Ludhiana, Feb. 8 -- The Ludhiana municipal corporation (MC) is set to take a major step towards improving the city's waste management system as the proposal to implement an integrated solid waste management project through a public-private partnership (PPP) will be discussed in the General House meeting scheduled for Monday at Guru Nanak Bhawan. The proposal has already received approval from the Finance and Contracts Committee (F&CC), and councillors have circulated the agenda comprising eight resolutions.

The project aims to introduce a comprehensive waste management system covering door-to-door garbage collection, transportation, segregation, processing and scientific disposal of fresh solid waste across the city. Civic officials said...