* NMC to create special cell to monitor solid waste management
Staff Reporter
“There
are no plans to shift Bhandewadi dumping yard elsewhere for now at
least till the year 2017. We are searching for a place to shift the
dumping yard,” said Ramesh Singare, Chairman of Health Committee of
Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
Singare, however, refused to
disclose the areas outside the city limits where land was identified for
shifting of dumping yard from Bhandewadi. “We cannot disclose it at
this stage, as there is likelihood of protests from people in those
areas,” he added while addressing a press conference in Mayor’s chamber
on Friday evening.
Replying to a question, Singare and senior
corporator Sunil Agrawal said that 973 tonnes of garbage was being
lifted daily. Of this, 850 tonnes was garbage and remaining was silt and
stones. In all, 208 vehicles had been deployed to collect garbage.
Asked about action taken against the contractor firm that had attracted
strictures from National Green Tribunal over sewage treatment, Singare
and Agrawal said that NMC was ‘not happy’ with the contractor but
without appointing another firm, existing contract could not be
terminated with immediate effect.
Munna Pokulwar, Deputy Mayor; Dr Ashok Urkude, Medical Officer, also were present at the press conference.
Pravin
Datke, Mayor; Shravan Hardikar, Municipal Commissioner; Narendra
Borkar, Chairman of NMC Standing Committee; Singare and others visited
Bhandewadi area earlier in the day. Mayor asked the officials of Health
Department to ensure proper management of solid waste dumped at
Bhandewadi. The garbage in main market areas of the city should be
lifted at night, he suggested. Datke also held a meeting of officers and
office-bearers of NMC in the office building of Sewage Treatment Plant
(STP) at Bhandewadi.
Datke asked the officials concerned to ensure
that weigh-bridge at Bhandewadi was functioning to get an assessment of
garbage lifted daily. Besides, information on working and closed circuit
television (CCTV) cameras should be furnished. The information on
quantity of garbage and silt in sewage, also should be furnished daily.
He asked the officials to repair the damaged compound wall of Bhandewadi
dumping yard, and road leading to the yard. Plantation should be taken
up in Bhandewadi premises, he said.
Municipal Commissioner also
issued instructions to officials. He asked them to create a special cell
in NMC to monitor solid waste management. “Non-working street lights
should be repaired immediately,” he said.
Datke and Hardikar both
also paid a visit to the STP, a joint project of NMC and Maharashtra
State Power Generation Company Limited, and took stock of the work.
Sanjay
Kakde, Deputy Municipal Commissioner; Prakash Urade, Superintending
Engineer; Dr Milind Ganvir, Deputy Director (Health); Shyam Chavan,
Executive Engineer; Manoj Talewar; D D Jambhulkar, Estate Officer; D D
Patil, Assistant Commissioner; Mohd Israil, Project In-charge (Rivers
and Lakes); Dr Gajendra Mahalle, Veterinary Officer; Kamlesh Sharma,
Manager of Kanak Resources Management, and others were present during
the visit of Mayor and Municipal Commissioner.
(09-01-15)
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