PRAYAGRAJ, March 18 -- In all, 540 tonnes of garbage is produced in the city's 80 Nagar Nigam wards every day. The garbage generated within the Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (PMC) limits daily is disposed of at the waste processing plant in Baswar, operational on the outskirts of the city since December, 2021.

Records revealed, of the total 540 tonnes solid waste generated within the city limits, only 384.57 tonnes was being collected through door-to-door collection besides spot collection by PMC trucks from different garbage dumps in the city. A significant 160 tonnes of solid waste was still left unattended in different parts of the city every day, revealed the official data.

Records revealed, only 61% of the total household or 1.21...