Bhubaneswar: The municipal corporation has decided to take a serious approach towards implementation of the new construction and demolition waste management rules.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation is planning to outsource the work of clearing the debris, which can be found dumped carelessly across the city.

An agency will be hired, which will lift the debris and transport those to the two designated dumping yards on the outskirts of the capital city.

The agency will be paid using fine collected from the violators. Earlier, the civic body had tried to implement the rules by lifting the waste and levying heavy fines on the violators.

However, the absence of a proper mechanism had affected the plan.

"There were three zonal commissioners were looking after irregular dumping of construction and demolition waste in their respective areas and penalised violators. But it did not be continued in the absence of a proper plan. This time we have decided to engage a separate agency for the purpose," said a senior civic body official.

At present, the construction and demolition waste materials are dumped along arterial roads and on smaller lanes making commuting a risky proposition for the residents of the city.

What's shocking is that apart from the common people, government agencies, including the public works department and public health engineering organisation, are among the major violators.

"We are not going to spare anyone. Any individual or organisation found violating the norms would be penalised. We will soon float a tender to hire an agency that will implement the rules. It will also look after collecting the fines," said mayor Ananta Narayan Jena.

The Centre had in March last year notified the construction and demolition waste management rules. It had asked state governments to implement it.

Under the rules, any agencies or individuals who generate waste from construction, re-modelling, repair and demolition of any civil structure has the responsibility to handle it in a proper manner.

If the waste generator failed to dump debris at designated sites, the civic body will do the job and charge transportation charge from the violator. The fee fixed for each tractor trip to Patia and another near the city airport is Rs 5,000.

"We have designated sites and asked the waste generators, including the public works department and others, to dump debris at those places. Since they didn't do it, we have decided to do it on their behalf and collect heavy charges towards transportation," said another official of the municipal corporation.