‘Don’t turn waste pickup points into mini-landfills’

Gurgaon: Urban Local Bodies (ULB) minister Kamal Gupta on Friday directed MCG officials to ensure that waste dumped at secondary waste collection points should be cleared regularly so that they don’t turn into mini-landfill sites. The minister told the officials to visit all secondary collection points in the city and get them covered from all sides.
On the solid waste management in the city, MCG officials said in the meeting that around 30 lakh tonnes of legacy waste is lying at the Bandhwari landfill site. They added that 300 tonnes of waste is processed every day at the material recovery facilities and 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of waste is processed every day at Bandhwari. The officials also said that they will hand over 10 acre of land for a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant to Ecogreen.
Ecogreen representatives had given the assurance that the work on WTE plant will begin by December-end and the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the plant will be given to a private agency by December 15. The nine-member committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 29 to oversee and expedite the legacy waste processing at Bandhwari had decided that the waste processing should be completed by March 2023.
“The ULB minister directed the MCG officials to ensure that waste collection from houses and secondary waste collection points is done regularly. He directed the joint commissioner (Swachh Bharat Mission) to conduct checks at the waste collection points and make a robust strategy to manage them,” said MCG spokesperson SS Rohilla.
In a meeting held at PWD rest house, Gupta also said that the new and old property IDs have been linked, so the officials should apprise the residents about the same and objections and suggestions should also be invited from them. He added that there are 42 lakh properties in the state, of which objections have been received for 3.10 lakh properties and subsequently resolved.
While discussing the state government’s campaign “parking ki marking”, the minister asked the MCG officials to ensure that the property tax is collected in time. The minister suggested that in order to provide the parking facility to the public, a part of the wider roads should be reserved for parking vehicles.
It was also decided in that meeting that the regional officer of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will get a scientific study done to evaluate the amount of leachate generated at Bandhwari and the number of disc tube reverse osmosis (DTRO) plants required to treat it. It was also decided that MCG and the regional officer of HSPCB will strictly monitor the functioning of DTRO and leachate treatment plant at the site.
Gurgaon: Urban Local Bodies (ULB) minister Kamal Gupta on Friday directed MCG officials to ensure that waste dumped at secondary waste collection points should be cleared regularly so that they don’t turn into mini-landfill sites. The minister told the officials to visit all secondary collection points in the city and get them covered from all sides.
On the solid waste management in the city, MCG officials said in the meeting that around 30 lakh tonnes of legacy waste is lying at the Bandhwari landfill site. They added that 300 tonnes of waste is processed every day at the material recovery facilities and 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes of waste is processed every day at Bandhwari. The officials also said that they will hand over 10 acre of land for a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant to Ecogreen.
Ecogreen representatives had given the assurance that the work on WTE plant will begin by December-end and the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the plant will be given to a private agency by December 15. The nine-member committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 29 to oversee and expedite the legacy waste processing at Bandhwari had decided that the waste processing should be completed by March 2023.
“The ULB minister directed the MCG officials to ensure that waste collection from houses and secondary waste collection points is done regularly. He directed the joint commissioner (Swachh Bharat Mission) to conduct checks at the waste collection points and make a robust strategy to manage them,” said MCG spokesperson SS Rohilla.
In a meeting held at PWD rest house, Gupta also said that the new and old property IDs have been linked, so the officials should apprise the residents about the same and objections and suggestions should also be invited from them. He added that there are 42 lakh properties in the state, of which objections have been received for 3.10 lakh properties and subsequently resolved.
While discussing the state government’s campaign “parking ki marking”, the minister asked the MCG officials to ensure that the property tax is collected in time. The minister suggested that in order to provide the parking facility to the public, a part of the wider roads should be reserved for parking vehicles.
It was also decided in that meeting that the regional officer of Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) will get a scientific study done to evaluate the amount of leachate generated at Bandhwari and the number of disc tube reverse osmosis (DTRO) plants required to treat it. It was also decided that MCG and the regional officer of HSPCB will strictly monitor the functioning of DTRO and leachate treatment plant at the site.