To understand the various aspects of integrated waste management in the city, a conference was organised by city-based NGO, Gurgaon First, yesterday at the School of Inspired Leadership in Sector 44, Gurgaon.
Almost 70 delegates participated in the conference.
“As residents, we cleared out doubts regarding the segregation process and about decentralised waste management,” said Radhika Nath, a resident of South City I.
The city is to develop an integrated solid waste management project, and the concession agreement for it was signed by the Haryana government-appointed Ecogreen Energy. The project is to come up in a village next to Bandhwari.
Ankit Aggarwal, CEO, Ecogreen Energy Pvt Ltd, explained, “We have started a door-to-door waste collection from the city since December 13, and expect to cover the entire city by March 2018. We are in the process of constructing five transfer stations and six mini-transfer stations throughout the city. The idea is to make Gurgaon a city free of open dumping. The waste will not only be used in the production of manure but also electricity.”
He added, “A three-member project management unit will be set up shortly to monitor the project. As part of the project, we’ll have a drive to discourage the use of plastic.”
MCG commissioner V Umashanker said, “Both centralised and decentralised systems of waste management will continue to co-exist in the city. But this project will cover only solid waste and not e-waste or bio-medical waste.”
The project now awaits environmental clearance.
