Mayor Approves Hiring Waste Mgmt Contractor

Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh has granted anticipatory approval for hiring a new concessionaire for waste management in Central and West zones which have been facing problems in waste collection for more than a year now, officials said on Wednesday.

- Paras Singh

NEW DELHI:

The concessionaire will be hired for a period of six months, senior municipal officials said.

"There were a lot of garbage-related complaints in these zones. We will get it approved in the MCD house. The projects are likely to improve the situation in both these areas," the mayor said.

Problems with waste collection arose in Central zone after the contract of its old operator expired, while in West zone, where the contract is close to its termination deadline, the operator's work is not satisfactory, a senior official said.

MCD areas are divided into 12 administrative zones and 250 wards which cumulatively produce around 11,000 tonnes of garbage every day.

HT had earlier reported how parts of Central zone were facing waste management woes due to the expiry of the contract of the previous contractor and MCD's inability to hire a new concessionaire in the absence of the standing committee.