Hyperlocal: BMC’s tricycle to encourage waste segregation in slums

At present, the garbage in slums is collected through wheeled bins, said an official.

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“The rate of waste segregation in slums is very less. So we have started the tricycle model and creating the awareness among people. This will lead to the reduction in the garbage that goes to the dumping ground,” said Sharad Ughade, Assistant Municipal Commissioner of H West ward.

Ughade, who is the brain behind the model, said it can easily go through the inner sides of the slums for collection. “This is the first such tricycle model for collecting waste in slums in the city. Soon, the tricylces will be started at two-three slums. We want to ensure 100 per cent waste collection in slums,” added Ughade.

Last month, he had also started another initiative, called ‘multi-waste collection vehicles’, with few modifications to the existing garbage vehicle to collect the dry and wet waste daily.

An SWM department official said there are around 8-10 slums which are close to the nullahs. “We are getting good response from the slum dwellers and the quantity of garbage thrown in the nullahs has been reduced. Our intention is to stop the garbage thrown in the nullahs which then leads to choking of nullahs, waterlogging and making the beaches dirty during the monsoon,” said Chandrakant Tambe, junior overseer in H (West) ward.