Panchkula, June 17 -- The Panchkula municipal corporation (MC), in the first general house meeting chaired under newly elected mayor Shyam Lal Bansal, proposed to spend Rs.97 crore on door-to-door garbage collection, transportation and processing over the next five years.

During the meeting, councillors pointed out that the door-to-door collection system currently covers only around 50% of the city. It was argued that residents should not be charged user fees for garbage collection until the service achieves 100% coverage across Panchkula.

Bansal said additional vehicles have been deployed across the city to strengthen waste collection.

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