Divisional commissioner takes civic body to task

Aurangabad | Tuesday | 19th February, 2019

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He has even asked the civic body to rope in corporators of the areas which are facing segregation issues.The meeting was attended by municpal commissioner Nipun Vinayak, deputy commissioner (solid waste management) Nandkishore Bhombe, district collector Uday Choudhari, authorities of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and other civic body staffers.On March 1, 2018, the state government had formed a high-level four-member committee comprising the divisional commissioner, district collector, civic body chief and deputy commissioner (SWM) for resolving the garbage crisis. Sources said that the civic body was all set to launch a drive against the use of plastic from Wednesday.In addition, the civic body has been asked to communicate to its staffers on field not to collect garbage, which is not segregated into dry and wet waste. The details and other relevant information about this committee has also been submitted before the Supreme court. The city generates around 450 to 500 metric tonne of waste on a daily basis. AURANGABAD: The civic administration was left red-faced on Monday when divisional commissioner Sunil Kendrekar reviewed the waste collection process in its jurisdiction and took the authorities to task for failing to deliver on several counts.Kendrekar issued directives to Aurangabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to go all-out against the use of plastic bags by taking stringent action against the dealers, suppliers and traders dealing with the sale of the banned product..