NEW DELHI: In a bid to make its west zone free of dhalaos, South Delhi Municipal Corporation launched a fleet of mobile transfer stations and auto tippers on Sunday.

The mobile transfer stations, flagged off by LG Anil Baijal, will be
deployed across the zone, like in the central and south zones, under
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to promote the 3R concept of reducing, recycling
and reusing waste.

Baijal said the new infrastructure would result in a huge savings in
the west zone in eight years. “Scientific collection, systematic
segregation of garbage, compressed volume, dumping of less waste in
landfills and scope for recycling will provide an excellent opportunity
to SDMC to convert waste into wealth. This is, in fact, need of the
hour,” he said.

Corporation commissioner P K Goel
said this was the first-ever project of collection and management of
garbage compatible with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016. “The new set
up will be able to practically enforce complete check over open dumping,
burning of waste and waste spillage during transportation, and ensure
that there is no manual handling of waste,” said Goel.