Overview
- A high-powered emergency committee led by Additional Commissioner Ravindra Yadav was established July 31 to set vehicle rates and monitor private tractor-trolley deployments.
- Under Section 49(C) of the Haryana Municipal Corporation Act, councillors and contractors are now permitted to arrange private vehicles for door-to-door waste collection as a temporary measure.
- Since July 29, MCG has run a 36-ward cleanliness drive battling monsoon waterlogging and illegal dumping, with daily oversight by ward councillors and junior engineers.
- The Haryana ULB Ministry’s ward-level plan assigns each ward one JCB, three tractors, four to five sanitation workers and performance awards to encourage rapid cleanup.
- Infrastructure reforms include GPS tracking for collection fleets, a monthlong sewerline survey and tenders for C&D waste processing due before August 10.