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All civic bodies to have ‘Swachh’autos
Commissioner of Municipal AdministrationAdwaitKumar Singhhas issued the draft guidelines to all the municipalities and sought their opinions.The commissioner said the State governmentwas keen to extend the scheme of Swachh Auto Tippers to all the Urban Local Bodies (ULB)in the State similar tothe GHMC under the Driver-cum-Owner scheme.
Hyderabad: The Municipal Administration (MA) department is planning to introduce Swachh Auto scheme in the municipalities of the State on the lines of similar scheme being implemented by Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The scheme is intended to improve the garbage collection in municipalities.
Commissioner of Municipal AdministrationAdwaitKumar Singhhas issued the draft guidelines to all the municipalities and sought their opinions.The commissioner said the State governmentwas keen to extend the scheme of Swachh Auto Tippers to all the Urban Local Bodies (ULB)in the State similar tothe GHMC under the Driver-cum-Owner scheme.
The municipalities should inform their suggestions on the draft guidelines within three days. Informing the objectives of the scheme, the commissioner said the government had been making continuous efforts in providing requireGreater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation infrastructure to ULBs with the objective to improve the service levels in terms of collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of waste under various programmes.
Under this scheme, the auto tippers will be branded as 'Swachh Auto Tippers' with uniform colour coding and branding. The eligible beneficiaries interested in providing door to door solid waste collection and transportation services shall be identified on the criteria being prescribed.
They would be supported by the ULB in securing loan for purchase of the Swachh Auto Tipper from the bank. Each Swachh Auto Tipper will be allotted an area covering 650-750 households with route numbers identified by the ULB for providing the service which include timely collection and transportation of the solid waste in a segregated manner to designated transfer station or points identified by the ULBs on daily basis.
The Swachh Auto Tipper operator shall also be encouraged to sell recyclables recovered from waste through DRCC Centres established in the ULBs to compensate the service cost and fuel expenditure incurred for collection of waste. The scheme is aimed at achieving 100 per cent collection and transportation of waste from households in all the 72 ULBs, ensuring compliance to the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016 and achieving the Service Level Benchmarks.
