Gurgaon: It will be the responsibility of RWAs to ensure that residents don’t dump C&D waste in the open or at unauthorised sites, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has said.
“It has been brought to our notice that some residents are dumping C&D waste inside or outside the premises of their societies or are availing the services of local contractors to carry and dump it in open areas. This not only damages the environment and makes the city dirty, but is also illegal and a punishable offence,” reads the notice issued by the MCG.
To place a request for waste collection, residents can call on toll-free number 18001801817 or 7005674475, after which an MCG team will visit the site for assessment. For collecting segregated waste, the charges will be Rs 360 per tonne and for non-segregated waste, they will be Rs 760 per tonne.
According to MCG data, 249 challans of Rs 68 lakh were issued for illegal dumping of C&D waste between April 2020 and January this year. Of this, the corporation recovered about Rs 56 lakh. The civic body also charged an assessment fee of Rs 4.91 crore from 3,802 waste generators in that period. However, the recovery amount was Rs 3.66 crore.
Residents welcomed the move. “It is a wise decision by the MCG to decentralise its enforcement for C&D waste. Residents can now approach us any time and we can help them out with C&D waste disposal. This would ensure that it is not dumped openly anywhere in the city. RWAs will ensure that the waste reaches the authorised dumping sites,” said Dhruv Bansal, spokesperson of the Qutub Enclave RWA.
The issue of C&D waste was discussed at length during a meeting of MCG officials and councillors on February 4. A five-member committee of councillors was directed to convene a meeting within a week and resolve the problem.
An official privy to the matter told TOI more C&D waste processing units were required. “The unit that we have has a capacity to process 300 tonnes per day but we are now generating about 2,000 tonnes each day,” he said.