Bhopal has five e-waste centres!

  • 14/05/2012

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)

The Bhopal Municipal Corporation has developed five e-waste collection centers as per the notification of the Union Government. Citizens, traders, residential and non-residential buildings, Government and non-Government organisations can deposit e-waste like fridges, televisions, and computers, mobiles and other electronic waste in these centres. The supervision of these e-waste collection centres has been assigned to cleanliness in-charges. The cleanliness in-charge and health inspector have been instructed for ensuring door-to-door e-waste collection and sending the material to the collection centres. Municipal commissioner Rajneesh Shrivastava requested help from the Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board regarding technical support in e-waste collection and disposal. With the aim of maintaining cleanliness in the city, the pig squad caught 50 animals from Shakti Nagar,Bagh Mugaliya, Shakti Nagar, Laharpura , Arvind Vihar and Bagh Sevania and transported them outside the capital. A team headed by health officer SP Shrivastava raided different parts of the city to catch illegally bred pigs. A warning was issued to the owners of the pigs that they must take the animals outside municipal limits within two days or face penalty.