Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 2: Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies Nawang Rigzin Jora today flagged off the first batch of 12 Garbage Hopper Vehicles (GHV) purchased at a cumulative cost of Rs 48 lakh by Srinagar Municipal Corporation for door to door garbage collection in Srinagar city. The GHV were flagged off from New Secretariat gate this afternoon.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that the Hopper Vehicles with a capacity of 1.8 cubic meters are compatible with the Garbage Compacting Machines (GCM) which can move in narrow lanes and by-lanes in the city and dispense the collected garbage automatically into the GCMs; therefore, reducing the manual intervention and improving effectiveness of work delivery mechanism and efficiency.
Mr. Jora said that the service of these hopper vehicles will be utilized initially in 12 wards of the Corporation, adding that another batch of 22 more hopper vehicles will be added to the existing fleet of SMC within next two month so that all the 34 administrative wards get similar facility. Approximately 1.87 lakh households of Srinagar City will be covered under the scheme in phased manner, he announced.
Mr. Jora said that all the open garbage sheds in city should be provided with dumper bins by March 2014 and no garbage should be visible on the road sides.
Commissioner SMC, Dr. G. N Qasba said that the SMC is committed for implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules 2000 for effective, scientific and environment friendly disposal of waste in Srinagar City.
Dr Qasba said that the process of segregation of Bio-Non-Degradable Municipal Waste has been started at various levels since December 2012. He said that with regard to the segregation at sources, 15,770 plastic bins with moving lids have been provided to the Ward Officers for distribution amongst various households in Srinagar city falling under the jurisdiction of SMC.
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