New Delhi, Sep 22 The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) collected nearly Rs 2.49 crore in solid-waste-management-user charges from residential and commercial users between January and August this year, even as it approved new bye-laws providing for mandatory monthly charges and penalties for different categories of waste generators, officials said on Tuesday.
Of the total Rs 2,48,67,813 collected during the eight-month period, Rs 1.65 crore came from commercial users and Rs 83.77 lakh from residential users, according to NDMC data. Monthly collections ranged from Rs 28.39 lakh to Rs 36.1 lakh.
The new Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, approved at the council’s meeting on Monday and to be notified by the Union home ministry later, provide category-based monthly user charges for residential, commercial, hospitality and other establishments. They will come into force after the notification process.
Residential properties will be charged Rs 100 per month for plots up to 50 square metres, Rs 200 for those up to 200 square metres and Rs 300 for larger plots.
Street vendors will pay Rs 200 a month, while commercial establishments, shops and eateries will be charged Rs 800. Offices and educational institutions will pay Rs 3,000.
Hotels and restaurants will face charges based on their category and size. Restaurants will be charged between Rs 3,000 and Rs 4,500 depending on the seating capacity, while hotels will pay between Rs 3,000 and Rs 7,400 depending on the category. Marriage and party halls, exhibition and fair-related establishments and malls or shopping complexes will attract a monthly charge of Rs 7,400.
The bye-laws also provide for a 10-per cent surcharge if user charges remain unpaid for more than 30 days.
Vice-Chairman Kuljeet Singh Chahal said waste generators will have to segregate garbage at source into four streams — wet, dry, sanitary and special-care waste. The NDMC has already operationalised four-stream door-to-door collection, with auto-tippers equipped with separate compartments and a helper deployed with each vehicle.
“The civic body has identified 29 bulk waste generators in its area and registered all of them on the NDMC 311 and CPCB platforms. Their compliance is being monitored through day-wise data,” Chahal said.
The new framework also provides for penalties for littering, improper dumping, failure to segregate waste and other violations. The NDMC recorded 433 challans between January 1 and August 31, including 87 in August, according to the latest compliance material.
Unpaid user charges can be recovered as arrears under the relevant provisions of the NDMC Act, the officials said.
The council’s records show that around 300 tonnes of waste is generated and processed daily in the NDMC area against an available processing capacity of 509 tonnes per day. The civic body has no landfill within its jurisdiction and its current records state that the waste generated in the area is not being sent to any landfill.
A fine of Rs 15,000 will be imposed for holding an unlicensed event involving more than 100 people. Bulk waste generators, including resident welfare associations, hotels and restaurants, will face monthly default fines ranging from Rs 15,000 to Rs 74,000. A separate penalty of Rs 50,000 has been prescribed for failure to set up in-situ waste-processing facilities.
Industrial units violating refuse derived fuel substitution requirements and manufacturers failing to comply with extended producer collect-back systems can face penalties of up to Rs 1.48 lakh.
The council also placed before it for a statutory review contracts and schemes involving expenditure between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 4 crore that were executed up to August.
(PTI News)
