Panel gives approval to project for processing legacy waste

Ludhiana, April 9

A city-level technical committee of Ludhiana Smart City Limited has given nod to a project to deal with legacy waste at the MC’s main garbage dump. In the first phase, around 5 lakh MT of legacy waste will be disposed of.

A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of MC Commissioner-cum-CEO of the LSCL Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal on Friday. During the meeting, the panel gave nod for the installation of legacy waste screening machines and reclamation of land by scientifically processing the MC’s existing legacy waste dump site through the process of bioremediation. Huge heaps of legacy waste that looks like hills have come up in past years at the dump site.

The MC Commissioner said they had also given approval of financial bid for the C&D waste management plant to be set up at Dhandari Kalan. He said they had given approval for the enhancement of LED street light points in the city.

Meanwhile, the request for proposal documents was also approved for selection of a contractor for the renovation of the hockey ground at the PAU, for selection of a contractor for the upgrade of the badminton courts at Shastri Hall, selection of a contractor for the development of the table tennis complex under the Rakh Bagh Complex and for selection of a contractor for the upgrade of basketball courts at Guru Nanak Stadium. — TNS