Bungling in payment for garbage lifting detected

PATNA: The audit report of Bankipore circle of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has detected bungling in the payment made to the vehicles for lifting solid waste between March 2010 and March 2013. The PMC paid Rs1.18 crore to vehicles for lifting garbage in the Bankipore circle during the period.
According to the report of Bankipore circle's senior audit officer Pramod Kumar Singh, the number of vehicles used for lifting garbage is more than double the requirement and the amount of daily solid waste output (280 tonnes) is exorbitantly higher in the circle than in any metro of the world.According to the PMC figures, an average 168 tonnes of garbage was lifted per day from March 2010 to August 2011; about 212 tonnes per day from September 2011 to March 12; 292 tonnes per day from April 2012 to December 2012 and 288 tonnes per day from January 2013 to March 2013.
But, according to Singh, even if one believes the Bankipore data that tractors lifted solid waste around four to eight times and heavy garbage lifting vehicles made six to 12 trips daily, the total solid waste output of the city cannot exceed more than 140 tonnes per day. The corporation has paid Rs58.52 lakh to vehicles and Rs60.11 lakh for fuel from March 2010 to March 2013.
According to central pollution control board (CPCB) survey, the daily garbage output of Patna is around 370 gram per person. According to the survey report, in 2011, the population of Bankipore circle was 2,61,000. Thus, its total solid waste output should be around 96.57 tonnes.
"On what basis the Bankipore circle claims such huge solid waste output in its area? The PMC office neither weighs the garbage before lifting nor dumping at Bariya Chak dumping yard. So, how can the PMC have the details of the daily garbage disposal in the city," Singh's report pointed out.
According to the statistics produced by Bankipore circle, its daily solid waste output is around 1,073 gram per persons, per day. However, the total solid waste output in metros like Delhi is 570 gram, in Chennai 620 gram, in Kolkata 580 gram and in Bangaluru 390 gram per person per day. So, how is it possible that a II-tier city like Patna can have almost double solid waste output compared to these metros?