Commercial establishments in the city will now have to place red and green baskets on their premises for dumping wet and dry waste. They will have to segregate the waste at their outlets and dump the waste in the respective colour bags for effective disposal of garbage in the city.
After implementing this initiative in different colonies, Vijayawada Municipal Corporation (VMC) is now roping in commercial outlets and college managements for promoting and implementing the segregation of dry and wet waste.
To this effect, a meeting was organised with members and representatives of different commercial establishments associations by the corporation authorities in Council Hall. Outlet managements were instructed to establish the baskets and handover them to municipal staff or dispose them at specified places than dumping on the roadsides.
Every day more than 550 tonnes of waste is generated in the city and disposing such quantum of waste is proving to be a challenge for the corporation. Colony association on the city fringes are against dumping garbage in their vicinities and identifying a suitable location for a dumping yard is turning into a task for authorities.
To address these issues, it is necessary to segregate dry and wet waste. Dry waste can be recycled and transformed into manure. This will help in disposing the waste effectively, besides curbing complaints from residents associations over dumping garbage in their vicinities, said Mayor Koneru Sridhar during the meeting.
VMC Commissioner C. Hari Kiran said stern action would be initiated against outlets, which dump the waste in the canals or dispose them on the roadsides. Many dumper bins are provided at different junctions and outlets can dump the waste in the bins to ensure cleanliness and sanitation in the city, he said.
“We welcome any suggestions or any issues from outlet owners. Corporation will extend all support in this regard,” said Mr. Hari Kiran. Later, another meeting was conducted with college managements to discuss the need to utilise the services of students in promoting the importance of segregating dry and wet waste.
Programmes planned
Different awareness programmes would be conducted in the coming days and students have to play a crucial role in this initiative.
Authorities of education departments, principals and correspondents of different education institutes participated in the meeting, said a press release.
Stern action will be initiated against the outlets which dump waste in canals or dispose it on the roadside
C. Hari Kiran
VMC Commissioner
Every day more than 550 tonnes of waste is generated in the city, and disposing it is proving to be a challenge for the corporation
