The India 05.11.2014
Garbage collection fee to be introduced soon in Mandya
CMC plans to launch door-to-door solid waste collection
As solid waste is creating major health and
environmental problems, the Mandya City Municipal Council (CMC) has
decided to impose a fee for solid waste collection by year-end.
The
municipal council has also resolved to introduce door-to-door waste
collection system and outsource solid waste management to self-help
groups (SHGs). The fee will be Rs. 30 a month from each household.
Dumping
solid waste on pavements and by the roadside is a punishable offence
under certain provisions of the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and
Handling) Rules 2000, said N.M. Shashikumar, Commissioner of CMC.
Requesting
the people not to dump solid waste in public places, Mr. Shashikumar
said that the CMC would improve the solid waste management system in all
35 wards of the town.
The total quantity of solid
waste being generated in Mandya is about 56,000 tonnes a day. According
to 2011 census, there are 32,986 houses in the CMC limits of Mndya,
Environment Engineer N.S. Sneha (CMC) told
The Hindu.
The municipal council has set up garbage bins at
about 30 places in the town. However, these bins will be removed in a
phased manner. People should hand over the solid waste to garbage
collection vehicles or push carts, she said.
The municipal council had installed about 300 garbage bins at different places. The cost of each bin was about Rs. 30,000.
More
than 85 per cent of the bins installed had worn out owing to rust. The
municipal council had removed such rusted bins and dumped them at a
vacant place near the water tank in Gandhi Nagar.
Meanwhile,
the municipal council has invited proposals from women organisations
and self-help groups (SHG) for collection and disposal of solid waste
from within the municipal limits.
The contracted SHG will be entitled to collect Rs. 30 from each household, Ms. Sneha said here on Monday.
The
current system of solid waste management has been considered as very
poor owing to lack of pourakarmikas and non-availability of sufficient
garbage bins.
People have been dumping the garbage by roadside, pavements and common places.
At
present, there are 90 permanent pourakarmikas with the CMC. It has
hired 181 persons on contract. A majority of will be busy everyday
either clearing garbage or cleaning drains.
