Five days after rollout, confusion still mars UT civic body’s waste collection system
The vehicles used for collecting and transporting the waste are monitored by a GPS-enabled tracking system. The GPS system is constantly monitored by the monitoring cell. Updated: December 28, 2020 5:15:45 am
Baljinder Singh Bittu, Chairman FOSWAC, took up the issue of door-to-door garbage collection which the Municipal Corporation took over in sectors 1-20 from December 22.
Even AFTER five days of the rollout of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh’s waste collection system in sectors 1 to 30 in Chandigarh– chaos and confusion still persists with the MC’s waste collecting vehicles and the informal waste collectors both running the errand in some areas. Residents said, there have also been days when none of the two turned up to collect the waste from some areas. As the MC vehicles are stationed at particular spots in some localities, residents said w
Complaints pour in as Chandigarh civic body vehicles arrive for waste collection
Residents said that the garbage vehicle came to their lane and stopped but did not pick up the garbage from their doorstep. December 24, 2020 10:21:28 am
Garbage segregation vans during Garbage collection work in Chandigarh . Express photo
The Municipal Corporation’s waste collection in sectors 1 to 30 faced teething problems on Wednesday. While some residents complained that they had to run to MC vehicle located far away to dispose of waste, some said that no waste was collected from their areas.
Residents said that the garbage vehicle came to their lane and stopped but did not pick up the garbage from their doorstep.
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Residents said that all informal waste collectors should also be suitably integrated into the system.
“To bring in more quality and ease of management, the corporation should give preference to door-to-door waste collection activity to all willing RWAs/Gated Communities who volunteer to collect waste from door-to-door and ensure its segregation at source and enable pickup by the MC vehicles from the designated mutually decided collection points. Under this arrangement, individual households should not be charged user fee (which varies from Rs 50 to Rs 350 depending upon the area of the dwelling unit), but that RWAs/Gated Communities should be treated as a ‘bulk waste generator’ and charged lump sum user fee of Rs 2,000 per month as entry under Schedule I of the bylaws,” added Vashisht.
Despite resistance from architects, Chandigarh map to be built at Sec 17 Plaza for Rs 90L
The map, which will be 40 meters long and 40 meters wide, is being prepared using steel. The map will have comprise the prominent places of the city, with the different sectors and roads. December 16, 2020 9:39:22 am
Chandigarh sector 17.
Turning a deaf ear to the strong resistance from heritage experts, the Chandigarh Administration has proceeded with the construction of a map of the city in Sector 17– at a whopping cost of Rs 90 lakh. The map’s construction on the ground in Sector 17 has further surprised the city’s architects.