India, June 28 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to discontinue the Kasba-Bhavani Zero Waste Pilot from June 30 after corporators raised concerns over the project's implementation, persistence of garbage spots and expenditure during the general body (GB) meeting. PMC on Thursday informed SWaCH, a waste pickers association, to stop the additional service.

The decision was taken after discussions during the PMC general body meeting held on June 22, where corporators sought details about the functioning of SWaCH Pune Seva Sahakari Sanstha under the pilot project and questioned the outcome of the initiative.

The pilot project, launched on January 19 in Kasba and Bhavani Peth, was aimed at strengthening decentralised waste ...