PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The civic body in Pimpri Chinchwad will expand doorstep collection of waste, started on an experimental basis last month in four wards, to all 32 wards from October 2.
Additional commissioner Vikas Dhakane said that the decision was taken after examining the solid waste management system in Indore, which holds the top rank in Swachh Survekshan.
According to Dhakane, the civic body wants to improve solid waste management in the residential areas. The tendering process was underway for the same, he said.
Activist Maruti Bhapkar said that the initiative was nothing new and it had been carried out in the past as well.
“Every time such decisions were taken, there was controversy, and we hope that the civic body maintains extreme transparency in this matter. Some private parties were given the contract for doorstep waste collection in 2017, but the problems related to waste collection are far from over,” he said.
PCMC commissioner Rajesh Patil said that the civic body was going to proceed with its plan of doorstep waste collection regardless of any reservation.
“During our drive across four wards, we managed to take the waste segregation to almost 70%. Our focus currently lies on garbage management (collection, transportation, processing and disposal),” he said.
Patil added that if the households can segregate wet, dry and hazardous garbage, it would be easier for the municipal corporation to transport the waste to the processing units. He said that this needs to be streamlined and the civic body was working on it.
