Indian Express 10.11.2010
More auto tippers for garbage collection
Hamari Jamatia Tags : Municipal Corporation of Delhi, MCD Posted: Wed Nov 10 2010, 04:56 hrs
New Delhi: Taking the job of maintaining cleanliness in its area seriously, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to deploy more auto tippers, which are four-wheeled garbage-collecting automobiles, for 272 of its wards in 12 zones.The civic body has divided Delhi into 12 zones, and while all of them already have tippers, Narela and Najafgarh will be getting more such vehicles compared to others. While tippers collect garbage from door to door in other areas, they will be collecting from dhallaos in these localities. Narela requires eight tippers, and Najafgarh needs 16.
The matter would also be presented for approval at the MCD’s Standing Committee meeting to be held here on Wednesday. An MCD official said: “The main aim of this scheme is to collect unattended sweeping silt and drain silt, so that better sanitation conditions may prevail in all parts of the ward.”
At present, this plan is in place at the South Zone, Shahdara (South) Zone, City Zone, West Zone, Shahdara (North), Najafgarh Zone and South Paharganj Zone. In all, a total of 175 tippers and 40 four-wheelers are required to be engaged in all zones, except Civil Lines Zone and Rohini Zone, where the work of door-to-door garbage collection has already been awarded to a private concessionaire. In Shahdara (South) and Shahdara (North), the MCD is in the process of undertaking door-to-door garbage collection and do not require the deployment of additional tippers. According to estimates provided by the civic body, the expenditure to be incurred on tippers would be around Rs 5.02 crore, and the cost of four wheelers would be Rs 5.95 crore.
