HYDERABAD: For perhaps the first time in Hyderabad, a vehicle of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) carrying completely segregated dry waste and another carrying only green waste reached the Jawaharnagar treatment site on Tuesday.
From the source of the waste generation, ie, from households to Swachh auto to the transfer station and from there to the landfill site, waste was transported in a segregated manner.
As many as 47 Swachh autos carried segregated waste from over 30,000 households in Saketh area, ensuring 100 per cent source segregation.
The waste was then sent to the transfer station in Mallapur where 25 tonnes (9,920 kg of wet waste) and 7 tonnes of dry waste was separated. After collecting waste in a segregated form from about 30,000 households, 47 swachh autos reached the transfer station at Saketh and Mallapur and waste was transferred separately to a larger vehicle which continued the segregated chain till it reached Jawaharnagar.
With the new Solid Waste Management rules of 2016 making source segregation of waste mandatory, GHMC achieved a partial success in this regard as the the complete chain of waste management was achieved during the exercise on Tuesday.
In preparation of this, the GHMC had distributed 44 lakh dustbins and 200 Swachh autos. Households were convinced that waste needed to be segregated. Officials embarked on monitoring of 2,000 Swachh autos, appointment of Swachh volunteers, ensuring they had the waste separator in place, checking at transfer stations. GHMC provided cash rewards for colonies segregating their waste.