JAIPUR: The private firm responsible for door-to-door garbage collection in the city was reprimanded by JMC-Heritage mayor Munesh Gurjar for their lackadaisical attitude towards sanitation.
At a meeting on Tuesday, Gurjar expressed displeasure at the firm for not working as per the contract. She asked the firm to collect wet and dry waste separately according to the contract of BVG company, which till now hasn’t been implemented by the firm.
Helper with vehicles are also not being arranged by the company.
The mayor directed the representatives of the firm to fix the arrangement as per the contract in the next 7 days.
“If the firm does not fix the arrangements as per the contract in the next seven days, then the agreement with the company would be cancelled,” said Gurjar.
In the upcoming general body meeting, a discussion will be held on finding alternatives for garbage collection in the city.
According to a senior JMC-Heritage official, the corporation was in the process of purchasing its own hoopers through which it will be able to manage the door-to-door garbage collection properly.
“At present, the private firm was using 219 hoopers in Walled City. We have 100 hoopers of our own and we are planning to purchase around 100 more immediately. When needed we will purchase 50 more hoopers. We want to do away with this firm as the sanitation condition of the city is in a very bad shape,” said a JMC-Heritage official.