Gurgaon: Towards the Swachh Survekshan 2021, the Union of the Ministry of Housing and Urban has chosen Gurgaon for the award ‘waste-free city.
Gurgaon and Rohtak are the only city from Haryana who will receive the award on November 20 at Vigyan Bhawan.
Corporation Municipal of Gurgaon (MCG) Commissioner Mukesh Kumar Ahuja said the Civic region teams continued to work to improve city sanitation and make it clean and green.
However, city-based environmentalists said the award was “false recognition” for this city because the authorities could not manage waste scientifically.
Waste-free city award parameters include door-to-door collections, source separation, public areas, commercial and housing sweeping (no landscape lines seen on the road), scientific waste processing, sea filling and demolition and management of construction and disassembly waste, users Fees, penalties, fined spots for littering and enforcement of plastic prohibitions, segregation of sources and feedback system complaints of citizens.
According to an official statement released by MCG, efforts by former Joint Commissioners (Mission Swachh Bharat) Dheeraj Sharma, such as observing ‘zero day waste’ on Monday, composting of wet waste and prohibiting single plastic use produces good results for the city.
“We have communicated with residents to ensure segregation of sources according to solid waste management rules.
Efforts are being carried out to encourage home composting.
In addition, the collection of door-to-door waste is also being increased,” Ahuja Toi said.
Ecogreen waste management concession holder said it continued to strive, whether the separation of sources or created material recovery facilities (MRF) to decentralize waste management.
“One of the MRFs will be launched on December 1 and we hope to get land for the other four MRFs this week.
This will reduce the garbage burden on the TPA Bandhwari website.
This is a big pride problem that our efforts are recognized and we receive this award,” said the representative CEO of Ecogreen Sanjay Sharma.
Meanwhile, activists, have slammed their development.
“The city that receives this award is the ridicule of the rules of solid waste management, 2016 mandated by the Supreme Court.
Gurgaon failed total as a millennial city in terms of management of waste.
There was no separation in the source and almost nil in-situ compost in the city, but Gurgaon was being This award was given, “said Vaishali Chandra Rana, a city-based environmental activist.
“TPA Bandhwari and 35 lakh tons of inheritance waste collected have proof of the city that failed in the waste management,” he added.
“Gurgaon does not have decentralized waste management at the city level.
We are throwing 1,800 metric tons of solid waste every day at TPA.
There are no efforts made to produce resources from waste.
All the ideas for the award for a garbage-free city should not create a garbage mountain, But processing waste scientifically, “said Ruchika Sethi Takkar, the founder of why wasting your waste, the initiative of citizens.
He added that the city needed infrastructure to manage waste at the environmental level.
“People have shown Keenness to reduce garbage go to bandhwari.
We are waiting for infrastructure and policy support at the environmental level,” said Takkar.