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Noida, Sep 13 (PTI) The Greater Noida Authority on Monday said it was introducing high-tech features like sticking QR codes outside houses and installing GPS and CCTV on vehicles carrying garbage in order to ensure efficient door-to-door waste collection.The features have been made part of the new door-to-door waste collection contract for which tender has been floated, the authority said, adding that the incorporation of these provisions is done to ensure cleanliness in Greater Noida.Greater Noida generates around 200 tonnes of garbage everyday and the authority said it is in the process to hire a single agency, instead of the two currently, for door-to-door collection of waste as well as its segregation.The tender for the project has been floated on a contract of Rs 123.37 crore for a period of 10 years, it said."The authority has made some changes in the present method of garbage collection.
The authority will keep a close watch on the process of collection of garbage through digital means.
For example, every house will have a QR code.
Whenever the waste picker goes to pick up the garbage from that house, he will scan it through mobile scanner.
As soon as the scan is done, the information about the garbage being picked up will reach the vendor.
The vendor will place its monthly information before the authority," the authority said in a statement.Whether it is a village or urban sector of Greater Noida, all the houses will have a QR code, it added.Similarly, it said the monitoring of vehicles engaged in garbage collection will also be done through GPS (Global Positioning System) technology."With this, the authority will be able to monitor the real-time location of any vehicle on garbage collection duty.