After ten months from the day it received the letter of Intent, Essel Infraprojects limited will begin waste collection in Ranchi from May 1 under the Ranchi Municipal Corporation’s ambitious solid waste management (SWM) project.
The Detailed Project Report (DPR) for this project is almost complete and will be handed over to RMC in the first week of February, informed Mayor Asha lakra after a meeting with representatives of Essel Infraprojects on Thursday.
She further added, “After making required modifications to it, this DPR will be then forwarded to Urban Development Department for the final nod, following which the project will be implemented in the city.”
Sharing progress made in SWM project by far, Arun Kumar Singh, Manager of Essel’s Ranchi branch, stated, “In the survey work for the project, we are tagging households to streamline door-to-door waste collection. An estimate of the manpower and resources required in a particular locality is also being prepared.”
The 55 wards of Ranchi have been divided in four zones, with the first zone covering wards 1 to 12 and ward 49, wards 13 to 27 falling under second zone, third zone encompassing wards 28 to 38 and wards 39 to 55 coming in fourth zone.
“Waste collection will go on as it is, only the technology used will be more advanced now. The 400 vehicles which will cover the entire city will be equipped with Global Positioning System to track their movements. Sweepers of Essel Infra will have distinctive uniforms,” informed the Mayor.
The garbage collected from all the over the city will be gathered at 19 transfer stations equipped proposed at ITI bus stand, Khadgarha, Ratu Road, Rock Garden, Morhabadi, Edalhatu, Bariatu, Khelgaon, Kantatoli Chowk, line Pond, Ranchi lake, Harmu, near Radisson Blu, Namkum, Hinoo, Chandni Chowk, near Hatia police station, MECON and HEC areas. RMC functionaries will look into the feasibility of transfer stations in these locations during site verification on Saturday.
Each of these stations will be equipped with 3 to 4 trash compactors to reduce the garbage in volume and weight. Several mobile compactors will also be deployed across the city. It will be then transported to Jhiri to be processed at the upcoming waste-to-energy plant.
“A 12 acres land plot for the plant has been demarcated near dumping grounds in Jhiri, where the waste will be burned for generating electricity. The ash thus produced will also be used by Essel Infra,” stated lakra.
The waste collection will be done in two categories: Commercial for commercial establishments and non-commercial for households. The former will be given colour-coded dustbins too for sorting out their trash.