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Patna Municipal Corporation holds meet on solid waste collection

Wednesday, 13 November 2013 09:49 administrator
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The Times of India            13.11.2013 

Patna Municipal Corporation holds meet on solid waste collection

PATNA: The Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), on Tuesday, held a pre-bid meeting with over 30 different companies interested in door-to-door collection and transportation of solid waste in the state capital. The PMC had floated the tender on October 21 for the same.

"Various companies have put forward their suggestions regarding the machines and equipment to be used and other requirements. We have noted down their proposals and would carry out necessary changes," said Shashank Shekhar Sinha, additional commissioner, PMC. December 10 is the last date for submission of proposals while technical bidding would open the next day.

This is central government project under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for garbage collection service and buying equipment for solid waste management. The company applying for the project would have to provide 29 medium sized tippers, 15 large sized tippers, two hydraulic excavator-70, three hydraulic excavator-200, four jetting cum suction machines, 820 handcarts, 505 containerized tricycle rickshaw with plastic containers, 8 bins, 1,950 garbage container bins (steel), 12 skid steer loader, ten loader back hoe, seven very large range municipal application compactor vehicle with hydraulic tipping/ejection system, 14 large range municipal application compactor vehicle with hydraulic tipping/ejection system, 151 small range municipal application vehicle (without compactor) with hydraulic tipping. The PMC has been allocated Rs36.95 crore under the JNNURM.

The PMC also floated tender on November 11 for construction and repair of manholes, catch-pits (including covers) in Bankipore area. The pre-bid date for is December 2, which is also the last date for submission of proposals. Technical bid will be opened on December 3. The expected amount for constructing and repairing manholes and catch-pits in Bankipore area is around Rs14.17 lakh. The selected company will be expected to complete the task within two months from the work assigning date.

 

Garbage segregation starts

Wednesday, 13 November 2013 09:45 administrator
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The Times of India            13.11.2013 

Garbage segregation starts

VARANASI: The holy city struggling to get rid of the problems of solid waste management might soon get some relief as the segregation process of the garbage has started at Solid Waste Management (SWM) plant at Kadsada.

According to project manager, SWM plant, GH Mitra, the segregation process started from Sunday onwards. "We are presently segregating 15 to 17 tonnes of garbage. Although we can segregate more garbage up to the limit of over 500 tonnes but presently the garbage from the Bhelupur ward is being undertaken for processing. In coming four to five days, the plant will take garbage which is dumped at different places by Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC)," he informed.

 

MCD bid to start waste mgmt project

Wednesday, 13 November 2013 08:36 administrator
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The Pioneer           13.11.2013

MCD bid to start waste mgmt project

With the aim of making the Doon valley clean, the Municipal Corporation of Dehradun (MCD) is making efforts to start the long pending Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project.

However, though the project has received verbal approval from the Central Government, it has yet to receive the clearance on paper which is causing some delay in the execution of this project.

The project would not only help in resolving the waste management issues but also make the environment clean,  claimed Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli.

Although the project has not received any final nod from the central government, Chamoli hopes that the project will be completed by May 2014.

Environment officer under the Project Implemented Unit (PIU) of JNNURM, Dr Pankaj Bhatt said that this project would be beneficial in many aspects as it would solve the major waste disposal issues in the city.

He added that at present there exists only one trenching ground in the city at Sahastradhara road which has already crossed its maximum capacity two years ago.

Disclosing the progress report of the solid waste management project, said that the work for the first phase of the project, which includes door to door garbage collection, was started two years back by the Doon Valley Waste Management company.

He added that a total of 101065.81 metric tonnes of garbage was collected from August 2011 to September 2013 from 60 municipal wards of the city.

Notably, the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Project under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance submission of JNNURM was approved with a budget of `24.6 crore in which 80 per cent is to be given by Central Government and 20 per cent by the State Government.

The project will include segregation, primary collection, street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, treatment and recycling and disposal of waste. 

The Mayor informed that earlier this project was completely rejected by the central government due to the presence of water bodies in the designated area at Sheeshambada.

He said that later a verbal approval was received but the project would only be kicked off after receiving the written approval of the Central Government.

Shedding light on the main procedure of the project, Chamoli said that the project is proposed to start in mainly in three phases.

Door to door collection of garbage is part of the first phase. Secondly a composting plant would be established and a scientific landfill would be made in the third phase.

He added that first phase work has already been started. Door to collection is being done from last two years in the city and the work of the second and third phase will start only after MCD receives the written approval from the Central Government.

 
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