MCD set to hire new agencies to remove garbage
As part of three Bills passed by the MCD House on Thursday, the civic body proposed hiring new agencies to collect and transport municipal solid waste to the designated MCD dump site or processing facility.
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A concessionaire will be appointed for seven years, based on the tipping fee model.Residents of at least three zones in the Capital – West, South, and Central – will soon breathe in cleaner air, with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) planning to remove piles of garbage and ensure regular sanitation.
As part of three Bills passed by the MCD House on Thursday, the civic body proposed hiring new agencies to collect and transport municipal solid waste to the designated MCD dump site or processing facility. A concessionaire will be appointed for seven years, based on the tipping fee model.
The move comes after the tender of the previous concessionaire expired almost two years ago. Since then, the MCD has given an extension to the concessionaire.
The scope of work will include door-to-door and street-to-street collection of trash; collection and transportation of street sweeping waste and silt from drains of less that 4-ft depth; use of e-rickshaws in areas having narrow lanes, as well as appointing two tippers in each ward in addition to the already existing Fixed Compactor Transfer Station – a machine designed to compact segregated solid waste.
In all, 29 Bills were passed by the House on Thursday.
Another Bill passed pertained to owners of medium, small and micro enterprises (MSME), operating in industrial areas, obtaining or renewing factory licences while paying property taxes, in line with the government’s ease of doing business policy. Additionally, the factory licence fee will be charged at 5% of the property tax, said officials.
“Issuing factory licences by MCD to industries operating in industrial areas established or recognised by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) or Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) is an additional compliance burden,” said the civic body.
It added that from now on, the MSME Udyam Registration Certificate or the allotment or lease deed issued by GNCTD or DSIIDC will be treated as a deemed factory licence under the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957.
“We had an elaborate discussion with representatives of the industrial sector and came to this decision of ending the Inspector Raj system,” said Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh.
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