The Times of India         18.12.2013

JMC to submit plan for sanitation improvement

JAIPUR: The Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) officials will submit an action plan in the next two days to the state government to improve the sanitation condition in the city. Urban housing and development (UDH), additional chief secretary, GS Sandhu directed the JMC officials to shift focus from major roads and take up cleanliness of the entire city.

Jagrup Yadav, JMC CEO said, "Directions have been given to draw a short term and long term plan to dispose municipal solid waste (MSW). Assurance has been given to increase manpower and machinery as per requirement."

According to senior JMC officials, lack of adequate equipment has hit several projects in the past. An official said, "In the past, shortage of transport vehicles was a major problem. Also there was no synchronization between the various departments of the body which have hampered the waste collection exercise. The JMC has 159 vehicles in 77 wards for transportation of MSW."

A recent report by the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board (RPCB) reveals the estimated generation of daily MSW in the city is about 1,000 to 1,100 TPD (tonnes per day), collected through sweeping of the communal waste storage sites.

The quantity of waste generally transported each day is 900 TPD, which is about 85% of the total waste generated in the city. The city's population has increased by 28% from 2001 to 2010 while the total MSW generated has increased by 16%.