PMC starts service to lift construction & demolition waste

PMC starts service to lift construction & demolition waste

Pune: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has rushed to start the service to lift construction and demolition waste (C&D). The civic body has also started a helpline for the purpose of lifting and transporting C&D waste generated in the city. Ward-wise collection centres will be set up. 

On Tuesday, the PMC solid waste management department appealed to citizens to use its service to lift C&D waste instead of dumping it on the riverside, river bed, in nalas and in open grounds. The city generates over 200 tonnes of C&D waste daily. 

The PMC was trying to find a way to tackle the debris problem. It had announced the project to recycle C&D waste in 2016. Government land was allotted to set up the debris recycling plant. However, it has not been built yet. 

Meanwhile, the solid waste management department started a toll-free number and announced that it is ready to provide the service to lift the debris to avoid any illegal dumping in the city. The decision has been taken with an eye on the Swachh Survekshan 2020. The PMC started the helpline (18002339595) to help people avail the service. 

The civic body has finalised the rate of lifting and transporting of construction waste at Rs 19 per km per tonne. For recycling waste, it will pay Rs 195 per tonne to the contractor for processing the waste at the Wagholi plant. However, the contractor has not set up the plant yet. The setting up of the plant has just begun. 

Solid Waste Department Joint Municipal Commissioner Dyneshwar Molak said, “The PMC has started work to set up the plant in Wagholi. It will take at least six months for the plant to become operational. It will have a processing capacity of 200 tonnes per day. The company will make bricks and construction material as the byproduct.”

He said, “Now, we have asked 15 ward offices to locate open land of 10,000 to 15,000 square feet to collect debris till the plant starts. Lifting and transporting debris will be charged.”  

The PMC has already banned the dumping of debris in open spaces, riverbed, nalas and quarries. The PMC is charging a fine of Rs 25,000 to violators. To avoid action, people dump debris at night in the riverbed which has restricted water flow.

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