Chandigarh, Dec. 28 -- In order to regularise and streamline waste collection in the city, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) is planning to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between door-to-door garbage collectors of municipal solid waste from commercial units of the city. The draft of the MoU has been included as an agenda in the upcoming MC house meeting, scheduled to be held on Tuesday.

According to the proposed MoU draft, the traditional waste collectors who collect door-to-door garbage from shops, offices, hotels, restaurants and other commercial establishments in Chandigarh have been brought under the ambit of MC regulations and rules. Strict penalties have also been introduced for non-compliance by these waste colle...