BMC manages waste on Ganesh fest
New Delhi: Lakhs of idols of Mumbai’s favourite deity were immersed into the sea during the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi and with it go the garlands and other holy ingredients.
However, the BMC is making sure that all the waste that accompanies the idols ends up in compost pits, making manure for the city, instead of blocking the city’s drains.
Picking up debris can be tedious and time consuming, which is why the muncipal corporation has now devised a new system.
A team of BMC men stand guard at the beach, calling out for garlands and flowers, ensuring that organic waste doesn’t get anywhere near the sea but is picked of, as each Ganesh idol enters the beach.
Bag after bag of garlands and flowers land in the truck instead of the sea. The BMC’s mantra – prevention is better than cure.
Says a sweeper with the BMC, Mangesh, “We are calling to people to give garlands and flowers so that we can put it in the truck and take it to a place where it can be made into manure.”
Adds BMC Sanitary Inspector, Ashok Jadhav, “We manage to fill up nearly 20 to 25 trucks in a day.”
With each truck capable of carrying over four tonnes, one beach alone generates upto a 100 tonnes of waste.
The new system ensures that:
- The waste is put to good use.
- Waste makes for quicker disposal of garbage.
- BMC uses less man power.
And the end result is that all the devotees are pleased that beaches are kept neat and clean.
It seems that this time around, the municipal corporation has learnt that it makes sense to work smarter rather than harder.
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