Mangaluru: BJP in power in Mangaluru City Corporation Council approves the model proposed to get a vehicle for door-to-door waste collection and outsourcing operations and system maintenance.
This proposal has been approved since the seven-year contract PVT Cell handling waste Antony Ltd., waste collection bodies, ended in January 2022.
At a special meeting held under the leadership of the Mayor of Shetty program on Wednesday, Congress in the opposition, objected to the proposal, stating that it would Become an additional burden on civilian bodies, and prefer a complete outsourcing model.
Explaining the DPR, prepared by Anti Pollution Drive (APD), company consultant engineer Akshay R said that RS 38 Crore will be needed for purchasing vehicles and equipment.
The whole city will be divided into four zones – North, South, Central-A zone and the middle-B zone for waste collection, instead of two zones now.
This city produces a total of 382.9 tons of waste every day.
An official from MCC said that depending on the city’s population, MCC would need 789 PourakaKikas.
PKS has around 206 PourakaKikas.
The process for recruitment of 188 civil workers has been initiated by DC, he said.
Commissioner MCC Akshy Sridhar said that with the diffinalized DPR, MCC would have assets in the form of vehicles.
“We will enter an agreement with vehicle suppliers, to maintain vehicles for a certain period of time,” Will be ratified in the next board meeting.
Similar proposals are being held in other city companies in Karnataka.