The Indian Express    28.08.2012

PMC plants to process waste generated from Manjari village

The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Monday accepted the proposal to collect waste generated from Manjari village, which is outside the civic jurisdiction, and process it at its plants.

“The village gram panchayat had urged the civic body to collect the waste every day and treat it in the processing plant at a cost of Rs 10,000 per month,” said Mayor Vaishali Bankar after a meeting with party leaders. She said the PMC’s move will help the village, which is situated outside the civic jurisdiction, to remain clean.

However, few parties opposed the proposal. They said the decision would set a wrong trend. “This will pave the way for all the villages outside the PMC limits to make the same demand and it will be difficult for the civic body to accept it. We are unable to properly manage the waste generated in the civic jurisdiction and additional waste from adjoining villages will add on to the problems,” a leader said.

The civic body spends Rs 160 per tonne for processing the waste generated. Handling the waste of Manjari village for just Rs 10,000 per month would put financial burden on the civic body, he added.