The Times Of India 17.08.2012
Debris dumping policy for Pune
PUNE: The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will make provision for space for dumping of construction debris in the city’s new Development Control (DC) rules.The new Development Plan (DP) for the city will have a comprehensive
policy for debris dumping as per the union urban development department
(UDD) norms. The norms say that there should be an institutional
mechanism to take care of the collection, transportation, intermediate
storage (if necessary), utilisation and disposal of construction and
demolition waste.
The UDD norms say that the civic authority should
notify that no person should dispose of construction or demolition waste
on the streets, pavements, storm water drains/open land owned by the
municipality or the government.The environment status report of the PMC
recently admitted that illegal dumping of construction rubble in the
riverbeds and hills continued in the city.
About 100 tonnes of debris,
which includes concrete, bricks, cement plaster and iron, is generated
in Pune everyday. Civic activists have time and again expressed concern
about the rivers getting affected due to dumping of debris in riverbeds.
In many instances debris is dumped in the green belt of the river,
affecting its natural flow.
Meanwhile deputy chief minister Ajit
Pawar has asked the civic administration to stop the dumping of debris
along the river near Mhatre bridge and act against encroachments in
nullahs. Several marriage halls have encroached upon the river near
Mhatre bridge.This could prove dangerous during the monsoon as dumping
of debris has reduced the river’s carrying capacity, Pawar said.