Landfill Crisis
Centre Approves Rs 300 Crore Action Plan To Solve Delhi’s Garbage Crisis
Centre’s Rs 300 crore plan will be used to procure machines for collection, transport and storage of solid waste. Apart from that money can also be used by municipal corporations to set up decentralised treatment plants and special machines for the upkeep of drains and sewers
Highlights
- Centre chalks out Rs 300 crore plan to help Delhi manage waste disposal
- Dumping in Ghazipur banned after collapse on Sep 1 by Lieutenant Governor
- Garbage dumping continues in Ghazipur as EDMC has no alternative place
New Delhi: The central government has approved Rs 300 crore action plan for “visible improvement” in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing the city. Newly-appointed Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said that in this plan, north, south and east municipal corporations of Delhi would spend Rs 100 crore each for procuring machines for collection, transport and storage of solid waste. They would be assisted by the Urban Development Fund of the Ministry, Hardeep Singh Puri said at a conference on “Public Affairs: Effective Advocacy and Public Policy Strategies” organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI).
All vehicles and mechanical equipment would be procured and commissioned by the end of December this year, the Minister said.
Apart from that, the corporations would also procure decentralised treatment plants and special machines for the upkeep of drains and sewers. He added accelerated composters and bio-methanation plants to be procured under the plan, would add a waste treatment capacity of 670 metric tonnes per day.
Equipments and machines to be procured include battery mounted and automated litter pickers, compacters, underground bins, mechanical road sweepers, accelerated composters, bio-methanation plants and super sucker re-cycler machines for drains and sewers, said the Minister.
“This should bring some relief in the national capital,” Hardeep Singh Puri added.
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