Varanasi Launches ‘Zero Waste’ Model Wards Initiative to Make Kashi India’s Cleanest City

VARANASI: In a bid to propel Kashi to the top of India's cleanest cities list, the Varanasi Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam) has announced a major initiative to transform six selected wards into "Zero Waste" Model Wards.

Key Initiatives:

• Mandatory Segregation: Residents in these wards must segregate waste into wet and dry categories at the source. Sanitation workers (Safai Mitras) have been instructed to refuse collection if the waste is not segregated.
• High-Tech Monitoring: To ensure 100% coverage, the corporation is utilizing GIS mapping for beat-level staff monitoring and GPS tracking for waste collection vehicles.
• Zero Waste Goal: The aim is to process all waste generated in these zones either locally or immediately at processing plants, ensuring no garbage piles up. The city has already eliminated 26 open garbage spots and beautified them. Expansion in New Wards:
• The corporation has also streamlined cleaning in the 25 newly expanded wards.
• M/s Lion Security Guards Services has been contracted (since December 2025) to handle door-to-door collection in these areas.
• Officials confirmed that the city has achieved a daily waste processing capacity of 1,215 tons, a significant milestone for the project.