Jaipur: 2 days after civic body dumps BVG, trash chokes Walled City | Jaipur News

Garbage lying on a roadside in the city on Sunday

JAIPUR: Two days after dismissing BVG India Limited from door-to-door garbage collection, sanitation condition in Walled City has been severely hit.
Tonnes of garbage is lying on roads with just 100 hoopers available with the corporation to collect trash from homes. BVG had 200 hoopers for the entire Walled City.
JMC-Heritage has 100 hoopers of its own. The corporation has decided to function in two shifts.
Residents complained that hoopers were coming twice or thrice a week but now with just 100 hoopers, piles of garbage can be seen at every corner.
Kamal Kumar, a resident of Gangori Market, said hoopers are not coming since last five days. “With no company employed for sanitation, garbage depots are overflowing.”
Many councillors are questioning the decision to remove the firm without any alternative. Rajat Bishnoi, councillor of ward 9, said there is a need to have an alternative before terminating the contract.
“When there was no alternative, why was the firm removed? Already two hoopers in the ward weren’t enough and even if the corporation sends hoopers two times a day, they will not be able to cover the entire ward. This is such an unplanned and hasty decision,” said Bishnoi.
The commissioner of JMC-Heritage Avadhesh Meena said they are trying to manage the sanitation properly. “Apart from the employees of the municipal corporation, all efforts are being made to ensure cleanliness by making full use of the available resources. About 4,700 sweepers are working in both the shifts. In two days, over 700 tonnes of garbage was lifted from the city. About 16 units are working continuously for garbage collection in all the zones. Hoopers are continuously running for door-to-door collection of garbage,” said Meena.
Councillor Sunita Mahawar supported the move saying that with the company exiting the scenario we can work fast to improve the sanitation condition. We should wait for some time to let the corporation work properly. Cleaning is being done from 6am to noon and from 2pm to 10pm.