Ranchi

RMC begins garbage collection work

Mrituanjay Kumar

After showing exit door to RMSW Essel Infra, the company indulged in garbage collection under the civic body’s area, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has started solid waste collection and transportation of garbage on Wednesday on its own. The RMC issued termination later of the company in this regard on Tuesday.

According to the termination later, RMC said that the company has not worked according to the contract awarded to it on October15, 2015. The Civic body had several times cautioned the company for improvement in the garbage collection work but the latter had not complied. Heaps of garbage piled up in households across the city since last one month due to contention between the civic body and the company.

RMC will start garbage collection in all 53 wards falling under the civic body’s area. Earlier the civic body was collecting garbage in 20 wards out of total 53 now rest 33 wards included under its purview.      

Informing the future action of  the civic body, Additional Municipal Commissioner Girija Shankar said that the civic body will take over all Mini garbage transfer stations, 300 garbage vehicles and 29 compactor from Wednesday which was earlier employing by the company.

It may be mentioned here that, during the meeting held on May 30 it was decided to terminate the company to collect garbage and it was also decided that complete the pending work of construction of drains and sewerage before the onset of monsoon. At the meeting it was decided to complete the cleanness of drains before the onset of monsoon so that people do not face any inconvenience.