To improve its position in the “Swachchh Bharat” ranking to unseat Mysuru, which had topped last year, the Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) has stepped up its waste management and beautification efforts.
To improve its position in the “Swachchh Bharat” ranking to unseat Mysuru, which had topped last year, the Delhi Cantonment Board (DCB) has stepped up its waste management and beautification efforts.
According to DCB CEO B. Reddy Sankar Babu, the board has initiated several measures to spruce up and beautify the cantonment area and are aiming for a zero-waste policy for proper waste management and also working on rejuvenation of water bodies. The Delhi Cantonment area is spread over 10,791.88 acres and, as per 2011 Census, its population stands at 1,10,351. The DCB ranked 15th in the “Swachh Bharat” survey released in August last year, finishing one position ahead of the posh NDMC.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi figured at 398. The DCB collects 70 tonnes of garbage from 17,700 houses every day. It has installed 45 fixed dustbins and 400 mobile dustbins for waste collection, besides running 16 vehicles for it.
“As part of our policy, horticulture waste is being processed into bio-fuel and liquid waste would be separately processed for which plants are being set up. We have over 50 parks and gardens under our jurisdiction and in the past few months we have also installed 33 iron-made gazebos across the area for shelter and ornamental purposes,” Mr Babu said.
The DCB collects 70 tonnes of garbage from 17,700 houses every day. It has installed 45 fixed dustbins and 400 mobile dustbins for waste collection besides running 16 vehicles for it.
