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Hindustan Times
4 days ago
- General
- Hindustan Times
Mohali MC to rope in private hand to drive waste segregation
Stung by a dismal performance in the 2024 Swachhta Survekshan rankings, the Mohali Municipal Corporation (MC) is ramping up efforts to ensure proper waste segregation at source, one of its weakest waste management areas, by roping in a private player for door-to-door garbage collection for the first time. Garbage strewn around on roadsides across the city points to the long road ahead for Mohali in managing its daily waste effectively. (Sanjeev Sharma/HT) Currently, garbage collection in the city remains disorganised, with both sanitation workers and residents failing to segregate waste at source. In the rankings announced on July 17, Mohali fell to the 128th spot among 903 cities with population between 50,000 and 3 lakh — a sharp drop from 82nd last year. Within Punjab, it slipped to the 11th spot among 35 cities, compared to first place last year among cities with over 1 lakh population. Mohali scored 69.93% — earning 8,742 out of 12,500 marks — compared to last year's 82.72% (6,204.20 out of 7,500). Officials attributed the poor performance largely to non-segregation of waste at source and poor processing of waste generated —two key parameters in the central government's cleanliness survey. Tech-enabled monitoring MC commissioner Parminder Pal Singh said, 'For the first time, we are privatising door-to-door garbage collection and will float tenders next week. Our aim is to implement an end-to-end, tech-enabled, efficient waste management system in compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.' As part of the plan, sanitation workers will sensitise households about waste segregation. Each household will be assigned a QR code, and violations, such as mixing wet and dry waste, will be logged in real-time via a mobile app with time and date. Repeat violations will be escalated to MC sanitary inspectors. Collection vehicles will be required to have separate compartments for wet and dry waste and deliver it to Material Recovery Facilities without mixing. Any violation, including mixing of waste post-collection, will attract strict penalties as per the Service Level Agreement. Three plants set up for waste processing To improve processing, MC has also set up two waste management facilities at Shahimajra and Jagatpura villages, where shed construction and machinery installation is complete. A Panchkula-based agency has been hired to install waste sorting equipment at both sites. While dry waste will be processed here, wet waste will be sent to another shed in Phase 3A. The Shahimajra plant has a daily processing capacity of 40 tonnes and the Jagatpura facility can handle 80 tonnes per day. These steps come in the wake of the Punjab and Haryana high court ordering closure of the Phase 8-B dumping ground, leaving the city with no designated dump. CSR-funded park upkeep Meanwhile, in a bid to improve park maintenance and reduce financial strain, MC has also decided to hand over five major city parks to private companies under the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) model. Mohali currently has 798 parks, including 39 designated as 'Special Parks' and 194 maintained by Residents' Welfare Associations (RWAs). The plan is to bring 604 parks, including all 39 Special Parks and 565 others, under CSR to enhance upkeep and transparency.
Time of India
17-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
MCD continues to show lacklustre results in Swachhta Survekshan 2024-25
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi continued to show lacklustre results in the Swachhta Survekshan. In the assessment of cities with populations exceeding 10 lakh (or million-plus cities) for 2024-25, it placed 31st out of 44. This follows the 2023-24 performance in which Delhi ranked 90th among 446 cities in the category of urban areas with populations above one lakh. MCD had aspired to rank in the top 10 in this category in 2024-25, but fell far short. Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh argued that until last year, the Aam Aadmi Party was at the helm in MCD and no progress was reported in various sanitation projects pending for two and a half years. "Not just this, due to the non-formation of the standing committee and other statutory panels, important projects related to the clearing of garbage and the establishment of processing facilities couldn't be executed," said Singh. "Now that BJP has assumed power, all these pending projects are seeing progress. So, we expect to be among the top 10 civic bodies in urban areas with population of over one lakh next year." This year's Swachh Survekshan theme was reduce, reuse and recycle. The sanitation indicators emphasised 10 parameters for judging the performance of a city. These were visible cleanliness (1,500 marks or 15%); segregation, collection and transportation of waste (1,000 marks); solid waste management (1,500); access to sanitation (1,000); used water management (1,000); mechanisation of desludging services (500); advocacy for swachhta (1,500); ecosystem strengthening and institutional parameters (1,000); overall welfare of sanitation workers (500); and citizen feedback and grievance redressal (500 marks). by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like No annual fees for life UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo You Can Also Check: Delhi AQI | Weather in Delhi | Bank Holidays in Delhi | Public Holidays in Delhi Additionally, a total of 2,500 marks were allocated for being an open defecation-free (1,200 marks) and garbage-free city (1,300 marks). MCD scored 7,920 out of 12,500 points in the assessment. In 2023, it had secured 6,115 points out of 9,500 to be placed at the 90th spot among 446 cities in the category of urban areas with populations above one lakh. While MCD managed to get 100% numbers for door-to-door collection of waste in its areas, it got only 56% for waste segregation, which means the process still hasn't gained traction in the capital. As for waste generation and management, Delhi processes only 51% of the total waste collected, with 56% remediation of waste done at the dumpsites, according to the Survekshan results. Regarding cleanliness and sanitation arrangements, the survey evaluated 93% of MCD areas as dedicatedly cleaned. It noted 100% cleanliness in market areas, 27% cleanliness in waterbodies and found 63% cleanliness maintained at public toilets. BS Vohra, president, East Delhi RWAs Joint Front, alleged that MCD was unable to meet the expectations of residents when it came to public sanitation. "There is literally no progress on cleanliness, landfills, decentralised processing, even door-to-door waste collection," he said. "MCD will be able to perform well only when its basic tasks are performed diligently, such as lifting garbage, keeping public toilets clean, and engaging enough tipper vehicles to keep spaces clean. " Other citizens said the toilets were not maintained properly after they were transferred on a build-operate-transfer basis. "Neighbouring cities such as Meerut (rank 19) and Ghaziabad (11) managed to perform better than the capital," a resident noted. The sanitation survey was initiated in 2016 to evaluate and encourage urban sanitation improvements. After nine years, the Swachh Survekshan evaluated all cities under the Swachh Bharat Mission Urban.
