Garbage vehicles miss trip, open plots become dump yard

Hubli | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Summary:

As a result residents are forced to dump garbage in open plots or by the roadside.Under the comprehensive solid waste management project, HDMC has introduced 176 auto tippers to collect garbage. Tenders will be invited to procure 20 more auto tippers and 15 light commercial vehicles to collect garbage from commercial establishments. However, the ineffective collection of garbage has rendered the Rs 60 crore project useless.Residents are not happy with the way civic HDMC’s civic workers collect garbage. Garbage vehicles hardly come to our area. “Once the compactor station starts functioning, vehicles that collect garbage in remote areas of the city need not go all the way to dumping yard on Karwar Road to dump waste..