In a
move to keep a check on the practice of residents singling out Cleanwell
workers and coaxing them to remove waste left over after a party on
payment of a meagre sum, the city corporation will introduce a service
charge for bulk waste removal from now.
This will be levied in addition to the collection fee which has been fixed at Rs 300 per month. The new system will first be implemented in Palayam and the amount will be based on volume of waste.
The corporation has already begun taking advance payment for a month from households that have been enlisted for daily collection of waste.
The service charge is being introduced after corporation officials found that on some days, the biogas plant at Palayam market had to handle enormous loads that far exceeded its total capacity.
The actual capacity of the plant is 2 tonnes, while as much as 4 tonnes of waste reach Palayam market on certain days. The market waste alone amounts to 2-3 tonnes a day, and additional household waste resulted in piling up of trash around the waste management unit.
"This was what happened at Vilappilsala. To check this practice, we are introducing service charge. Once people are made to pay for waste depending on its volume, we hope the quantity will come down. Also, there has to be a regulated system for handing over waste," said Palayam Rajan, chairman of the welfare standing committee and Palayam ward councillor.
Service charge will also be levied for other activities as sought by households, such as farming or maintenance of units.
A recent survey by corporation had revealed that although 960 pipe compost units have been installed in the ward, less than half the residents used it. Instead, they handed over waste to the collection workers.
"Such unscientific collection derails the entire plan. We are trying to reduce the amount of waste that reaches the common waste management unit. However, residents do not maintain the units installed at homes," said S Pushpalatha, chairperson of the health standing committee.
The service charge has been fixed at Rs 5 per kilogram. A team of 24 Cleanwell workers have been deputed at Palayam.
The civic body has already reached an agreement with an NGO to offer alternatives for waste processing like bucket bin, kitchen bin and compost units depending upon the convenience of residents. Source : TOI
This will be levied in addition to the collection fee which has been fixed at Rs 300 per month. The new system will first be implemented in Palayam and the amount will be based on volume of waste.
The corporation has already begun taking advance payment for a month from households that have been enlisted for daily collection of waste.
The service charge is being introduced after corporation officials found that on some days, the biogas plant at Palayam market had to handle enormous loads that far exceeded its total capacity.
The actual capacity of the plant is 2 tonnes, while as much as 4 tonnes of waste reach Palayam market on certain days. The market waste alone amounts to 2-3 tonnes a day, and additional household waste resulted in piling up of trash around the waste management unit.
"This was what happened at Vilappilsala. To check this practice, we are introducing service charge. Once people are made to pay for waste depending on its volume, we hope the quantity will come down. Also, there has to be a regulated system for handing over waste," said Palayam Rajan, chairman of the welfare standing committee and Palayam ward councillor.
Service charge will also be levied for other activities as sought by households, such as farming or maintenance of units.
A recent survey by corporation had revealed that although 960 pipe compost units have been installed in the ward, less than half the residents used it. Instead, they handed over waste to the collection workers.
"Such unscientific collection derails the entire plan. We are trying to reduce the amount of waste that reaches the common waste management unit. However, residents do not maintain the units installed at homes," said S Pushpalatha, chairperson of the health standing committee.
The service charge has been fixed at Rs 5 per kilogram. A team of 24 Cleanwell workers have been deputed at Palayam.
The civic body has already reached an agreement with an NGO to offer alternatives for waste processing like bucket bin, kitchen bin and compost units depending upon the convenience of residents. Source : TOI
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