KANPUR: Kanpur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has entered into an agreement with two private companies—one of Indore and another a local company –to lift garbage from 15 wards of the city.
According to RK Singh in-charge and executive engineer of Swachcha Bharat Abhiyan , the Indore- based company would collect garbage from ten wards including Shastri Nagar,Vijay Nagar, Sarvodaya Nagar, Lajpar Nagar, Sharda Nagar and zone-6 of Kalyanpur. Similarly, the local company had been entrusted with the job to collect garbage from the remaining five wards--Shyam Nagar, Daheli Sujanpur, Yashoda Nagar (west) and Krishna Nagar (east).
He said the two companies would not only collect wet and dry garbage under a door-to-door collection scheme but also create awareness about cleanliness among residents. The executive engineer claimed that around 70 percent houses generate dry and wet garbage.
The door-to-door collection process, he said, would be implemented soon in the entire municipal limit The garbage collected from door-to-door would be sent directly to the garbage disposal plant at Panki Bhaupur. “The segregated dry and wet garbage besides saving time at the plant would also keep the roads clean”, he said.
Meanwhile, municipal commissioner Akshay Tripathi on Monday directed the junior engineer to remove encroachment from the footpath near Sanjay Van in Kidwai Nagar.
The enforcement squad of zone-3 launched an anti encroachment campaign in the area and removed all encroachments. The squad also collected Rs 40,000 as fine.
KMC has decided to set up a tax collection centre in Kidwai Nagar night shelter home. At present, the office of zonal health officer is being raised on its ground floor. As per plan, the house tax collection center of zone-3 would be raised on the first floor.