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10,000 Electric Tippers to Boost Garbage Collection: CMC

10,000 Electric Tippers to Boost Garbage Collection: CMC
10,000 Electric Tippers to Boost Garbage Collection in Core Urban Region: CMC · deccanchronicle.com

In Hyderabad, city leaders have decided to make trash collection much better.

They are bringing in 10,000 small electric trucks called swachh auto tippers.

These trucks will pick up garbage from houses in the city's Core Urban Region.

Each truck will help about 450 to 500 homes.

A special QR code on the trucks will help officials see how much trash is collected.

This way, they can check that payments match the services people get.

That makes the system fair and clear for everyone.

The city also wants to be friendly to children.

They will work with UNICEF to build parks and public spaces that kids will enjoy.

Children will also learn what services they should expect from their city.

Key facts

Number of vehicles
10,000 electric swachh auto tippers (e-SATs)
Area
Core Urban Region (CURE), Hyderabad
Households served per vehicle
450-500
Monitoring system
QR code-based digitisation
Announced by
Cyberabad municipal commissioner G. Srijana
MoU partner
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Objective
Improve door-to-door garbage collection and scientific solid waste management

Quotes

G. Srijana

Cyberabad municipal commissioner

“Digitisation will help officials to track the amount of garbage and match user payments with service delivery, enhancing transparency and accountability.”
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