Vizag civic body attempts to make city dustbin-free

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has made a beginning to make the city dustbin-free. As part of it, the civic body has removed dumper bins in 20 per cent of the city area where door-to-door collection vehicles have been deployed. 

GVMC commissioner G Srijana informed The New Indian Express they will proceed slowly, at first. GVMC chief medical officer of health (CMOH) KSLG Sastry added that bins are being removed in the areas where door-to-door garbage collection vehicles have access. He said the number of garbage collection vehicles will also be gradually reduced. He urged residents to focus on segregation of dry, wet and hazardous waste at source as per the latest solid waste management rules. 

However, the places from where the bins have been removed may become vulnerable points if people continue to dump garbage. To discourage them from doing so, the civic body will undertake an IEC campaign and impose penalties, authorities have said.

All garbage vehicles and bins have geotags so that they can be monitored. Sanitary inspectors and ward sanitary secretaries are monitoring garbage clearance in their respective areas. Door-to-door collection and segregation of waste have also improved over the last few months.

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