Private firm to handle waste management from Jan. 1

People will not have to pay fee to collectors

December 18, 2014 11:52 am | Updated 11:52 am IST - MANGALURU:

The Mumbai-based company will use these new vehicles to collect waste in Mangaluru from January 1. Photo: H.S. Manjunath

The Mumbai-based company will use these new vehicles to collect waste in Mangaluru from January 1. Photo: H.S. Manjunath

Five years after a proposal was mooted to change the system of multiple local contractors handling solid waste, a Mumbai-based company will take over solid waste management in the city for the next seven years, from next month.

Chairman of the Standing Committee for Health, Education and Social Justice at the Mangalore City Corporation Ashok Shetty told The Hindu that the committee on Monday reviewed the company Antony Waste Handling Pvt. Ltd.’s preparation and that they were satisfied.

The company will take over from January 1, 2015 and the priority will be to stabilise the door-to-door collection of non-segregated solid waste. Later it will collect segregated solid waste.

The chairman said that the people will not need to pay users’ fee to the collectors from January as the corporation will pay the company. He added that the corporation was collecting solid waste management cess from people along with property tax.

Mr. Shetty said that initially the company will mobilise 200 workers for managing solid waste in 60 wards and it has been asked to employ more workers.

An official in the health section said that the company has procured 55 new jeeps for collecting waste from houses and it has also purchased 16 new large compactors for transporting the waste.

The compactors will have a facility to compress garbage filled in it and during compression, the moisture content will get stored in a separate tank in it. Thus garbage up to 10 tons could be filled up per vehicle.

The current lorries used to transport waste can carry up to six tonnes of garbage.

The official added that the company will have to fit Global Positioning System in all vehicles and it will have to cover 70 per cent of the households in the first three months in door-to-door collection. Later it should be extended.

It will also have to sweep the streets, clean the dividers, cut the vegetation and other sanitation work.

The official revealed that the company had been expected to take over waste collection from this month itself.

The corporation will have to spend more money after the company will took charge. Now, the corporation spends about Rs. 11 crore annually for waste management in the 60 wards and it will rise to Rs. 17. 62 crore under the new system.

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