Gurgaon: MCG on Monday initiated the process of engaging an agency to transport municipal solid waste from the Khandsa secondary collection point to the Bandhwari landfill. The agency will be responsible for transporting approximately 280 tonnes of waste daily, amounting to an estimated 33,600 metric tonnes over four months. The work is estimated to cost over Rs 1 crore.The contract will run for four months from the date of execution of the agreement. The selected agency will have to commence work within three days of allotment. Under the proposed terms, the agency will have to ensure that all waste is lifted before 4pm daily and transported to the designated disposal site in accordance with Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.The civic body has mandated 100% transportation efficiency, requiring the agency to deploy its own machinery and manpower. It will have to arrange at least eight GPS-enabled dumpers or compactors, along with excavators or JCB loaders, depending on the requirements at the collection point. MCG may also direct the agency to increase the number of vehicles and machinery based on the quantity of waste.The proposed system will include a real-time management information system (MIS), with project-related data accessible to MCG and integrated with GMDA’s integrated command and control centre (ICCC). “CCTV feeds from secondary collection points may also be linked to the monitoring system, subject to availability. Data from electronic weighbridges will similarly have to be integrated with the MIS,” an MCG official said.MCG has prescribed financial penalties for service lapses. If the agency fails to provide services after commencing work, it will be fined 1.5 times its quoted bid rate multiplied by the average daily waste transportation quantity for each day it remains non-operational. Disposal of waste at a site other than the designated landfill will attract a penalty of twice the quoted bid variable for every tonne disposed of.Other penalties include Rs 2,000 per day for every vehicle short of the required deployment and Rs 2,000 per day if waste is not lifted within the prescribed timings or the collection point is left uncleaned. Littering during transportation and using vehicles without proper fabricated covers will attract a penalty of Rs 1,000 per instance.The agency will also be responsible for segregating mixed waste, including construction and demolition waste, before transportation. MCG has proposed penalties ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 for transporting mixed waste. If such violations occur five times, the contract will be liable for cancellation and proceedings to blacklist the agency will be initiated.As part of the arrangement, MCG will provide a designated disposal site, assist in arranging parking space for vehicles and hold coordination and monitoring meetings with the agency’s staff twice a week.
