The Hindu 14.09.2009
NDMC to extend garbage collection scheme
Staff Reporter
The scheme was first implemented in 10 colonies in 2007
NEW DELHI: The New Delhi Municipal Council is planning to extend its door-to-door garbage collection scheme to over 20 more colonies including Jor Bagh, Golf Links and Moti Bagh after having introduced the concept at 51 places in its area. The idea is to make garbage collection and segregation more scientific and check indiscriminate throwing of garbage by residents.
An NDMC official said: “In the next 10 to 15 days we plan to start the door-to-door garbage collection system in about 25 more colonies. This will be implemented by roping in the services of non-government organisation ‘Chintan’ which is already engaged in this work on our behalf in some of the other colonies.” The new areas to be covered in the scheme include Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, Lodhi Colony, Kidwai Nagar, West Kidwai Nagar and Gole Market among others. The scheme was first implemented in 10 colonies in 2007 as part of a pilot project that included Kaka Nagar, Baba Nagar, Rabindra Nagar and Bharti Nagar among others.
At present, the NDMC is collecting garbage from door-to-door in 24 colonies while in 24 other colonies it is being done through the engagement of Chintan and Fumes International. The garbage collection in Golf Links, Jor Bagh, CPWD Colony, R. K. Ashram Marg (Sector-1) is presently being done through arrangements with the residents’ welfare associations.
As part of the scheme, two dustbins in green and blue marked as bio-degradable and non-biodegradable will be distributed among the households for free and the NGO that will assist them in carrying out the garbage collection programme. It will deploy its volunteers to go from door-to-door to collect garbage from the two dustbins provided in each house. Thereafter the garbage will be collected using trolleys and then taken to the landfill sites. To avoid confusion on how to categorise the garbage, a list of items that could be put in either of the bins will be pasted on them.
