ULB minister seeks improvement in Gurugram's waste management within a fortnight, warns of action.

Gurugram

Urban Local Bodies Minister Subhash Sudha on Thursday called for effective improvement in waste management in the city and warned of strict action against the responsible officials if there is no progress in this regard within the next fortnight.

Sudha called for strict action under the Solid Waste Environment Action Program (SWAP), directing officers to register FIRs against principal generators of C&D (construction and demolition) wastes that are disposed of by unauthorized operators. Illegal dumping of garbage.

“All necessary vehicles for transportation of waste will be procured and remunerated at the rates decided in the forthcoming Expression of Interest (EOI). To ensure effective waste processing, the IL&FS plant at its full capacity. should be used, following the terms of the agreement.Furthermore, tenders will be finalized by the Department of Urban Local Bodies (DULB) to involve other agencies having experience in processing C&D waste in metro cities. , which requires immediate action by the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG).

MCG Commissioner Narhari Singh Bangar said that instructions have been issued for immediate implementation of the instructions.

“Dumpers and other necessary vehicles for transportation of waste will be requisitioned for 15 days and remunerated as per the rates established in the EOI fixed by EE-SBM, which will be finalized by the next day. According to the agreement, the sole C&D plant will operate at full capacity. will be finalized by, with immediate action to float the tender prepared by us,” Bangar said.

He said that an advertisement, specifying C&D waste dumping sites, would be published and the Gurugram Police Commissioner had been tasked to ensure enforcement against unauthorized operators.

Officials said that Senior Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Inspector, Assistant Sanitary Inspector and other necessary sanitation staff will be appointed soon for this purpose.

The Additional Deputy Commissioner of Gurugram, along with the Joint Commissioners of the MCG, will organize and monitor the surveillance carried out by a squad of HCS officers. Bangar said, “These officers will visit their respective wards at specific times to achieve the desired objectives of the cleanliness drive, and ensure that the number of sanitation workers is submitted to the Additional Deputy Commissioner within the stipulated time. With reports to go,”.

He said if the contractors fail to meet their obligations towards the sanitation workers, the MCG will pay them directly as per the compensation rates, which are monitored by HCS officers.

Charge sheets under Rule 7 of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 will be issued to all MCG Joint Commissioners if satisfactory improvement is not observed within four weeks. Additionally, salaries of certain senior sanitary inspectors will be withheld and released only on satisfactory performance, officials said.

MCG officials said that the police department has also been directed to extend full cooperation to the implementation of SWAP in the district and take strict action against defaulting owners, agencies and contractors.