In order to implement the month-long plan finalised in the meetings with principal secretary Manisha Mhaiskar, divisional commissioner Purushottam Bhapkar called a meeting of all the ward officers and sanitary inspectors to submit a list of the open spaces in their wards for compost pits on Saturday.
Around 60 sites have been identified in different zones of the city for the composting of organic waste.
Bhapkar, district collector Naval Kishor Ram, additional municipal commissioner Shrikrishna Bhalsingh, officers on special duty (OSD), nine ward officers, ward engineers and sanitary inspectors were present in the meeting.Bhalsingh informed the sixty open spaces, identified by the ward officers in their zones, will be assessed by the agency preparing the detailed project report (DPR) on waste management. Based on their viability to be used as composting sites, the processing will begin, said the additional municipal commissioner.
The ward officers and sanitation staff also reviewed the level of segregation the different wards have achieved. According to the details submitted in Saturday’s meeting, zone 4, 5, 6 are at the top with over 90% waste segregation at source. Zones 7 and 8 are lagging behind with segregation at source between 55-60 % while zone 9 has achieved 50%.
Zones 1, 2 and 3 have fared very poorly with 15-20% waste segregation at source in the door-to-door collection.“The nine OSDs will be working on a war-footing with the AMC staff to ensure that segregation increases in all zones. Focus will be on door-to-door awareness instead of poster and banners,” said Bhalsingh.
The divisional commisioner further informed that the review meetings will be held on a daily basis.
Notably, the state government sent urban development department (UDD) principal secretary Manisha Mhaiskar to the city on Friday to address the waste crisis of the city.
After four back-to-back meetings, a plan comprising segregated waste collection, decentralised waste processing, composting for wet waste, sorting for dry waste and purchase of processing machines was finalised to reach a permanent waste solution in the next 4-6 weeks. The civic administration is taking the aid of technical experts from the state, officers from nine municipal councils in Marathwada and the Civic Response Team to achieve these objectives
Around 60 sites have been identified in different zones of the city for the composting of organic waste.
Bhapkar, district collector Naval Kishor Ram, additional municipal commissioner Shrikrishna Bhalsingh, officers on special duty (OSD), nine ward officers, ward engineers and sanitary inspectors were present in the meeting.Bhalsingh informed the sixty open spaces, identified by the ward officers in their zones, will be assessed by the agency preparing the detailed project report (DPR) on waste management. Based on their viability to be used as composting sites, the processing will begin, said the additional municipal commissioner.
The ward officers and sanitation staff also reviewed the level of segregation the different wards have achieved. According to the details submitted in Saturday’s meeting, zone 4, 5, 6 are at the top with over 90% waste segregation at source. Zones 7 and 8 are lagging behind with segregation at source between 55-60 % while zone 9 has achieved 50%.
Zones 1, 2 and 3 have fared very poorly with 15-20% waste segregation at source in the door-to-door collection.“The nine OSDs will be working on a war-footing with the AMC staff to ensure that segregation increases in all zones. Focus will be on door-to-door awareness instead of poster and banners,” said Bhalsingh.
The divisional commisioner further informed that the review meetings will be held on a daily basis.
After four back-to-back meetings, a plan comprising segregated waste collection, decentralised waste processing, composting for wet waste, sorting for dry waste and purchase of processing machines was finalised to reach a permanent waste solution in the next 4-6 weeks. The civic administration is taking the aid of technical experts from the state, officers from nine municipal councils in Marathwada and the Civic Response Team to achieve these objectives
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