Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta has stated that the state government is fully committed to strengthening the capital’s cleanliness system and waste management framework and directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to ensure that there is no shortage of essential machinery required to modernise and streamline the city’s sanitation system.
Expressing strong displeasure at the negligence shown by certain municipal officials regarding cleanliness, she warned that strict action would be taken against those responsible.
She also directed the civic body to ensure the availability of all necessary machinery, manpower, and other resources within the next 10-15 days and submit a detailed report.
Rekha Gupta emphasised that the government would provide the required budget for the purpose and made it clear that any negligence in matters of cleanliness will not be tolerated.
Chairing a high-level review meeting at the secretariat on Friday, the chief minister assessed the status of solid waste management. She had detailed discussions on all the aspects of waste management, the sanitation mechanism, and the disposal of chemical and biomedical waste.
Urban Development Minister Ashish Sood, senior officials from the government, and MCD were present in the meeting.
During the meeting, the chief minister also issued several important directives to make the city’s sanitation system more effective. She instructed the MCD to immediately submit a detailed report on the operational status and exact locations of all composters installed across Delhi.
Gupta stressed the need to strengthen the door-to-door waste collection system, intensify its public outreach, and encourage citizens to practise waste segregation at source.
She also directed the civic body to increase the number of dumpers and large containers at all 437 garbage-vulnerable points and other locations where waste is deposited daily, to ensure more organised waste management. She instructed it to identify 12 suitable locations, one in each of Delhi’s zones, for setting up Compressed BioGas (CBG) plants and biogas plants.
The CM directed the civic agency to install green shredders in each assembly constituency for efficient disposal of horticultural waste, and to improve night-time cleaning operations, she directed the formation of a special task force to monitor and enhance the efficiency of night sanitation work.
Speaking on the occasion, Ashish Sood said there is an urgent need to accelerate solid waste management in the capital, and the process must be undertaken scientifically.
He suggested the introduction of a ‘Three Bin System’: one for dry waste, the second for wet waste, and the third for hazardous waste.
Sood instructed MCD officials to ensure that GPS systems are enabled in all garbage collection trucks, and also added that several areas around slums, JJ clusters and unauthorised colonies often remain filled with garbage, directing municipal officers to work with full efficiency to clear waste from these sites promptly.