Waste collection in parts of Nagpur hit by workers’ strike

Garbage and civic problems are mounting for the residents of Central, East, North and part of West Nagpur as the indefinite strike by workers of door-to-door garbage collection firm enters its third day.

Over 850 workers of BVG India, one of the garbage lifting companies, have struck work over the sacking of 113 employees by the company on January 15. The workers say they will not resume work till their colleagues are reinstated. Negotiations between the workers and BVG India have, so far, failed to achieve a breakthrough.

The city (with 10 zones) generates around 1,000 to 1,100 metric tonne garbage per day and AG Environ (Laxmi Nagar, Dharampeth, Hanuman Nagar, Dhantoli and Nehru Nagar) lifts 500 to 600 metric tonne of garbage per day. Similar is the quantum of garbage lifted by BVG workers from rest of the five zones.

The NMC’s solid waste management department is now struggling to clean up half of the city with the ongoing strike by BVG India employees. Most of the garbage vulnerable points are also overflowing with waste, reports The Times of India.