AMC to remove all bins from roads by October 2

As per the guidelines of Swachh Bharat Mission, the civic body will lift all dustbins from roads by October 2. Starting from July, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has removed around 400 dustbins already.

This has contributed to the beautification of streets and making it litter-free, with the ulterior goal of making Ahmedabad a zero waste city. The city had set 2030 as the target to make the city zero waste; however, with the collective effort of various departments, the civic body will reach the goal by 2025.

According to the director of Solid Waste Management, Harshad Solanki, “The corporation is heading for zero bins on roads/streets or public places. There is a mechanism to lift garbage from door-to-door. We are taking only segregated waste from the source.”

“In the city, there are some 1,043 bins at 971 spots, of which, 400 have already been removed; the spots have been beautified with permanent rangoli,” added the director.

So far, 1,000 vehicles have been roped in to collect garbage from the source, which is segregated into dry waste and wet waste. Even the collection vehicles have two different compartments for dry and wet waste. The 1,043 bins do not have a mechanism for segregated waste.

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