Waste management project in 10 CCC wards likely soon

Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) has planned to engage private organizations for city's waste management properly for ensuring sound and healthy environment in and around the city. The CCC has apparently proved its failure in managing huge waste across the city over the last few years which virtually polluted overall environment to a large extent mounting sufferings of city dwellers. Temporary or contractual appointments of cleaners are believed to be the key cause behind non-implementation of the cleaning move, commoners said. "We've planned to engage private organizations for the first time simply to keep the city neat and clean apart from ensuring healthy environment," acting Mayor of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) Alhaj M Monjur Alam told the Daily People's View yesterday over phone. The CCC has primarily selected its ten wards for implementing pilot project of the initiative as part of experiment and it is expected to begin within the next couple of months. If the pilot project is seen successful then it project will be expanded gradually to the remaining wards of the city. The CCC top officials chalked out the plan in its last meeting that held on January 27. The CCC officials said that the selected private organizations would be paid on basis of waste management. Replying to a question The CCC Mayor said," The process is initial level and tender will be floated for selecting private organizations."He informed that a committee had already been formed to oversee the matter. "Dhaka and Khulna City Corporation have also engaged private organizations for waste management and the recently formed committee has been asked to submit reports after evaluating the performances of private organizations which are now working under the two city corporations," he added. Five ward commissioners led by an CCC executive will soon visit two city corporations - Dhaka and Khulna City Corporation to observe the activities of private organizations. It is learnt that a total of 48 vehicles that had been procured for removing wastes but those are seen mostly unused. Most of the vehicles went inoperative recently, the CCC officials informed. Now the CCC has been using 30 vehicles on rent-basis for removing wastes from different parts of the city. The CCC Mayor said that the selected organizations after routine bidding will manage vehicles to remove wastes from the city. Approximately, 1700 workers, mainly working under permanent and temporary basis may lose their job if the latest initiative can be implemented. The CCC acting Mayor, however, said, "It depends on the private organizations. The organizations can recruit people of the project or utilize the current workforce.""Actually it will be finalized after discussion with related parties," he added and steps will be taken so that workers relieved of sufferings," he added. Top officials of the CCC hoped that the fresh move would help in managing wastes of the city perfectly.

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