Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation to acquire 15 mini trucks to improve garbage management

HUBBALLI: The

Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation

will be procuring 15 mini trucks for effective management of solid waste management by spending around Rs 3.2 crore. Hubballi-Dharwad Smart City will be funding for these vehicles.

Introduction of the 4.5-ton

garbage

carrying capacity vehicles would help the corporation to effectively collect garbage from bulk generating institutions. As of now, the

HDMC

using as many as 10 tractors on rent bases to collect bulk waste and it is spending Rs 30 lakh per annum towards the rent. If the vehicle starts functioning, the HDMC would save around 30 lakh per annum.

According to the environmental engineering department of HDMC, the demand for the big capacity trucks was long pending one. Santosh Kumar environment engineer of the HDMC said since the tractor-trailer holds less garbage they used to make more trips to dumping yard. The 4.5-ton capacity trucks would collect more garbage from bulk waste generating units at one go. The mini trucks can be used in interior parts of the city to collect the garbage, he said.

The HDMC as of now has 176 mini auto tippers to collect the garbage from door to door and there are complaints that the vehicles miss routines as big wards have less sufficient vehicles to collect garbage. These new vehicles can be used in big wards if required, the engineer said.

Hubballi-Dharwad Smart City Limited Special Officer S H Naregal told TOI that the HDMC commissioner had asked to provide grant for the SWM project under SCP’s litter-free zone concept Rs 3.20 crore has been released and tenders for purchasing the mini trucks along with three mini

jetting machines

and three skid steer loaders have been floated, he said.

Officials of HDMC say the HDMC has big jetting machines most of the times the control room receives drainage block complaints from interior areas where the roads will be very narrow. The cleaning staff used to using the bigger pipes and sometimes it was not helpful to clean the block. The new jetting machines will reach the narrow lanes and clear the blockage of underground drainages, they said.