Door-to-door garbage collection erratic in Arera

BHOPAL: Residents of Arera Colony, Shivaji Nagar still have to throw household garbage in nearby bins themselves as garbage collectors fail to collect daily garbage from the houses in these areas.
For the convenience of residents, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) began door-to-door garbage collection scheme in certain parts of the city in 2011.This scheme is being implemented in Anand Nagar, Shivaji Nagar, Arera Colony and Govindpura areas.
However, residents complain that rag pickers- who have to collect door-to-door garbage from each house daily come in the morning and rather than collecting garbage from each house, they only clear the heaps of garbage in the locality, dump it in nearby bin and leave.
"We have told rack-pickers over a dozen times to come and collect garbage from our residence, but they simply denied saying, that their job is to only clean the surroundings," D K Shukla, a resident of E-1 Arera Colony said. He also alleged that the corporation is charging us more than what was told.
Sneha Choubey, a resident of Shivaji Nagar, complained, "Garbage collectors do not come to collect it from our residence. Twice I have asked them to go to the houses and collect garbage, but they simply refused and shouted back. Later, we also made a written complain in the nearby ward office, but in vain."
Similar situation prevails in other areas, much to the annoyance of residents. "We did not demand the service from the corporation. Even though we are paying a nominal amount for this, we expect the service to be good," B S Nair, a resident of Bharti Niketan opposite Gautam Nagar, said.
However, BMC officials deny any such happening. "Anything of this sort is not in our knowledge. However, we will look into this matter," said BMC additional commissioner Pramod Shukla.
The corporation charges Rs 30 a month for the facility. The BMC is claiming about 3,000 employees have been collecting garbage from these areas. They collect more than 600 metric tonne of garbage and dump it on the city outskirts, officials said.