Former AAP mayor Dhalor meets guv, demands20 acres in Mohali for waste management plant
Mohali, July 14 -- In his second letter written to the Punjab governor and UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria, former AAP mayor Kuldeep Kumar Dhalor on Sunday again requested for 20 acres in Mohali to relocate the proposed integrated solid waste management processing plant from Dadumajra. During his own tenure, Dhalor had written a similar letter to Katari on January 15, 2025, demanding 20 acres of land in Mohali.
During his meeting with the governor, Dhalor raised issues including shifting of waste management plant from Dadumajra, filling vacant post of multi task service (MTS) in Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC), and to get the penalty waived of Bhagwan Valmiki Shobha Yatra Committee.
Dhalor proposed that the solid waste management facility could process waste generated by both Chandigarh and Mohali. "Chandigarh, being the capital of both Punjab and Haryana, also houses offices and residences of employees from both states. The city, with a population exceeding 12 lakh, produces approximately 450-500 metric tonnes of solid waste daily. This waste needs to be processed on a daily basis, as per the guidelines of Solid Waste Management Rules. The Chandigarh MC has expressed its intention to construct a processing plant to manage and process this waste, for which approximately 20 acres of land is required in Mohali for waste processing," he stated in his letter.
Assuring that the plant will be constructed by Chandigarh MC at its own cost and MC was also ready to process the solid waste of Mohali on a pro rata basis, Dhalor requested for approximately 20 acres in the vicinity of Mohali to set up the plant.htc...
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