Policenama – Pune News | With the merger of 23 villages, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has become Maharashtra’s largest municipal corporation. However, the development is going to increase the load of waste management on the civic body.
The addition of the 23 villages will now increase the load on PMC’s waste management capacity by 250 tonnes.
As per reports the city generates 2100 tonnes of garbage every day. Out of this 1850 tonnes of garbage is collected. 120 tonnes of garbage is treated while 150 tonnes of waste is managed at the source.
Out of the 1850 tonnes of waste (comprising of 750 tonnes of wet waste and 800 tonnes of dry waste and 250 tonnes of mixed waste) collected from properties in the civic body area is treated in the plant with a capacity of 1500 tonnes. However, due to various reasons these waste treatment plants are working with 50 percent capacity only.
PMC is planning to have another waste treatment plant with a capacity of 1400 tonnes.
In a recent survey conducted by the waste management department of the civic body, around 250 tonnes of garbage is generated from these 23 merged villages. Gram panchayats did not have a proper disposal system in place. The survey also points out that Narhe, Kondhwe-Dhawade, Wagholi, and Manjri Budruk villages generate 136 tonnes of garbage out of 250 tonnes that are generated in these 23 merge villages.
With the merger of these villages, PMC has to deal with garbage-related issues among others on priority. The officials from PMC and the Jilha Parishad will be meeting to come up with the solution.
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