India, July 23 -- After months of delay, multiple revisions, and growing public outcry over mounting garbage across neighbourhoods, the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG) has received final approval to float a Rs.402-crore door-to-door (D2D) waste collection tender.

The tender-part of a long-awaited overhaul of Gurugram's waste management system-will open for bidding on Wednesday. Civic officials confirmed that each selected agency will be given 21 days to apply and begin operations in their assigned zones by December 1. Officials said 90 days time is boarding time for the private agencies.

MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya told Hindustan Times that the file was cleared on Tuesday by Ankit Lohan, executive engineer-4 with the directo...