Kakinada Municipal Corporation plans new waste strategy

KAKINADA: Kakinada Municipal Corporation (KMC) will take up a solid waste management scheme in the city to improve the sanitary conditions.

At present, sanitary personnel from KMC collect dry and wet garbage in separate bins. There is no collection of the wasteon Sundays and public holidays.

According to the new scheme, KMC will collect dry waste from houses while the wet waste would be converted to compose or manure before it is collected.

The task of preparing the manure at  the houses will be handed over by the KMC to "Environmental Friends" (Paryavarana Mitra). The manure will be collected from Residential Welfare Colonies in the city.

A "Paryavarana Mitra" will be appointed for every 'micro pocket' level. The mitras will train the residents of the houses or apartment owners, residents as well as to commercial establishments.

The wet waste will be dumped in a dust bin which will be made suitably for preparing manure from wet waste.

"It takes around 21 days to convert the wet waste into manure which would be bought by the KMC," said the KMC commissioner K. Ramesh.

He said that the manure would be used for horticulture plants and units in the parks and other public places of the city.

According to him, members of a voluntary organisation, "All Is Well" came forward with this plan to create awareness among people.

The commissioner said that all steps were being taken to improve the sanitary conditions in the city. He said the KMC would be taking help of all residential welfare colonies and would consider taking help from volunteers who come forward to help make the programme a success.

He appealed to people to cooperate with the KMC and also KMC sanitation personnel in this matter. Meanwhile, sources said that the KMC will supply material to the citizens who will come forward to this task as the material will prevent the bad smell from the wet waste.