Residents of north Delhi may soon have to pay a user charge for availing the door-to-door waste collection services.
The North Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday proposed the implementation of waste collection charges.
The proposal stated that at present the municipalities use the solid waste management tax, which is a percentage of the property tax, to support solid waste management services.
However, the corporation said that this is not enough to meet the expenditure of waste collection, transportation, treatment and final disposal.
The corporation said that user charges will be collected from residential colonies as well as commercial units. Fee slabs will be set up for each category of property, as per garbage generation.
Chaos in House
As per the proposal, user charges will be around ₹50 to ₹150 per month for residential colonies and will be higher for commercial establishments.
The proposal, however, could not be discussed because of the chaos caused in the House by the Opposition. It will be scheduled in the agenda again in the next meeting.
“Many studies have demonstrated that people are willing to pay the user charges for efficient services in addition to the solid waste management tax. It is desirable to levy appropriate user charges for 100% door-to-door collection services and fast progress should be made,” the proposal read.
The civic body officials said that the implementation of these charges is in line with the Centre’s Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2016.
