MC taking extensive steps to improve solid waste management; Swachh Survekshan ranking to improve significantly next year - Mayor

Ludhiana, July 19, 2025: Highlighting major steps taken to improve solid waste management in the city including bio-remediation of legacy waste, installation of static compactors etc, Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur stated that the Swachh Survekshan Ranking will improve significantly next year.

Addressing a press conference in this regard at Mayor's camp office near Rose Garden along with the MC Additional Commissioner Paramdeep Singh among other officials of the civic body, Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur stated that the city secured 39th rank (among the cities with population above 10 lakh) in the swachh survekshan conducted for the year 2024-25. But after the inspection held under the survekshan, many things have already changed and residents will witness a major positive change in the coming time. 

Under the swachh survekshan 2024-25, MC Ludhiana scored 97% in terms of cleanliness of residential areas, 89% in terms of Door to Door collection of Waste and 93 percent for cleanliness of market areas. Similarly, the city has scored 53% for cleanliness of public toilets and 50% for cleanliness of water bodies as various steps have been taken to clean Buddha Dariya too. 

Mayor Inderjit Kaur stated that door to door collection of waste, source segregation of garbage, cleanliness across the city would further improve in the coming time as many projects are being implemented at the ground level.  The project for bio-remediation of legacy waste is already going on at a fast pace and heaps of garbage at the main dump site of MC on Tajpur road would soon be a thing of the past. Under the first phase of this project, over 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste (out of total 5 lakh metric tonnes) has already been disposed off through bioremediation. The contract for the second phase of the project, wherein around 20 lakh metric tonnes of waste has to be disposed off, has also been awarded. Around 9 acres of land has been freed from waste at the main dump site of the civic body.The officials stated that the bioremediation of 2.19 lakh metric tonnes of legacy waste at the Jainpur dump site of the civic body is also going on at a fast pace.

Further, the project for processing of 1100 metric tonnes of fresh waste generated in the city has already been launched and the fresh waste is being processed on a daily basis. The project to process fresh waste aims to ensure that garbage does not accumulate at the dump site again.    

Further, civic body officials stated that a number of other initiatives have also been taken to improve solid waste management in the city including installation of static compactors to stop open dumping of garbage in the city. The responsibilities of Sanitary Inspectors (SI) among other officials of the health branch have been fixed to ensure cleanliness on the main roads and internal parts of the city.

Further orders have also been issued to stop the street vendors from littering. Orders have been issued for placing wet and dry dustbins near the vends. They have been directed to ensure that no garbage/waste is dumped around their vends, otherwise challans of upto Rs 2000 would be issued against them and FIR would also be registered over repeated violations.

The construction and demolition (C&D) waste processing plant has also been commissioned in the city to recycle the C&D waste and a sealing drive has been launched against illegal slaughtering. 

Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur stated that public participation would be further encouraged and feedback would be taken from residents for making improvements, wherever required.

Mayor Principal Inderjit Kaur appealed to the public that they should also support the civic body in the process to improve solid waste management. The residents should hand over segregated dry and wet waste to the garbage collectors. Further the residents should stop dumping the waste at open spaces/plots to keep the city clean.