Mangaluru: Waste management contract extended by 6 months

MANGALURU: With the extended one-year term of Antony Waste Handling Cell (AWHC) Pvt Limited's contract on handling garbage in the city ending in January 2023, the Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) has decided to extend the contract by six months.
The MCC has already submitted a detailed project report for handling waste, to the directorate of municipal administration, for approval. The report is yet to be approved by the high-level steering committee headed by the chief secretary, to the government. A council meeting held on Saturday, resolved that AWHC will continue to handle door-to-door waste collection and transportation in the city, from February 1 to July 31.
The AWHC has been collecting and transporting waste from 60 wards of the city, since February 1, 2015. The seven-year contract term of the AWHC, ended on January 31, 2022. A new DPR for waste handling is yet to be approved by the Directorate of Municipal Administration. The MCC, after seeking permission from the state government, extended the term of the contract by a year, till January 31, 2023. "The DPR on solid waste management submitted by the MCC has been approved in the State-level Technical Committee (SLTC), and is awaiting approval from the high-power committee headed by the chief secretary," chief whip of ruling party in the council, Premanand Shetty, said.
An average 308 tonnes of waste is generated per day, from 60 wards in the city. The cost per tonne for management, is Rs 3,996, while the daily expenditure comes to around Rs 11.7 lakh, and the monthly expenditure is around Rs 3.5 crore. The expenditure for six months will be around Rs 21.1 crore.