Starting from today, waste disposal in sixty localities (about 80 percent of the entire city) will be carried out under the PPP mode, Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation minister Zodintluanga said.
The minister said the government will spend Rs 5,08,500 per week on the waste management in PPP model in the 60 localities.
Not less than 10 per cent of the total expenditure on waste management will be borne by the community, while the rest will be met by the department as grants in aid.
The village councils (local bodies) will take charge of the waste management with the department giving necessary supervision. The village council will collect the community's share of expenditure from the residents.
About 34 sanitation trucks (407) were expected to be put into operation on a daily basis and about 102 labourers would be employed.
The solid waste management in Aizawl had been taken up by sanitation department from 1973, a year after the Mizoram attained the status of Union Territory.
A lone vehicle of the then deputy commissioner was used to carry out the job.
''With the growing urban population, solid wastes have become a major problem in today's Aizawl. The PPP model is expected to solve the problem to a great extent,'' the minister said.