Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar lal Khattar on Wednesday flagged off 150 vehicles for garbage collection in Gurugram and Faridabad cities. The CM also laid foundation stone of 11 Solid Waste Transfer Stations to be set up in Gururam. These stations would be established at 15 places in Gurugram.
These places included Atul Kataria Chowk, Udyog Vihar Phase-I, Bajghera Road Choma, Carterpuri, Sheetla Mata Road, Saraswati Kunj, Chakkarpur, Sikanderpur Ghosi, Nathupur, Kadipur and Beri Wala Bagh.
Under the first phase of Integrated Solid Waste Management Project of Faridabad and Gurugram cities, Garbage Transfer Sites would be established at 11 places in Gurugram.
These places would not only be cleaned, but 10MW electricity would also be produced from the garbage every day. Such facility would also be made available in other cities. Under the project, segregation would be done for waste collected from houses at different points.
During the event, Khattar said that the entire state has been divided into 15 clusters for waste management and global tenders have been being invited for each cluster. Gurugram and Faridabad have been kept under one cluster.
He further said the project would be ready by February 2019. Similarly, Ambala and Karnal have been kept under one cluster and tenders have been invited for providing such facilities.