The Centre has sanctioned financial assistance of ₹300 crore to the three municipal corporations of Delhi for effective solid waste management and dust control.
Union Housing and Urban Affairs Secretary Durga Shanker Mishra said orders for various projects worth ₹236 crore have been issued, and that the North and East civic bodies were asked to prepare other proposals worth ₹64 crore.
The Urban Affairs Ministry has approved various proposals, such as setting up of six bio-methionine plants, 20 accelerated composters, procurement of six supper sucker machines, 14 suction-cum-jetting machines, 272 auto-mounted licker pickers, 40 fix compactors, 121 water sprinkler tankers to control road dust, and greening on roads (164 acres) and 24 mechanical road sweepers for internal roads.
“The Ministry has also sanctioned proposals for procurement of 25 electric garbage vehicles and 10 tractors with water tankers,” Mr. Mishra said.
He said execution of proposals was on the fast-track so that there is effective implementation of solid waste management. The financial assistance will help BJP-led civic bodies, which often rue that they do not have sufficient funds, to deal with the problem of garbage in the Capital.
The move comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court rebuking Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal for his attitude of being “a superman” but doing nothing to get the “mountains of garbage” in the city cleared.