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Proposal to set up new dumping yards in general body

Friday, 05 April 2013 11:41 administrator
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The Times of India                       05.04.2013

Proposal to set up new dumping yards in general body

NAGPUR: Finally, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation has finalized two new places for creating dumping yards. The proposal will be tabled in the special general body meeting scheduled to be held on April 12.

It was a long pending demand that the city must have at least five dumping yards in different locations and for this, the NMC requires at least 600 acres of land outside the city limits.

The NMC and NIT had jointly formed a committee including officials from NIT, NMC, GSDA, MPCB and Neeri, which inspected as many as 18 sites for feasibility and technical examination.

Of these sites, NIT, which is the planning authority for metro region, had identified six sites for dump yards in the metro region.

Subsequently, NMC and NIT consulted the proposed sites with Central Public Health and Environment Engineering Organisation, Ministry of Environment and Forest, MPCB and CPEB and had finalized two places Bellari in Kalmeshwar tehsil and Titur in Kuhi tehsil. The civic body will have to select 260 hectares of land from these two places, stated the proposal.

If the proposal is cleared, the NMC's town planning department and NIT will jointly start the acquisition process for both the lands. Besides this, five more proposals like renaming of roads and squares after great leaders will also be tabled before the House.
Last Updated on Friday, 05 April 2013 11:43
 

Plan to transport waste during night fails

Friday, 05 April 2013 09:01 administrator
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The New Indian Express                  05.04.2013

Plan to transport waste during night fails

According to the Corporation authorities, the major reason for the failure  was the non-cooperation of the workers. | EPS
According to the Corporation authorities, the major reason for the failure  was the non-cooperation of the workers. | EPS

Though the Kochi Corporation has mooted a plan for transporting waste materials during night time to avoid complaints against transportation of waste in open trucks during daytime, the plan failed after the pilot phase. 

According to the Corporation authorities, the major reason for the failure  was the non-cooperation of the workers.

“It was some four years back that the civic body launched a plan for transporting waste to the Brahmapuram Plant during night. But, a majority of the contingent workers were against it and were not ready to cooperate,”  said Kochi Corporation Health Standing Committee chairman T K Ashraf.  He added that at present the Corporation removes the waste from the city with the help of contingency workers and Kudumabsree units. “The contingency workers and Kudumbasree units help us in collecting the waste from households. The wastes are collected using small carts will be later moved  to lorries, which will transport it to the Brahmpauram Waste Treatment Plant,” he said.

Ashraf said that even though the Corporation is coming up with an idea to transport waste during night, they need full co-operation from the workers, as well as the public.

“The waste should be deposited in a specific time if we decide to remove it during night. If they deposit waste in the morning, it will pile up when the workers reach every collection point by evening. Hence, we will have to fix a time for disposing waste, which is not practical. A majority of the family members being working class, it will be difficult for them,” Ashraf said.

 

A drive for better Kochi

Friday, 05 April 2013 08:51 administrator
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The New Indian Express                  05.04.2013

A drive for better Kochi

Waste dumped at GIDA road in Kochi | Manu R Mavelil/ Express
Waste dumped at GIDA road in Kochi | Manu R Mavelil/ Express 

Considering the rising number of complaints against transporting   waste materials to the Solid Waste Treatment Plant at Brahmapuram on uncovered vehicles, the Kochi Corporation authorities are planning to  introduce 13 compact covered trucks for waste collection.

The vehicles would be purchased within three months by utilising the  funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM).

“We are planning to introduce the vehicles by June. Each compact truck is   expected to cost `35 lakh and more number of vehicles will be introduced  by July. The vehicles will be covered and waste will not be visible to the public and the stench will not be felt either. It will also prevent leakage of filthy water while transporting garbage,” said Kochi Corporation Health Standing Committee chairman T K Ashraf.

He said that currently, the Corporation is transporting waste to the  treatment plant in hired lorries. “We are now conducting 40 to 60 services to the plant every day. The Corporation is spending a considerable amount  every month for transportation, especially as rent for the lorries,” he said. He added that 13 vehicles will not be sufficient enough to meet the requirement and more number of compact covered trucks will be introduced later, in the second phase of JNNURM. While transporting waste in open trucks, the contingency workers usually cover it with tarpaulin. But, this will not prevent leakage of the filthy water from the waste thus causing miseries to the motorist, especially in motor bikes.

When these trucks get stuck at traffic signals, the water will stagnate at the road leaving the area stinking for hours.

However, T K Ashraf said instructions would be given to workers to avoid transporting waste during peak hours.

“Till the arrival of covered vehicles, we will have to transport waste in  manually-covered tippers. Hence, we have given instructions to the workers not to transport waste during day time. But, if the waste is not transported everyday to the plant, it will lead to piling up,” he added.

 
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