PMC Clears 11 Tonnes: Pmc Clears 11 Tonnes Of Trash From Dive Ghat In Two Days | Pune News
Pune: Driving via the Dive Ghat on Hadapsar-Saswad Road has now become a better experience for motorists, after the civic administration has lifted 11 tonnes of garbage from this section in the last two days.
Since the quantity was huge, the administration deployed earthmoving machines, tippers and collection vans to clear the illegally dumped waste that had accumulated along the road.The garbage has been sent to processing units for further treatment.
Officials from the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) solid waste management department said that the drive will not be confined only to Dive Ghat. In coming days, similar drives will be conducted in other ghat sections around the city, including Pirangut Ghat, Katraj Ghat and Bopdev Ghat to clear dump waste.
Regular travellers have long been witnessing garbage dumping along the Katraj-Dehu Road Bypass, Sinhagad Road and Solapur Road.
Civic officials said that there is a plan to keep all the prominent access points to the city garbage-free. An official in the know told TOI, “We are working on a sustained plan to clear garbage dumped at the entry points of the city. The aim is to keep the entry points free of waste. The civic administration last year conducted waste cleaning drives in Katraj and Bopdev Ghats. Similar action will be taken over the next few days, too.”
The civic administration also said that some areas, like Dive Ghat and Pirangut Ghat, do not fall within the PMC limits — however, cleaning drives will be conducted in their ghat sections.
Officials said that the PMC would approach the district administration and the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) to continue drives in the areas that are not part of the city but located on its periphery and require continuous monitoring.
Haridas Charvad, former corporator from the Sinhagad Road area, said, “The issue of illegal garbage dumping at the city’s entry points has been raised repeatedly in the general body meeting of PMC. Garbage generation in the peripheral areas is going up because of the increasing population.”
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