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Ranchi: With the onset of the wedding season, the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) has issued a fresh directive to all banquet halls, asking them to ensure proper segregation of waste at the source.
The civic body has instructed owners and managers to hand over wet and dry waste separately to authorised waste collection vehicles every day.At a meeting held on Tuesday, additional municipal commissioner Sanjay Kumar issued guidelines to banquet hall owners, directing them to hand over segregated wet and dry waste daily to authorised waste collection vehicles. According to officials, banquet halls produce a significant volume of food and plastic waste during events, especially during the marriage season.
The new directive aims to prevent the mixing of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste and to promote better recycling and composting.
“We have clearly instructed all banquet halls to provide segregated waste to collection vehicles. Failure to do so will invite penalties, and in repeated cases, registration may be revoked,” said Kumar.Currently, only around 30 tonnes per day (TPD) of wet waste from Ranchi is being supplied to the CBG plant operated by GAIL at Jhiri, against a required capacity of 150 TPD.
Officials said the shortfall is mainly due to poor segregation at the source, which limits the volume of usable organic waste. The civic body hopes that stricter enforcement at bulk waste points such as banquet halls will help bridge this gap and improve overall processing efficiency.One banquet hall operator, requesting anonymity, pointed to gaps in the system. “The corporation’s garbage vehicles are rarely on time. We often keep calling for pickups, but the trucks arrive hours later. There’s little coordination between the ward supervisors and vehicle drivers,” he said. “Most of our waste is organic, and we usually give it to cattle. But for us, waste should be cleared by sunrise so that preparations for the next day’s events can begin.
We can’t afford delays.”
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