The Indian Express   15.08.2012

Door-to-door garbage collection in zone C areas from Sept 1

After having failing to start door-to-door garbage collection in the posh zone D areas, A2Z, the private company undertaking the solid waste management project, will start door-to-door garbage collection in the zone C areas. September 1 is the deadline for starting this work in 10 wards of zone C.

On the zone C project, Dr Charanjit Uppal, medical officer health in MC, confirmed that September 1 was the deadline for the new areas.

The areas where the project will be initiated are likely to be Giaspura, Shimlapuri, Janta Nagar, Kot Mangal Singh, localities along Gill road, and Sherpur road. Most of these areas are very congested and there is hardly any place for a garbage dump, so door-to-door garbage picking suits the company and there is not much resistance from the private garbage picking agents either, according to sources.

Last year, the same company had started this project in Sarabha Nagar on August 15 but the Safai Karamchari Union had damaged their vehicles and injured their employees. After that, door-to-door garbage collection never picked up in the posh localities.

As per the present arrangement, the private agents pick garbage from houses and dump it at one common point from where the private players pick and take it to the main dumping area at Tajpur road. However, this offers no relief to the residents who are still living in filthy conditions.