The Chennai Corporation will kickstart work on privatisation of waste management in Tiruvottiyur, Manali, Madhavaram and Ambattur this week.
On Wednesday, the civic body will conduct pre-bid meetings of private conservancy operators for the four northern zones. The new private conservancy operator will start street cleaning work in three months in the four zones.
“We have stopped tricycles in the new service delivery model. Battery-operated cars will collect garbage from all the streets. More than 5,000 streets will be cleaned by these vehicles which are less than 5-feet wide,” an official said.
Most of the congested streets in the city are not properly cleaned owing to the inability of machinery to reach narrow bylanes. The new battery-operated vehicles will also promote decentralised waste management. “We have also relaxed norms. The response from international bidders was poor because of the stringent norms. But we will also ensure that penal provisions are also strictly enforced. The operator will be penalised if the streets are not clean,” an official said.
Micro composting
Micro composting yards and source segregation will be the key to the new system. More than 800 tonnes of garbage is expected to be generated in the four zones every day.
According to estimates, more than four lakh households will get the services of door-to-door collection of segregated waste.
After finalising the private conservancy operator for the four zones, the Chennai Corporation will privatise conservancy operations in eight more zones in the city. The private conservancy operator for Valasaravakkam, Alandur, Perungudi and Sholinganallur will also be identified shortly.
After the Model Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 was lifted on Sunday, the civic body has started work on identification of new conservancy operators in the 12 zones. The civic body has decided to opt for a service-delivery model instead of a tipping-fee model in the new system of private conservancy operations.