South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has taken an initiative to implement the concept of “Zero Garbage” by processing and disposing off locally the entire waste generated in a particular locality. The step is also expected to reduce expenditure in transporting the garbage to landfill sites.
Dr Puneet Kumar Goel, SDMC Commissioner said that the initiative is taken under “Compost Banao-Compost Apnao” abhiyan launched by the Union urban development ministry and wealth from Waste vision of Prime Minister, Narender Modi.
“The SDMC is presently collecting wet garbage from approximately 1,500 houses situated in various sectors of RK Puram and from few restaurants as well. In addition to this, dry leaves are also being collected by the four auto tippers. One mitric tonne garbage is being dumped at compost site per day.
A Senior Officer of SDMC said that a memorandum of understanding was inked with the ITC to spread awareness among the residents of Rk Puram.
“The residents of Nivedita Kunj Society and Som Vihar Apartment have expressed their keenness to join this novel initiative to eliminate garbage from their complexes; it is expected that the societies will soon be brought under the ambit of compost generation,” he said.
The initiative has burnt the fruits as over 50 percent households have started segregating dry and wet garbage and hand over the same to the SDMC staff for transportation to the compost plant through rickshaws and auto tippers.