India, July 16 -- The Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is set to overhaul its solid waste management strategy by adopting a decentralised garbage processing model after the Moshi garbage depot tragedy exposed the risks of concentrating the city's entire waste at a single location, said municipal commissioner Vijay Suryawanshi on Wednesday.

The move comes a week after nine staff were killed when a massive garbage mound collapsed onto the administrative building of the outsourced waste-to-energy plant at the Moshi garbage depot. The incident triggered an 84-hour rescue operation, suspension of civic officials, departmental inquiries, and a comprehensive review of the city's waste management system.

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