Now, Ludhiana MC team to visit Gurugram to study solid waste management

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, June 22

After Chennai, now a team of the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, will visit Gurugram to study the solid waste management system. After returning from Chennai, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu said they could not study the waste processing unit there.

Sandhu said they checked the door-to-door collection, sweeping and other works related to solid waste management in Chennai and these were being done in a proper manner. But, they were not able to study the waste processing plant at Chennai as the private firm’s waste processing plant was yet to be made functional, the Mayor said.

He said they would float tenders for solid waste management in the city soon and before it, a team would now visit Gurgaon to study the solid waste management system.

Around 1,100 MT of solid waste is generated in the city daily while the MC wants to find a firm that could process the entire waste on a daily basis, said Senior Deputy Mayor Sham Sundar Malhotra.

“Around 5,000 MT of waste is generated on a daily basis in Chennai while the firm is using e-rickshaws for door-to-door collection there. Roads are clean and solid waste management system is being handled in a proper manner there. Their annual Budget for the same is high as compared to Ludhiana. The solid waste management system will be improved here soon,” he said.