Mohali, Jan. 28 -- Amid the growing garbage crisis, the Mohali municipal corporation (MC) is all set to launch its long-pending door-to-door segregated waste collection programme from Wednesday.

Under the initiative, households, commercial establishments and offices will be required to segregate waste at source into wet, dry and hazardous categories. Titled 'Door-to-door fresh waste collection, segregation and transportation project, the programme will be formally inaugurated by Mohali MLA Kulwant Singh and executed by M/s Suntan Life Pvt. Ltd under a public-private partnership (PPP) model for a period of three years. It is being touted as a first-of-its-kind initiative in Punjab.

MC commissioner Parminder Pal Singh said the project wou...