost. For sale of garage accumulated for several
years now, tenders were called but only one met all the conditions. Mr.
Satyanarayana said tenders were called again, relaxing conditions.
Once the new plan is implemented, pollution to which residents near Kapuluppada were objecting, would be reduced.
Also
another site of 200 acres at Tunglam would be taken for SWM. He assured
that unlike the Kapuluppada yard, all AP Pollution Control Board norms
would be adhered to.