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Chandigarh MC to remove legacy waste from Dadumajra plant
The waste will be shifted to a dumping site in Dadumajra in phases
The municipal corporation will shift 25,000 metric tonnes of legacy waste from the waste processing plant to a dumping site in Dadumajra.
This was approved in the MC General House meeting on Thursday. Legacy waste comprises garbage collecting for years. Work to clear 5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the dumping site is already underway as part of a Rs 35-crore project.
MC commissioner KK Yadav said, “The committee that examined the issue earlier will decide how to go about the process.”
On the demand of adding councillors to the committee, Yadav said, “There are already three councillors in the committee in addition to MC officials.”
MC took over the plant from Jaypee Group on June 19 and has been running the plant since. It had signed an agreement with Jaypee in 2005 for setting up a garbage processing plant. But in February this year, the MC House had ordered a takeover because it observed that the plant was not being operated to its optimum capacity.
“Legacy waste has to be shifted so that the waste processing plant can run properly. We will shift the legacy waste to the dumping site in phases so that it does not burden the removal process,” said a senior MC official.
