334 workers hired to collect waste in new areas of MCG

Gurgaon: The Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has hired 334 sanitation workers to collect garbage from households in the villages and new sectors that were added to the civic body’s jurisdiction in December last year.
The corporation is also planning to set up transfer stations, where the waste can be sorted before being taken to the landfill in Bandhwari.
MCG officials said they had identified land in Ullawas and Bhondsi for setting up the transfer stations and were looking for two more sites. “We have hired 334 workers to collect garbage in the areas that were added recently. We have also identified two sites for setting up transfer stations. One of them is Ullawas, where 12 to 15 acres are available. We can set up a transfer station on just two acres. The second land is in Bhondsi. This plot was already being used by the villagers to dump waste,” an official said.
The officials said they were drafting a formal proposal to set up the transfer stations. A total of 16 villages and a few new sectors were added to the MCG’s jurisdiction in December last year. The revenues estates of villages Bajghera, Babupur, Mohammadheri, Dharampur, Daultabad, Kherki Majra, Dhankot, Palra, Ullawas, Nangli Umarpur, Behrampur, Dhumaspur, Bhondsi, Nayagaon, Kadarpur and Maidawas were brought under the MCG.
For the past eight months since the takeover, residents of the villages and new sectors have been demanding a proper sanitation system and basic civic amenities.
“MCG is not doing door-to-door collection in this sector. As of now, our society collects garbage from each block and then gives it to the MCG workers. Moreover, our internal roads are not cleaned by the civic body. It, however, takes care of the 60 metre roads,” said Rajat Srivastava, a resident of Sector 70A.
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