Sanitation drives in Delhi's slum clusters, commercial hubs, public toilets: How MCD's campaign removed 12,000 tonnes waste daily
During this two-week initiative, which ran from August 1 to August 14, around 12,000 tonnes of municipal waste were collected daily, engaging more than 2.6 lakh residents. The corporation also conducted 917 drives in government and office premises, removing 10,692 kg of waste.
It conducted special sanitation activities across 1,138 public toilets to ensure hygiene and odour control, and 166 drives in slum clusters for targeted sanitation. Along with this, the drive also cleared 689.63 metric tonnes of waste along railway tracks, while commercial hubs saw 404 night-sweeping drives.
The campaign also swept waste along the back lanes, parks and gardens with an average of 3,624 tonnes of construction and demolition waste collected daily.
Officials reported an increase of 1,000 tonnes in waste collection daily, bringing the total collection from 11,000 tonnes per day last month to 12,373 tonnes per days this month.
In the lead-up to Independence Day, 138 plog runs were conducted, combining jogging with litter picking, engaging 16,691 youth and 1,26,881 students.
To enhance the visual landscape of the capital, more than 35,000 posters and banners were removed from public spaces. Additionally, 160 wall beautification projects, including murals and thematic messages about cleanliness, were completed.
Alongside garbage cleaning efforts, community awareness drives were held to discourage single-use plastics and promote compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016. Additionally, 29,737 plantation drives were carried out from August 6 to 8.
The corporation stated that a clean city needs behavioural change. 'The lack of civic sense among many in public who continue to litter garbage and use single use plastic remains a major challenge for the corporation,' read the official statement.
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