GAZIABAD: The intense problem of solid waste management in Ghaziabad has got a temporary solution with the Meerut Municipal Corporation (MMC), which has allowed Gaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) to dump its civil waste in its jurisdiction. Although GMC got permission to dump 200 metric tonnes of garbage per day, but officials said that only one-third of it is required to be sent to Meerut.
GMC had made similar request with Noida, the permission for which is still awaited.
The solid waste management in Ghaziabad got in crisis as the NGT committee on waste management ordered GMC to stop dumping of waste at Pratap Vihar landfill.
C P Singh, Municipal Commissioner, GMC, said, “Even though we have the permission from the Meerut Corporation to dump 200 metric tonnes of civic waste in their area, as of now only one-third of it is being sent there because much of it is managed here itself.” “We have requested Noida also to allow us dump waste in their area but so far we have not received any reply from them. In any case, I don’t think we will need it,” he added.
According
to C P Singh, Ghaziabad generates nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of waste daily.
While 300 metric tonnes are ferried to Pilkhuwa, nearly 200
metric tonnes are used in various GMC-owned parks in the city to
prepare compost. The GMC has five zones in its jurisdiction. While
the city zone generates 300 metric tonnes of waste, Kavinagar, Mohan
Nagar and Vasundhara zones generate nearly 200 metric tonnes each and
Pratap Vihar zone generates nearly 100 metric tonnes.