Aafrin Kidwai 
The Pune civic administration has announced that it will stop collecting garbage from the premises of bulk waste generators that fail to comply with the norm of processing wet waste at the source by March-end.
According to the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)’s solid waste management rule, it is mandatory for bulk waste generators, with 100kg of waste every day, to process the wet waste within their premises. A recent verification survey undertaken by the civic body found that several bulk waste generators were flouting the norms.
“The civic administration had served notices to the erring housing societies. If they don’t repair or restore the garbage processing units by the end of March, the PMC would stop waste collection,” PMC additional commissioner Kunal Khemnar told The Times of India.
The civic body had reportedly given orders to discontinue the tax rebate to 3,081 properties for failing to keep the waste processing unit operational within their premises.
A total of 75,038 properties avail the benefit of tax discount for processing waste, along with implementing rainwater harvesting or solar projects, on their respective premises in the PMC limits. The recent survey conducted by the civic administration found over 3,000 properties were availing the benefit of tax discount without actually complying with the established rules.
Picture Credit: Taz, GI Market food waste, CC BY 2.0
