The bins will be numbered and route maps prepared for transport of waste
The way the Coimbatore Corporation conservancy workers
and sanitary supervisors handle solid waste will undergo a sea change in
the next few days, when the civic body launches the improved waste
collection system.
There will be a marked improvement in waste management in another 10 days or so, says Commissioner G. Latha.
At
present, the 30-odd sanitary supervisors along with the drivers of the
lorries that carry waste are preparing a route map they will pass on to
the Assistant Commissioners of the five zones.
After they verify the same, they will place the route maps for the Commissioner's approval.
Under the new system, the Corporation will number each of the 3,400-odd bins in the city.
Along
with the bin number, the civic body will also mention the mobile phone
number of the sanitary supervisor of the ward concerned and the mobile
phone number for grievance redress.
Plus, the bin will also sport the time and frequency of cleaning – daily, twice weekly or once a week.
Ms.
Latha says that as and when residents find that bins have not been
emptied at the given time, they should first call the sanitary
supervisor. And if that does not help, the residents can then message
the complaint to the grievance redress system number.
The
new waste management system does not end here, though. The Commissioner
says that the Corporation has developed android-based mobile
application to ensure efficacy in removing and transporting garbage.
The
Corporation will give the application-installed android phone to
sanitary supervisors, who will have to go to the bin at the scheduled
time and day to ensure that it has been cleaned. They will have to use
the application to say at what time the bin was cleaned and who the
driver was. They will also have to state what the approximate weight
was.
The sanitary supervisors' message will go to a
server and will be there for the officials to check if the data entered
is right or wrong. The Corporation will also cross verify the details at
the drivers' end and sanitary inspectors will monitor their movements
as the lorries engaged in transporting garbage come fitted with vehicle
tracking system.
Ms. Latha says that people on the ground will have to work and they cannot go scot free without working.
Deputy
Commissioner S. Sivarasu says that android application has crossed the
testing stage and software engineers engaged in the task will upload the
application onto the phones in the next couple of days.
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