News: Now, you ve an Gurugram civic body helpline to get demolition waste lifted-27-07-2023
MCG has launched a new helpline number for collection of construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Now, residents can directly call 9015339966 to get their C&D waste lifted.
The move comes after TOI reported on Tuesday that C&D waste is being illegally dumped across the city
According to MCG officials, residents contact unauthorised vendors for C&D waste collection, who then dump it on roads and vacant plots. Now, authorised vehicles will be sent to the residents’ locations after they call up the helpline so that unauthorised vendors don’t dump the waste haphazardly, they said.
“Residents should call up the MCG helpline that we have launched specifically for C&D waste collection and get their waste collected only through authorised vendors. We are going to confiscate unauthorised vehicles dumping construction debris across the city in accordance with the norms of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act and the Environment Protection Act. There is a provision of imprisonment and heavy penalty to be imposed on the defaulters. The civic body can also take action against these residents after getting hold of the unauthorised vendors,” stated a notice issued by MCG on Tuesday.
TOI had reported on Tuesday that MCG issued 110 challans for illegal dumping of C&D waste from April this year till July 24, but waste dumping is still rampant unchecked across the city. Despite the fact that challans to the tune of Rs 22 lakh were issued, fresh dumping of C&D waste continues unabated at Gurgaon-Faridabad road, Sector 29, Saraswati Kunj and Rajesh Pilot Marg, besides other parts of the city.
According to MCG records, challans amounting to Rs 4.5 lakh were issued in April for illegally dumping C&D waste, followed by Rs 7.69 lakh in May, Rs 5.2 lakh in June, and Rs 4.3 lakh in July so far
The MCG joint commissioner (Swachh Bharat Mission), Pardeep Kumar, meanwhile also visited the C&D waste processing unit at Basai on Tuesday.
The plant has the capacity to process around 1,000 tonnes of waste daily. Officials said the waste is processed and used to produce interlocking tiles and bricks.
The plant is managed by a private company, which also collects construction and demoition waste from the city
