BMC speeds up treatment process for waste woes
BMC is all set to take matters into its own hands due to the slackening response from the state government towards the garbage treatment problems in the city. The BMC has decided to enter into agreements with the land fill owners even without the approval of the state government, by amending a clause from the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.
Owing to this initiation by the BMC, the construction of composting plants at Deonar, Mulund and Kanjurmarg landfill is expected to speed up. Also the garbage at the two main dumping sites has remained untreated till date owing to the contractors refusing to set up a treatment facility and their names being included to the lease agreement between the state government and the BMC. However, the new Kanjurmarg landfill has only 500 metric tonnes of waste being composted.
According to the deputy municipal commissioner, they have written to the government regarding the problem, but in vain. Henceforth, they have now planned to enter into an informal agreement along with the contractors and complete the work without any formal approval from the state government. This proposal has also been sent to the municipal commissioner.
However, there was a chronic shortage of garbage collection vehicles during the last monsoon and owing to this, the waste management problems were looked into. As per the rules of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), 2000, a land must be provided to the corporation by the state for the garbage treatment and disposal of plants with the corporation ensuring that the waste is processed.
The official further stated that the contractors should begin working without the lease agreement. It is very difficult for the contractors to acquire funds from the banks in order to start up a composting plant without a lease agreement having their names. The official further stated that they are trying to transfer the land lease agreement to their names but are not able to do so due to certain hurdles.
The garbage amount produced by the city is about 6,500 metric tonnes of MSW on an everyday basis. Currently, the Kanjurmarg dumping ground receives 500 metric tonnes of garbage followed by Mulund receiving 1,000-1,500 metric tonnes of garbage.
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