Noida admin hires Mumbai firm for garbage collection

Noida: Taking another step towards the door-to-door garbage collection in the city, the Noida Authority hired Mumbai-based AG Enviro Infra Project Pvt Ltd, at an annual fee of Rs 30 crore, which will provide equipment, manpower and everything else needed for the operations.

According to a senior official, the process of garbage collection is expected to start in four months.

"We have now appointed a company which will manage the door-to-door garbage collection in the city. As of now, we have identified 50 locations across the city where the garbage collection points will be set up. The authority has awarded the contract of the collection of garbage to the company for 10 years," said a senior authority official.

Detailing the process of door-to-door garbage collection, Gaurav Kapoor, corporate development officer, AG Enviro Infra Project Pvt Ltd, said, "We will lift the garbage from the residential, commercial, industrial areas and also schools, hospitals and other sectors of the city. We will start a survey soon."

He continued, "We will put 160 trucks for the collection of waste — 125 small trucks and 35 big trucks. We will also use the hydraulic container for the process. Also, the vehicles carrying the waste to the landfill site will be covered on all sides."

Kapoor added, "We have experience in this domain and have been doing the same in Greater Noida, Bangaluru, New Mumbai, some parts of Delhi and other places."

However, the authority is yet to finalize a landfill site to treat the waste. As of now, it will be using an area of 16,000 sq m in Mubarakpur village.

Meanwhile, another project for mechanised road sweeping has been awarded by the Authority to Chennai-based MSW Pvt Ltd. The project will cover 93 km of road on a daily basis in the city.