New Delhi, Sep 1 (PTI) Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Tuesday called for adapting Indore’s waste-management model to the national capital’s local conditions, stressing technology, source segregation and public participation.
Sandhu made the remarks while inaugurating a one-day brainstorming workshop on municipal solid waste management, organised by the Municipal Council of Delhi (MCD), in collaboration with IIT Delhi at the India International Centre, the civic body said in a statement.
Delhi generates around 13,000 tonnes of municipal waste daily and needs to move beyond merely collecting and disposing of waste towards reducing, reusing and recycling it, the LG said.
The focus should shift from a “waste-to-landfill” approach
to a “waste-to-wealth” model by treating waste as a resource, he said.
Sandhu cited Indore as an example of what sustained municipal efforts can achieve and called for successful practices from the city and elsewhere to be studied and adapted to Delhi’s requirements.
“There is no need to reinvent solutions that have already proven effective elsewhere,” he said, according to the statement.
He also stressed the need to segregate wet, dry, sanitary and domestic hazardous waste at source, saying it would improve recycling and scientific processing.
Technology, digital monitoring, data management and modern waste-processing systems should be used to make waste management more efficient and transparent, he said.
The LG also emphasised that cleanliness cannot be treated as the sole responsibility of the municipal corporation, with households, resident welfare associations, market bodies, industries, institutions and citizens needing to participate in the process.
Delhi Mayor Pravesh Wahi said cleanliness was a “collective responsibility” and called for selected wards to be developed as model wards showcasing best practices in sanitation and waste management.
Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav, who also participated in the event, highlighted the utility of decentralised initiatives such as zero-waste wards, colonies and roads, while MCD Commissioner Sanjeev Khirwar said the civic body was expanding waste-processing facilities and focusing on composting, biogas production and recovery of recyclable material. PTI MSJ PRK
