Payments to sanitary workers would be distributed in presence of local corporators of the respective wards. A decision in the regard was taken by the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Thursday.

Further, officials of the Health Department were also directed to deduct wages of the workers found missing from duty.

In a bid to make the waste collection process more efficient, the Corporation has also mooted a proposal of coming up with an additional electronic weighing machine at Bhanpur Khanti- the landfill site of Bhopal.

The monitoring of vehicles through the Vehicle Trafficking System (VTS) would too be done in frequent intervals, officials added.

Currently 410 to 425 metric tonne of waste is collected from all 70 wards of the city, coming under the BMC.

Around 180 trips are made by different vehicles of the Corporation pressed for this job, but heaps of waste could be spotted at a number of places.

To overcome this problem, the Crporation has decided to take action against sanitary workers who a number of times are found missing from their duties.

In the directives issued by Bhopal Mayor Krishna Gaur on Thursday, the officials of the Health Department were directed of making frequent visits in their respective areas so that subordinates could not afford to be lax in performing their duties.

Similarly, participation of ward corporators would also be assured in making the city look cleaner.

Bhopal Mayor Krishna Gaur during a telephonic conversation with The Pioneer informed that the work of the alternate landfill site at Adampur Chhavni has also been started. Once the site starts functioning some load of Bhanpur landfill site will be transferred there.

She expected that the work at the Adampur Chavni would be completed around a year''s time.