Garbage collection system inefficient, Jaipur residents cry foul | Jaipur News

Garbage littered on a street in Jaipur on Monday

JAIPUR: The new JMC board was formed almost a year ago but sanitation condition has not improved in the city so far. Most people complain that the door-to-door garbage collection is not functioning properly.
JMC-Heritage ward 10 councillor Rajat Bishnoi said garbage vehicles come once in four days. Though hundreds of complaints have been registered, there has been no change in the situation. Similar complaints have also come from In Amber zone wards 1 & 2 where vehicles are not coming to collect trash at all.
In other parts of Walled City, which is supposed to be a heritage site, garbage depots are back to their original place. People are forced to throw garbage on roadsides, where trash gets piled up before being picked up by sanitation workers.
JMC-Greater ward 7 councillor Santosh Aggarwal said there was a need to improve the situation. In her ward, the vehicles come for five days and then there is no garbage collection for 15 days at a stretch. The condition is no different in other parts of Murlipura zone where all the councillors are fed up with the sanitation condition. Complaints have been filed and she said the firm responsible for garbage collection responds by saying that they are not being paid by the corporation.
JMC-Greater deputy mayor Puneet Karnawat said the company responsible for garbage collection is not working efficiently. “We want to change the company and get someone better but due to legal glitches, we cannot. But the condition is really pathetic around the city. We are thinking of finding a solution to it,” said Karnawat.
In ward 45, people have threatened to agitate over the issue. Things improved for a few days but after some time, affairs are back to normal. Councillors say that there is no use in fighting everyday with the company officials as the condition is not getting improved and the public is facing inconvenience.