Demanding increase in tipping fee, company gives ultimatum to Ludhiana MC

Ludhiana, June 29

A third party firm has given an ultimatum to the MC to increase its tipping fee for garbage lifting, otherwise it will stop lifting garbage from secondary waste collection points in the city after June 30.

Notably, A2Z group had terminated its services on February 4 but the MC had failed to hire a new firm for garbage lifting and waste processing.

When the firm had left services, the MC had asked a third party firm, which was earlier working for A2Z group, to lift garbage from secondary collections points but without floating any tender. Now, the third party firm has asked the MC to revise the tipping fee from Rs 324 to Rs 435 per MT waste.

A meeting in this regard was conducted today by Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu with MC officials. He said the firm had given an ultimatum to increase the tipping fee as fuel prices were increasing day by day.

A committee has been formed to take the final decision in the matter. Senior Deputy Mayor Sham Sundar Malhotra, leader of opposition in the MC House Harbhajan Singh Dang, a few other councillors and MC officials are members of the committee.

The committee will conduct its first meeting tomorrow.

BJP leader and former councillor Inder Aggarwal said: “The MC cannot work with the third party firm without fulfilling the tender process. The MC should hire a new firm by floating tenders instead of benefiting the third firm.”— TNS