Govt all set to make Bhopal a garbage-free city

The urban administration department (UAD) and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) are gearing up to make Bhopal free of waste by removing garbage bins from all over the city.

Updated on: Sep 16, 2014, 19:13:25 IST

Hindustan Times | By Shruti Tomar, Bhopal

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The urban administration department (UAD) and Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) are gearing up to make the state capital free of waste by removing garbage bins from all over the city. The officials would instead focus on door-to-door garbage collection.

The UAD, along with BMC, will launch a project, Zero Garbage City, on Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) mode under the Mukhyamantri Shahri Swachhata Mission. The project would be completed within a budget of Rs 87 crore in 2014-15.

Under this project, most of the dustbins would be removed from the city. The administration will engage in door-to-door collection. The BMC workers will collect the garbage from houses and other places and dump it at collection points.

The designated company will then take the waste from the collection point and dispose it of in an environment-friendly way.

BMC commissioner Tejaswi Naik said, "We are calling it end-to-end project. From collection to disposal of solid waste, all things would be taken care of by the company. The dustbins would be removed from most parts of the residential area of the city. However, dustbins would not be removed from the public places and markets. Under the project, the landfill site would be carefully chosen so that it would not pollute the environment. The wastes could be burned in specially designed furnaces and some wastes could be recycled."

In Bhopal, solid waste is being dumped at Bhanpur Khanti dumping site is a major issue as National Green Tribunal has already declared the process as illegal. The project would help the BMC to deal with this problem.

"The BMC is going to float tenders. We are ensuring that company would dispose the solid waste in environment-friendly manner. The cost effective is also an issue for us. We are also ensuring that the project would be complete within the budget," Naik added.

The project is also going to be launched at Indore as IMC commissioner has already announced the start of the project.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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