Ludhiana, April 17 -- With municipal corporation (MC) commencing the project for disposal of fresh waste at the main dump site on Tajpur road, mayor Inderjit Kaur and MC commissioner Aaditya Dachalwal inspected the ongoing works on Wednesday.

The civic body has recently launched different projects worth around Rs.130 crore for improving solid waste management in the city. After installation of machinery, contractor has now commenced the disposal of fresh waste at the dump site.

Officials stated that there was an estimated 24.62 lakh metric tonne of legacy waste at the main dump site. The project to dispose off 5 lakh metric tonne of waste is already going on, while bioremediation of around 19.62 lakh metric tonne is expected to commence...