Wednesday, 01 February 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Over 600 people belonging to resident welfare associations (RWAs) and commercial establishments have registered themselves as bulk waste generators with the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) in the past two months. The corporation is expecting a registration of over 4,000 people in the upcoming months and the successful collection and disposal of the waste generated afterwards is likely to bring down the city’s waste disposal issue by at least 30 per cent as per the officials.
The corporation on November 22 had launched a bulk waste generators app to promote segregation practice among housing societies and commercial establishments like vending zones, wedding venues, hotels and restaurants as they generate garbage in bulk on a daily basis. Since garbage disposal is a big issue in the city, the MCD decided to adopt decentralised waste processing management to ensure minimal waste ends up in landfills and waste management plant. When a bulk generator registers in the app, he/she automatically receives a unique QR code which would be scanned by the sanitation worker after picking up the garbage during door to door service.
The registered member will also get a notification to keep their segregated waste ready 30 minutes before the arrival of the garbage collecting vehicle. The commercial establishments will also be offered time slots as per their preference and they will not be charged extra for this service. The chief municipal health officer Dr Avinash Khanna said that bulk generators are responsible for segregation and disposal of their own garbage as per the rules of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016 but MCD is giving them the facility to promote segregation practice in the city.
Khanna said that the MCD would start garbage collection of registered waste generators in about two months. He also informed that this initiative would also help the city to get additional points in Swachh Survekshan 2023. He said, “The MCD has formed a separate app for bulk waste generators which will alone garner 200 points in SS23. Over 600 people have registered through the app so far and this number is likely to be around 5,000in future. We are also working on several other initiatives to improve sanitation conditions which will certainly help in getting more points in SS23.”
