dearth of vehicles has been hampering SMC’s door to door garbage collection in the city.
The SMC authorities had claimed that DTD in segregated form service was launched early this year in 6 wards but insiders have a different story to tell. According to them, DTD is undertaken in 20% areas of the city only due to dearth of vehicles.
The SMC, according to officials, needs around 400 vehicles to collect garbage in segregated form. Currently, the civic body has only 175 vehicles which cannot cater to the needs of the
Right now SMC has only 175 vehicles which can only carter to needs of mere 20% of city's population.
The insiders have also belied the claims of the SMVC that it was collecting 70 metric tons of waste from different areas of the city but, according to them, practice not even one metric ton is collected.
The SMC, sources said, even hired the services of NGOs but it did not help much.
Pertinent to mention waste segregation is mandatory but in J&K state waste segregation is neither undertaken in Srinagar nor in Jammu city. It is done nowhere in the state. However, in selected wards of Budgam town , it was done through a private body for some time but that did not last long.
dearth of vehicles has been hampering SMC’s door to door garbage collection in the city.
The SMC authorities had claimed that DTD in segregated form service was launched early this year in 6 wards but insiders have a different story to tell. According to them, DTD is undertaken in 20% areas of the city only due to dearth of vehicles.
The SMC, according to officials, needs around 400 vehicles to collect garbage in segregated form. Currently, the civic body has only 175 vehicles which cannot cater to the needs of the
Right now SMC has only 175 vehicles which can only carter to needs of mere 20% of city's population.
The insiders have also belied the claims of the SMVC that it was collecting 70 metric tons of waste from different areas of the city but, according to them, practice not even one metric ton is collected.
The SMC, sources said, even hired the services of NGOs but it did not help much.
Pertinent to mention waste segregation is mandatory but in J&K state waste segregation is neither undertaken in Srinagar nor in Jammu city. It is done nowhere in the state. However, in selected wards of Budgam town , it was done through a private body for some time but that did not last long.
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