A team from Belagavi City Corporation visited Indore—India’s cleanest city—to learn how Indore manages its waste so well. After returning, the team wants to use similar ideas to improve Belagavi’s cleanliness.
They especially want to use the city’s Command & Control Center to monitor garbage collection and waste management in real time, just like Indore does.
Mayor Mangesh Pawar will soon hold a meeting with the Health Department to discuss these plans. A proposal to use the Command & Control Center for waste management will be sent to the Smart City Department. Since Smart City MD Shubha B. is also the Municipal Commissioner, the proposal is expected to move quickly.
Belagavi corporators first visited Indore in October, followed by another visit by health department officials on November 16. During the tour, they studied Indore’s systems for waste segregation, recycling construction debris, making CNG gas from waste, and how their control room keeps an eye on all sanitation activities.
Belagavi already has a control center, and officials believe it can be used better to keep the city clean. Work is also planned to start a waste sorting centre and begin processing construction waste—both of which have been delayed.
Five solid waste management projects under Smart City are expected to start soon and will help improve the city’s cleanliness.
Several citizens have shared their views. Some praised the initiative, while others suggested involving residents to make the system more effective.
