Pune’s Garbage Troubles Grow After PMC Gives Kothrud Waste Site to Metro Project
Pune’s waste management system is under severe stress once again, this time due to the Pune Municipal Corporation’s (PMC) hasty decision to hand over the crucial garbage transfer ramp at Kothrud depot to MahaMetro without first setting up an alternative. This move has thrown waste collection from key areas like Kothrud, Warje, and Karvenagar into disarray. Around 125 garbage trucks now face extended routes to far-off stations in Aundh, Ghole Road, and Katraj, increasing fuel costs, time, and most critically, delays. The result? Mounting garbage heaps and growing frustration among residents. Civic group Sajag Nagrik Manch has slammed PMC’s “Clean Pune” slogans as hollow and demanded accountability from the civic body, citing additional sanitation fees already paid by citizens.
The crisis has deepened with the closure of two major waste processing units, a 200-tonne wet waste facility in Hadapsar and a 50-tonne dry waste unit in Dhayari compounding the city's inability to manage over 250 tonnes of garbage every day. As monsoon rains swell the volume of wet waste, problems have arisen at every stage of waste handling, from collection to processing. Mounting public anger has forced PMC to request MahaMetro to return the Kothrud ramp temporarily for four months. But the clock is ticking, and residents fear a repeat of the chaos unless a permanent solution is implemented swiftly.
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