Learning from its past mistakes, Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) will divide solid waste management work in three parts instead of single integrated system, which has completely failed across the country.
Addressing a press meet on Friday, RMC, Deputy Mayor, Sajeev Vijayvergiya said that a team of RMC, including him ,visited Patiala to know effective management of solid waste. “The team found that in Patiala, the civic body of the city divided solid waste management works in three parts which has brought many improvements in last one and half years. Following Patiala Municipal Body’s steps, RMC have also decided that it will follow the same path. The civic body allots tender for three different companies for three different works including collection of waste, transportation of wastes and management of wastes,” he added.
The Deputy Mayor said that works in parts will increase accountability of the companies. “RMC will install smart beans at the main centers where garbage fall in large numbers and one man will also be deputed at that spots to encourage people to throw garbage in the beam,” he added. RMC will construct park on the waste dumping area by surrounding it by boundary wall and gather the diffused waste in small area,” he added.
“On the date of launching of ‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’ by the State Government for rain water harvesting across the State on Sunday, the civic body has also decided that to ensure success of the programme it will with the help of all ward counselors starts tree plantation programme in all wards under the RMC area. It will also run rain harvesting programme through all dead Hand Pump installed in municipal area simultaneously to enhance rain water harvesting it will enforce all building owners to install rain harvesting system at their building,” said Vijayvergiya.
RMC will contact and motivate Non Governmental Organisations and other self funded Social Organisations to participate in the plantation drive under their social work contribution.
“To make Ranchi as first herbal city in the country the civic body has decided that it will plant medicinal plants in all wards of RMC. It has decided that it will plant four medicinal trees in all wards of the municipal body. The herbal plants will help to counter disease of modern era,” he added.
Vijayvergiya appealed to people of the State Capital that they should help in keeping the city clean.