AHMEDABAD: Your water usage will now be accounted for, with the municipal corporation changing tracks in the upcoming comprehensive Swachh Bharat 2.0 and Amrut 2.0 policies.
The policy also has a special section on regulating residential and commercial clusters drawing water from underground aquifer. The AMC will have to enact rules that should cater to the city water balance plan, city water action plan and the city aquifer management.
Another important component of the new mission plan will be compulsory segregation of waste at your homes as wet and dry, explains a senior AMC official.
“The AMC has already begun bioremediation of waste at Pirana dumping site, which was part of the phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat mission,” added the AMC official. regarding waste water use the AMC has been asked to evolve a policy to differentiate between ‘black water’ and grey water—which can be mainly provided for alternative use.
“Around 10% of Swachh Bharat projects will be implemented on PPP mode in million plus cities and Ahmedabad is among one of these cities,” adds the AMC official. The new policies has also laid a heavy emphasis on involving self-help-groups SHGs to spread awareness ahead of implementing the rules to optimize use of civic resources.
