Garbage collectors agree to help Chandigarh civic body in segregation

CHANDIGARH: The door-to-door garbage collectors have agreed to help Chandigarh municipal corporation in segregation of garbage at source.
In a meeting between MC commissioner KK Yadav, mayor Rajesh Kumar and representatives of door-to-door garbage collectors on Tuesday, the garbage collectors have agreed that they will make two cabins in their garbage collecting vehicle for keeping wet and dry waste.
Meanwhile, the MC commissioner have formed a panel, which will hold discussion with representatives of door-to-door garbage collectors to work out modalities to successfully implement the system in the entire city.
A senior MC official said that last week they had started the door-to-door collection of waste in segregated manner at village Sarangpur and Khudda Jassu.
The 10 vehicles collecting waste in segregated manner i.e. wet and dry separately in different cabins from near about 450 houses from village Sarangpur and nearly 594 houses in village Khudda Jassu.
The officials further added that MC have purchased 99 vehicles of 3.2 cubic meter capacity to carry out the collection of domestic waste in segregated manner. The dry and wet waste will be given by residents separately and will be collected in different compartments of the vehicles.
The 55 vehicles will be used for 13 villages recently transferred to the municipal corporation and the remaining 44 vehicles will be used for the unattended areas of the city which are not being catered by private waste collectors. Remaining villages will be taken up for collection of segregated waste through these vehicles within next few days, the official further added.