Aafrin Kidwai 
Madhya Pradesh has announced the commencement of its integrated waste management project – Sagar Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) project – to facilitate novel waste management methods using high-end technological solutions. The State has also announced the launch of a fortnight-long ‘Gandagi Bharat Choddo’ campaign.
Sagar, where the project is being implemented by Ramky Enviro Engineers Limited (REEL), is a city close to Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and has been selected as one of the 100 Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Smart Cities Mission.
The project reportedly deploys modern systems for door-to-door collection of waste, transfer station management, and a processing and disposal facility. It caters to a cluster of 10 urban local bodies (ULBs) and manages around 350 metric tonnes (MT) of municipal solid waste every day.
The project, being implemented at a cost of over Rs 70 crore, includes the construction of a processing plant at Sagar and one transfer station at each of the 10 participating ULBs. The 10 ULBs participating in this cluster project are Sagar, Grahakota,
Rahatgarh, Banda, Rehli, Deori, Shahgarh, Shahpur, Makronia and Bina, reports news agency UNI.
