PATIL SILENT ON GARBAGE PLANT ISSUE IN BAVDHAN

While the Pune municipal commissioner has ordered the closure of the garbage segregation ramp at Kothrud in a move tied to the ongoing Pune Metro expansion, the decision has sparked logistical concerns for the city's solid waste department which is now scrambling to identify a new location to process daily waste from the area.

- Siddharth Gadkari

PUNE:

Atul Gadgil, director of Pune Metro, said, "The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has given us the entire Kothrud garbage depot land for the Metro depot. Part of it was used for garbage segregation. Now, we have asked for the remaining land for the Vanaz-Chandani Chowk Metro expansion. The PMC has started shifting the segregation centre. We will get the land in a few days."

A senior official from the PMC solid waste department said, "We had started developing a new waste segregation centre on a 40 guntha plot at Bavdhan. However, the site falls within the NDA airport's funnel zone so we must get clearance from the defence ministry before building any sheds. We have already applied for permission, but no work can begin until it's approved."