Start-ups mop up 10MT of waste

Hyderabad: While the government has been trying to get residents to segregate their own household waste at source, a few start-ups born and bred in the city have taken charge and are succeeding at it.

So much so that they are clearing out over 10 metric tonnes of domestic waste in a single month. They work just like the local kabadiwala who pays for the waste paper, bottles and plastic you sell.

Some of these start-ups include, Toter, Crapbin and Banyan Nation in Hyderabad. While the first two collect the waste and pay citizens for it, the latter specialises in plastic recycling.

“In the last few months, garbage segregation and proper disposal have become the buzzwords. This has also sparked a keen interest in people to get rid of their waste properly,”  Mr Nisar Ahmed, founder of Crapbin, told Deccan Chronilce.

These start-ups provide users with a simple log in option to their website. From there, these users can then request for a pickup, just like cab services.

After that, the agent visits your house, armed with a digital scale and weighs the items, pays you for the amount of garbage weighed and it is done.

Residents have asked the start-ups to set up kiosks in their colonies.

“We are very pleased with the kind of service they provide. This makes us environmentally conscious about the kind of waste we generate and how we should dispose of it. Also, they offer a good price for the waste,” said Ms Deepa Shailender, a resident of Sainikpuri.

For Waste Ventures India, there is a lot of potential in the city and having a perceptive populace is working in its favour.  “The people are going the hi-tech way to have their garbage collected. This has been happening over the last few months, maybe because the government is pushing for waste segregation,” said Indra Kumar, of Waste Ventures India.

Civil cases take nearly five years on an average: Data

According to data from e-courts and DAKSH, a civil society organisation, a civil case takes an average of three to five years to be disposed of at the appeal stage. Admission and denial by higher courts takes an average of four months, after which notices or summons are issued, and directions to call for records are also issued simultaneously.

After issuing of summons or notices calling for the records, it takes more than six months to receive the records from the lower court.

After receiving the records of the case, it takes more than a year to starts the trial and submit evidence.

The data reveals that in criminal cases, it takes more than five months to receive the records from the lower courts.

Lawyers point out that some of tricks or lobbying by the litigants or their advocates to delay the records reaching the higher courts from the lower courts, can delay a case by an average of six months to one year.