Garbage was seen strewn across in areas like Sahakarnagar, Dhankawadi, Kondhwa and Mohammadwadi on Monday even as the civic administration claimed that around 80% of the trash has been lifted and transported to processing plants in Uruli-Phursungi. The Pune Municipal Corporation said it has cleared around 1,900 tonnes of garbage so far.
The PMC’s work resumed on Saturday night after residents of Uruli Devachi and Phursungi villages gave conditional permission to dump waste at the landfill site till Wednesday. About 5,000 tonnes of waste was lying all over the city since last two weeks after protesting villagers had stopped the PMC trucks from entering the garbage depot.
A civic official said that around 80% of accumulated trash has been cleared since Saturday night. They lifted around 1,900 tonnes mainly from areas like Aundh, Kothrud, Karvenagar, Warje, Yerawada and Ahmednagar Road on Monday. The remaining 20% will be cleared by Tuesday. Around 200 vehicles mostly dumpers, bulk carriers, earth movers have been pressed into service for collecting and transporting waste to processing plants in the villages.
The official said that a major portion of waste has been moved to the garbage depot at Phursungi-Uruli and the rest has been sent to processing plants in Hadapsar and Ramtekdi.
NCP president had convened a meeting with villagers, PMC officials and corporators on Saturday to find a way out. They will meet again on Wednesday. They asked the civic administration to prepare a draft on what steps it will take to find a concrete solution to the garbage problem, had said after the meeting on Saturday.
Source: timesofindia, Feb’14
