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Garbage project: 6 firms shorlisted

Central funding may be sought for the project under JNNURM

Selected firm has to move 4,000 tonnes of waste every day
It can choose any of the approved methods of disposal

HYDERABAD: There is some movement on the comprehensive integrated solid waste management project for the capital with a high-powered technical committee choosing six firms to the nationwide tenders called for the work last week.

A Request For Proposal (RFP) is to be issued to – Ramky Enviro Engineers (Hyderabad), Gujarat Environ Protection & Infrastructure Ltd., IL&FS Waste Management and Urban Services (New Delhi), Veolia Environment Services (Chennai), Antony Waste Handling Cell (Noida), & Neelmetal Fanka Environment.

These firms would have to submit their technical and financial bids for the Rs. 700 crore project being taken up under the public private partnership mode based on which one firm will be selected. Work entails not only improving the existing garbage dump in Jawaharnagar, but also build three more such sites in different zones, developing existing three transfer stations and build five more.

More significantly, the selected firm would have to introduce modern transport fleet to move the 4,000 tonnes of solid waste generated each day. Plus, the private partner would be allowed to handle door-to -door garbage collection for a particular area on an experimental basis to improve the method, explained Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Commissioner and Special Officer S.P. Singh.

No user charges

“There will be no user charges and all the lands will be given on lease only. We are only trying to further develop a presently informal system of collecting household garbage through rag-pickers and their tricycles donated by the Corporation.

A mega city should not be allowing rag-pickers to handle garbage in a primitive manner near dump bins,” he said. A bin-free city where household garbage is moved to the transfer stations directly was an ideal solution but it would take some time, he pointed out and referred to the failed experiment of providing gloves and uniforms to rag-pickers.

The rag-pickers would be involved in any alternative being thought of so that they too could earn more, said Mr. Singh.

The selected firm would be free to choose any of the approved methods of garbage disposal like vermicomposting, generating power, trading carbon credits and the likes.

“We are going to be technology neutral on garbage disposal. The firm will also have to maintain the capped dump site for some time,” he said.

The Centre is to be tapped for funding for the project under the JNNURM and a detailed project report is being sent for the purpose, Mr. Singh added.

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