Plan to set up solid waste management system in towns gets a fillip with the Government approving plants and all desired infrastructure for four UlBs. Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) along with Dhanbad Municipal Corporation and Chakulia and Pakur municipal councils have been released funds for the purpose.
The State Cabinet, in its meeting, approved the proposal that would see the solid waste management plants and other facilities coming up on PPP mode. “The Cabinet has approved the plan for Chakulia costing total of Rs 38.10 crore of which Rs 18.51 crore has been sanctioned as State share. Similarly, Rs 258.68 crore project for Dhanbad that would be contributed by the Centre and the State with Rs 36.43 crore and Rs 44.70 crore, respectively has also been approved for this year,” said Cabinet Secretary SS Meena on Tuesday.
The official further added that Rs 269.67 crore has been approved as total cost for the system for RMC of which the State would chip in with Rs 79.68 crore. “For Pakur, the cost has been kept at Rs 95.18 crore of which Rs 39.40 comes as State fund,” he said. The cost of the project is for five years duration under which solid waste management plant along with entire garbage collection, transportation and disposal would be taken care of.
This apart, the Cabinet also approved guideline for service, promotion and other conditions for clerks posted in Collectorates across the State. This would pave way to the formation of a separate cadre of clerks involving lower division, upper division, head clerk etc positions. Importantly, all clerical staffs of Collectorates are on strike demanding formation of cadre and fixing recruitment related rules for them.
The Cabinet, at the same time, also decided to allot 28.80 acre of GM land at Tender of Kanke to the Welfare Department for the purpose of building residential school for ST students. No money would be charged against the land.