Back in 2014, the previous city Corporation council had announced an ambitious programme to turn all the hundred wards of the local body into ‘clean wards’ as part of its My City, Beautiful City initiative. A ward so declared was supposed to have waste management arrangements at source in a certain percentage of households and community waste processing systems to process all the waste generated. Close to 20 wards were declared ‘clean wards’, by the time the local body elections came.
Now, the local body is set to begin a similar initiative to declare ‘completely clean wards’. The guidelines for the programme were approved by a council meeting on Monday. A detailed schedule for declaration of clean wards has been published.
First two
Sasthamangalam and Vanchiyoor will be the first wards to be declared clean by December 31.
In the first phase, declarations will be collected from households on the kind of waste processing being followed there. In the second phase, it is to be ensured that at least 80% of the households in the ward have some type of waste processing system.
The guidelines for waste collection agencies are also being renewed.
Service providers will be constantly graded based on the quality of their services. After initial warnings, their licence will be withdrawn if the service does not improve within 3 months. Residents’ associations which take full responsibility of the waste generated in their area will be declared as model residents’ associations.
Inoculum will be made available at 50% subsidy to service providers. Action will be taken against agencies that collect waste illegally. Aerobic bins will have to be installed in flats for biodegradable waste. A system has to be there for collecting non-biodegradable waste. The Junior Health Inspectors will have to carry out monthly checks in flats in their area.
Service providers will collect non-biodegradable waste from all commercial establishments. All offices and auditoriums will have to strictly follow green protocol.