Lucknow: Positive responses from its citizens, transparency in chain command between workers and officials, usage of new technologies and added workforce to increase door to door garbage collection within city limits were the main reason for Lucknow Municipal Corporation to achieve 12th rank under Swachh Bharat Mission 2021.
As per the results announced by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA), Lucknow recieved three stars under garbage free city ‘GFC’ category which helped civic body to achieve 600/900 marks under the parameter of Certification. On contrary, civic body had recieved only one star (150 marks) under the category in last year survey.
Similarly, civic body got the highest marks under the category of ‘Citizens Feedback’ receiving 1,549 out of 1,800 marks. Last year, municipal corporation only managed to secure around 1029/1,500 under the parameter.
Talking to TOI, municipal commissioner Ajay Dwivedi said, “Garbage management in the city was one of our main aim and the results are speaking for themselves. We have got three stars under GFC this year. Our next target will be to completely stop open garbage dumping in the city. We will also focus on providing basic civic amenities to our mass.”
According to LMC officials, civic body had installled more than 1,800 three bins for cateogirizng garbage. Similarly, In the last six months, about 10,000 sites and vacant plots have been made free from garbage. Around 120 open garbage houses have been eliminated. 09 Mechanized Sweeping Machines are being run for cleaning the main 62 divider road in the city.
LMC officials also said that material recovery facility points of 100 ton capacity have been established in all the zones, from where the material received is processed and reused. Apart from this, Construction and Demolition Waste Plant has been established on Rae Bareli Road in which the debris/building materials are separated and prepared for reuse. Apart from this, materials are also sold as per the requirement.
