A team from the Belagavi city Corporation has returned from a study tour of Indore—India’s cleanest city—bringing back ideas to transform waste management and urban sanitation in Belagavi. The team is now keen to implement Indore-style innovations, especially using the city’s Command & Control Center to monitor and manage waste disposal operations in real time.
Mayor Mangesh Pawar is expected to convene a meeting with the Health Department shortly, where detailed discussions and decisions will be taken. A proposal to utilize the Command & Control Center for waste management will soon be submitted to the Smart City Department. Since Smart City MD Shubha B. also serves as Municipal Commissioner, the proposal is likely to gain quick momentum.
Belagavi corporators first visited Indore in October, followed by the recent tour of officials from the municipal health department from November 16. The team inspected Indore’s sanitation operations, including waste segregation processes, construction debris recycling, CNG production from waste, and the integrated Command & Control Center that oversees citywide cleanliness systems.
Belagavi already has a Command & Control Center, and officials believe it can be effectively used to improve cleanliness across the city. Plans are also underway to establish a waste sorting center and initiate processing of construction material—areas where implementation has been pending.
Five solid waste management projects under the Smart City programme are expected to roll out soon and support the city’s cleanliness drive.