After months of uncertainty over Gurugram’s door-to-door garbage collection system, the Haryana government’s high-powered purchase committee, chaired by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, on Friday finalised two agencies to undertake waste collection in the city.
The agency-wise breakup of vehicles, including the number of compactors and those to be deployed for primary collection, is yet to be finalised. “For the past few years, Gurugram has relied on short-term tenders and stopgap arrangements, under which agencies were often reluctant to deploy the mandated number of vehicles. Once the formal documentation is completed, both agencies will have to commence their services within two months. No timeline has been specified yet for completing the formal documentation, issuing work orders or commencing mobilisation. The project will run for five years, with a provision for a two-year extension subject to compliance with the tender’s terms and conditions. Fresh waste will continue to be transported to and dumped at Bandhwari until new land is identified and fresh waste processing plants are installed.
The project has an estimated cost of ₹ 647.78 crore, with ₹ 327.51 crore earmarked for Cluster I and ₹ 320.27 crore for Cluster II. Gurugram mayor Raj Rani Malhotra told HT that the two agencies will have to deploy 857 vehicles across both clusters. Against the 591 vehicles required under the tender, only around 300 to 350 were operating on the streets, which also contributed to the problems. MCG officials, however, said 857 vehicles will be deployed across both clusters.
Officials said BVG India Limited has been selected for Cluster I and Delhi MSW Solution for Cluster II. “As per the tender clause, the agencies will be required to deploy 50% of the mandated vehicles in the first month and achieve full deployment by the second month,” she said. With the new long-term tenders in place, we are hopeful of a positive outcome,” she said. The agencies will also transport garbage from secondary collection points to the Bandhwari landfill and install compaction machines to compress waste before transportation, MCG officials said.
Dr Preetpal Yadav, Joint Commissioner (Swacch Bharat Mission), Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG), said, “Two agencies have been approved for door-to-door garbage collection in Gurugram in the high-level committee on Friday.
HT reported on June 10 that the government panel had declined to approve rates quoted by participating agencies and directed MCG to retender the ₹ 606 crore project. MCG subsequently refloated the tender at ₹ 647.78 crore.
The project had faced another setback earlier.
