Lucknow. Swachh Bharat Mission in UP is limited to only paper and figures. Only corruption is being done in the name of garbage disposal. Thousands of metric tonnes coming out of the houses are flown into empty ponds and rivers. This corruption game is happening all over the state.

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NGT has also raised questions

According to the report of the Down to Earth, on January 20, 2025, during the hearing on waste management in the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the bench not only criticized the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation, but also questioned that the decades -old garbage (inherited garbage) in Prayagraj for years, where did it suddenly disappear? Chairperson Justice Prakash Srivastava presided over the NGT hearing on the MC Mehta case.

During the hearing, the bench, dissatisfied with the Municipal Corporation’s answers, said that six months ago I had seen millions of tons of garbage in Prayagraj. Where did he suddenly go? The bench told the corporation’s counsel that you have claimed to settle 14 lakh tonnes of old waste in six months. If this is true, then tell us how was the garbage managed in such a short time? Why was this method not adopted to clean the waste lying in Delhi for years?

The city of Lucknow, the capital of UP, is full of dirt. Many areas of the capital Lucknow come to garbage vehicles in a week or 15 days, but Eco Green, a garbage company with the connivance of the municipal officials, is batted with Eco Green. Officers are continuing on these and they are being paid 53.61 crores without taking garbage. The Municipal Corporation has revealed this in its own audit report. In its audit report, the Municipal Corporation said that 50 percent of the houses were garbage, but the payment has been made. In the report sent to the Municipal Commissioner, the Chief Municipal Auditor has asked the responsible officers, Eco to recover. This is not the first time that such a game is happening with the connivance of the officers. In the past, such cases have been reported.

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Neither garbage, nor processing in plant

The state’s Urban Development Minister AK Sharma is also constantly making claims, but all these are proving to be hollow in front of the connivance of the officers. The agency in the capital Lucknow was able to pick up garbage from the houses, nor processed the plant. When the mountain of garbage stood up in the plant, in May last, an additional expenditure of Rs 550 per ton was proposed for disposal, while Eco Green had to do this work. However, 600000 tonnes of garbage accumulated due to non -compliance with the conditions. The corporation was loaded with Rs 33 crore for disposal of Rs 550 per tonne.

Play in the name of garbage processing in the plant

Sports are being done in the name of processing of municipal officials and garbage. The garbage processing is not being done in the garbage disposal plant. There is only robbery in its name. In many places, in the name of disposal of garbage, it is being set on fire, then the garbage is being put in Ganga ji. On Friday, a fire broke out at the garbage plant in Shivri of the Municipal Corporation of the capital Lucknow. After the information, the Municipal Corporation sent many of its water tankers and small vehicles. The fire could be controlled after about five hours of effort. Garbage Disposal Plant Shivri has several lakh metric tons of garbage collected in Garbage Disposal Plant Shivri. Many types of questions are being raised after the fire.

Kanpur Municipal Corporation is dumping garbage in Ganga ji

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Let me tell you that many complaints have also been made against Ecoston India Prali under Solid Waste Management. This company was allotted the work of disposal of garbage from Kanpur Municipal Corporation one and a half years ago. But this firm, looking at the work of Waste Management, was in connivance with engineers and staff and put the garbage in the holy Gangaji, showing the rules. Not only this, a payment of crores of rupees was also taken up with the connivance of the officials. Even today, the process of processing of Legacy West has been given. Corruption has also been done by this company in Lucknow and Prayagraj with the connivance of officials.

Lucknow is tarnishing the image of the smart city of the city

The Swachh Bharat Mission in Lucknow is limited to advertisements only. Garbage piles and filled drains on the roads are tarnishing the image of the city’s smart city. The risk of spreading many other diseases, including malaria, has increased due to dirt being scattered in roads and empty places during the rainy season. Common people are forced to live between dirt and smell.

Minister A.K. Sharma claimed 100 percent disposal of more than 2000 metric tonnes of waste in the Municipal Corporation in a scientific manner

The city was officially declared as Zero West City. Municipal Development Minister of the processing plant at Shivri, A.K. Sharma inaugurated the new fresh fresh vest unit with 700 MT capacity. He said that with the introduction of this new plant, now more than 2000 metric tonnes of garbage that is being generated daily in the Municipal Corporation has been given the ability to dispose of 100 percent scientific manner. This new unit is equipped with modern indigenous technology, which not only converts waste into environmentally friendly products through recycling and processing, but also provides a new level to the city’s hygiene system.

He said that this machine can process 700 metric tons of waste per day. Earlier, there were two processing units in the city which used to dispose of about 1300 metric tonnes of waste. The total capacity of the new unit has now exceeded 2000 MT. This means that now all types of waste coming out of houses, markets and commercial sites in Lucknow will be 100 percent disposal every day. This will not only reduce the pressure on landfill sites, but will also reduce environmental pollution, will protect the environment, but thousands of people will also get employment opportunities.

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What is Zero West City?

Zero West City is the city where zero percent of the waste generated is inserted into the landfill. This means that all the waste generated in the city is either recycled or reused or used in energy production. Lucknow has become the first metropolis in the country which has achieved this achievement.