PIMPRI CHINCHWAD: The standing committee of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) on Thursday approved Rs 56 lakh for doorstep waste collection on an experimental basis.
The initiative will be launched from August 1 in ward numbers 7, 15, 28, and 29.
Garbage from 92,000 families, and over 5,000 commercial establishments would be collected from the doorstep, officials said.
Municipal commissioner Rajesh Patil said that the initiative has been launched after examining the solid waste management system in Indore city, which holds top rank in Swachh Survekshan of the Union government.
According to Patil, the civic body wants to improve solid waste management in the residential areas with the help of source-based waste management.
“The segregation, transport, processing and composting of garbage should be done at source. We want to free the city of garbage bins and with this experiment, we are sure a behavioural change can be brought about with public awareness through community participation,” he said, adding that even though the initiative is being launched in four wards initially, it will be expanded to all the 32 wards within the next three months.
Patil said that the garbage lying around the city and its segregation is a real challenge and its collection and processing needs to be streamlined. “We want to achieve top ranks in the Swachh Survekshan in the next two years,” he said.
