New Delhi: The Central Government has approved a Rs 300 crore plan for "visible improvement" in solid waste management in the national capital in the face of the serious garbage crisis plaguing the city.
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that in this plan, the North, South and East Municipal Corporations of Delhi would spend Rs 100 crore each for procuring machines for collection, transport and storage of solid waste.
They would be assisted from the Urban Development Fund of the Ministry, Mr Puri said at a conference on "Public Affairs: Effective Advocacy and Public Policy Strategies" here organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI).
Apart from that, the corporations would also procure decentralised treatment plants and special machines for upkeep of drains and sewers.
Equipments and machines to be procured include battery mounted and automated litter pickers, compacters, underground bins, mechanical road sweepers, accelerated composters, bio-methanation plants and super sucker re-cycler machines for drains and sewers, said the Minister.
He said sanitation was one of the main priorities of the government and he took up the garbage issue in the national capital on his very second day in office.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Newly-appointed Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that in this plan, the North, South and East Municipal Corporations of Delhi would spend Rs 100 crore each for procuring machines for collection, transport and storage of solid waste.
They would be assisted from the Urban Development Fund of the Ministry, Mr Puri said at a conference on "Public Affairs: Effective Advocacy and Public Policy Strategies" here organised by the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI).
Apart from that, the corporations would also procure decentralised treatment plants and special machines for upkeep of drains and sewers.
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Equipments and machines to be procured include battery mounted and automated litter pickers, compacters, underground bins, mechanical road sweepers, accelerated composters, bio-methanation plants and super sucker re-cycler machines for drains and sewers, said the Minister.
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He said sanitation was one of the main priorities of the government and he took up the garbage issue in the national capital on his very second day in office.
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(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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