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Pink City that vouches for becoming a world-class city lacks proper management of solid waste. Residents often complain of littered garbage in their neighbourhood and no system of proper door-to-door collection.

Till date Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) has completed one garbage transfer station at Jhalana out of five as planned under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

According to sources, the JMC has been struggling to find required land for the purpose. "One at Delhi bypass is about to be completed but what happened to other three transfer stations, we cannot say," said D K Punia, an engineer with the JMC. The project has been sanctioned under JNNURM.

"We have bought 94 containers for strengthening the secondary storage system, nine dumper placers for lifting the containers to the dumpyard. Two working dumpyards are located in the city, one at Mathuradaspura, and the other at Sewapura. We are hopeful of getting land soon," said P C Khandelwal, the garage commissioner, JMC.

The project has already been delayed by two years and as an official said the JMC could not muster its 30 percent share in the project. Experts maintain that with all the transfer stations in the city operational and all the transport vehicles (garbage) fitted with the electronic chips the solid waste management would be efficient. "We are working towards creating a system through which the garbage in the city would be lifted by 9 am," added Khandelwal.

Over one hundred vehicles dedicated to solid waste management in the city will have Global Positioning Resource Satellite (GPRS) complied chip to track their movement in the city. In yet another case of official apathy, the project is yet to take off. The system would enable monitoring of garbage collection from different sites to the final destination that is the garbage recycling units at different places.

Evading the issue of a time frame by when it could be finally launched, Khandelwal claimed, "The entire project is to augment and fasten the efforts aimed at solid waste management, including their faster transportation to the designated dumpyard. Initially, the electronic chips will be introduced in 100 vehicles dedicated to the service of transporting garbage from the secondary stations to transfer stations, eventually to be dumped at the designated dumpyard in the city."