The Hindu 12.03.2013
GVMC gets down to SWM logistics
An elaborate plan has been drawn up for implementation from April 15.
The GVMC has drawn up an elaborate plan for implementation of the decentralised solid waste management from April 15.
Apart
from logistics, officials at various levels are involved for
implementation of the new SWM. Under the supervision of zone
commissioners, assistant medical officers will oversee the work of
sanitary inspectors who will get the work done through two or three
maistries. The sanitary inspectors and those directly involved in the
implementation have been shown a video of how the SWM is being done at
other places. Job charts have been given.
The
Officer-on-Special Duty (Information Technology) has created a web page
to upload details of waste collected, men worked etc. “Garbage collected
from each route will be uploaded as soon it is dumped at the site
identified for the purpose. This will be a constant process as
ultimately the exact quantity of wet and dry garbage collected is to be
calculated for its effective, long-term disposal,” says Additional
Commissioner (Finance) P. Purnachandra Rao, who is entrusted with the
responsibility of overseeing the implementation of the SWM told
The Hindu
. Until now, the calculation is based on the thumb rule that each person generates 400 to 500 gm of waste a day.
Depending
upon the terrain, various vehicles required like wheel barrows,
pushcarts, cycle-rickshaws and other vehicles will be deployed. The
vehicle type is decided on whether a zone has more gradient or narrow
lanes etc. To ply the vehicles and collect garbage, a total of 1,340
routes have been identified in all the 72 wards, says Mr. Purnachandra
Rao.
Besides, for every 350 to 400 houses a vehicle
is required to collect the waste after identifying specific
requirements. “However, tenders have been called for only 60 per cent of
the pushcarts as already cycle-rickshaws and wheel barrows have been
acquired spending the 12th Finance Commission funds,” says Mr.
Purnachandra Rao. Similarly, the mini vehicles brought with the funds
will be utilised to pick up garbage from the transit points.
Sites identified
For
all the zones, vacant sites have been identified for making compost out
of the wet garbage collected. However, for now vermi-compost is not
being taken up. On the process to be taken up for disposal of dry waste,
including debris, coconut shells and plastic, officials of executive
engineer rank have been assigned the task.
An elaborate training and campaign is also a part of the programme before the implementation begins.