The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is adding 650 more Swachh Auto Tippers (SAT) to the present fleet of 2,500 SATs to implement better door-to-door waste segregation.
Each SAT will cover 400 to 800 households through the vehicle and collect segregated garbage and transfer the same to the transfer stations. Under the DCO scheme, SAT operators earn about Rs 20,000 a month as fee from houses, besides additional revenue through sale of recyclables, reports Telangana today.
On its part, the GHMC will contribute towards the monthly loan repayment on successful collection of garbage per month. More importantly, under the DCO scheme, the beneficiary contribution will be just 10 per cent of the total cost of the vehicle and the rest will be raised through loans from banks with a repayment option of 72 months.
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