The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has issued notices to 10 households at the Central Government Employees’ Residential Complex on BKS Marg for handing over unsegregated municipal solid waste, as part of a city-wide push to enforce segregation at source.
The action followed an inspection conducted during an awareness campaign linked to NDMC’s four-way waste segregation drive. Residents in the complex have been directed to separate waste into wet, dry, sanitary and special-care categories before handing it over to authorised collectors.
Officials randomly inspected waste collected by private waste pickers deployed by the Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA), as well as waste collected through waste collection tippers. The inspection was intended to check whether waste was being segregated before collection rather than mixed at the point of disposal.
The Central Government Employees’ Residential Complex has 135 flats, of which 75 are currently occupied. The notices were issued after officials found households handing over waste without the required separation. The report does not specify the nature of further action or penalties that may follow the notices.
NDMC’s four-category system distinguishes everyday household waste by its handling requirements. Wet waste generally includes biodegradable household refuse, while dry waste covers recyclable material. Sanitary waste and special-care waste require separate handling from both wet and dry streams. Residents have been instructed to follow the classification before handing waste to authorised collectors.
The civic body’s campaign is also aimed at developing more Anupam Colonies across the NDMC area. The report does not provide further details on the criteria for designating or expanding such colonies, but links the initiative to improved segregation practices and public awareness.
The inspection places responsibility for segregation at the household level while also involving the RWA, private waste pickers and municipal collection vehicles in the collection chain. This makes the process dependent on coordination between residents, residential associations and authorised waste collectors.
For residents, the immediate operational change is that waste must be separated into four streams before collection. The notices issued at the BKS Marg complex indicate that NDMC officials are checking compliance through random inspections of waste handed over for collection.
The civic body’s next steps, according to the report, are centred on continuing the awareness campaign and promoting source segregation across the NDMC area. Residents of the inspected complex have been directed to comply with the four-way segregation requirement when handing waste to authorised collectors.
