Jaipur: Heritage ends pact with BVG for inept handling of garbage

JAIPUR: JMC-Heritage has terminated the contract of BVG India Ltd because of negligence in door-to-door garbage collection and for not working in accordance with the terms of the contract. A notice has been served to the project head of the firm.
A termination warning notice was given to the company 15 days ago but no improvement was seen in the city's sanitation condition. This forced the civic body to terminate the contract.
JMC-Heritage commissioner Awadhesh Meena said several notices were issued to the firm for negligence and non-compliance of contract rules. When nothing changed even after the warnings, the services of the company was terminated, he said.
"We were fed up with complaints received from the public and the bad quality of work. We have invited a tender to rent hoopers from different companies as an alternative to BVG company, but the process will take time to complete. Till then we will use our resources to pick up garbage," said Meena.
BVG had 200 hoopers for the entire Walled City. JMC-Heritage has 100 hoopers of its own so they will function in two shifts to pick up garbage from the city, the commissioner said.
For this, instructions have been issued to officials. Door-to-door garbage collection will be done in every ward in two shifts in the city from 6 am to 10 pm. Due to this situation, leaves of all the sanitation workers and officers involved in the cleaning system have been canceled.
BVG company's project head Ummed Dheerawat said they respect the order of the corporation and will stop working from Saturday. "We respect the decision, but we are thinking of a legal remedy. We will take action soon," said Dheerawat.
Commissioner Meena said the public should cooperate in maintaining cleanliness in the city. "There is huge participation of the public in maintaining the cleanliness system. Proper arrangements for door-to-door garbage collection will be ensured soon," he added.