20 cities to come under integrated sewerage scheme
Monday, 20 August 2012 09:13
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The Times of India 20.08.2012
20 cities to come under integrated sewerage scheme
PATNA: Urban development and housing minister Prem Kumar,
on Sunday, said work on integrated sewerage scheme, solid waste
management and river front management is being undertaken in 20 cities
along the river Ganga in the state with the assistance of the Centre. The minister, who on Saturday reviewed the functioning of National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA), said that the 20 cities to be covered under the plan are: Patna, Danapur Nizamat, Fatuha, Bakhtiyarpur, Hajipur, Chhapra, Buxar, Dighwara, Sonepur,
Revilganj, Ara, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Munger, Sultanganj, Naugachia,
Khagaul, Barahaiya, Barh and Mokama. He said that river front
development also includes construction of dhobi ghat, graveyard and
public latrines. The minister said funds had already been
sanctioned to four of the 20 cities and the share of the Centre and
state is 70:30. He said work had started at Hajipur, Begusarai and
Buxar. The minister said under Hajipur
Sewerage Plan, sewerage treatment plants of 22 lakh litre daily
capacity would be constructed while sewerage treatment plants of 16 lakh
litre capacity would be constructed under Buxar
sewerage plan. Sewerage treatment plant of 17 lakh litre daily capacity
under Begusarai Sewerage Plan and 30 lakh litre daily capacity under
Munger Sewerage Plan would be constructed. All these projects would be
completed in two years. The minister directed the officials
concerned to prepare detailed project report (DPR) for the remaining 16
cities and send it to the centre by September. He also directed the
officials to prepare city sanitation plans (CSP) for 16 cities by
November.
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Pune model of municipal solid waste management socially relevant, says study
Friday, 17 August 2012 10:21
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The Times of India 17.08.2012
Pune model of municipal solid waste management socially relevant, says study VARANASI: Is the Pune model of solid waste management more sustainable than the one in Varanasi?
A report by German scholars Judith Wolf and Fabian Schroth on 'Tracing
back the choice: Implementation of primary collection of municipal solid
waste in two Indian cities' states the Pune model is more sustainable
that the Varanasi model of solid waste management.The two examined the
implementation of primary collection models as per the MSW Rules 2000, a
policy of the Central government on municipal solid waste management
(MSWM). In the study, they analysed the case of Varanasi, where a
private company was employed for an integrated MSWM and Pune, where a
social enterprise was employed for the door-to-door collection (DTDC).
They consider the Pune model as more sustainable because it integrates
the waste pickers and socially marginalized people. Their findings show
that in Pune, local conditions were extremely supportive for the
decision while in Varanasi, the knowledge schema played a very important
role. Speaking about the two models of
public-private-partnership (PPP) in MSWM, the report says that first is
the employment of a private company, the second is the employment of a
social enterprise. The primary objective of a private company is to
generate profit. A social enterprise follows a double or triple-bottom
line approach. Whereas, the primary stakeholders of a private company
are usually their stockholders or proprietors, the stakeholders of a
social enterprise usually involve the marginalized sectors of society,
who may or may not own the enterprise. In Varanasi, the private
partner that was employed by the municipality is A2Z infrastructure, a
company of the A2Z Group. They are conducting MSWM projects in 21 cities
all over India. In Pune, the private partner employed by the
municipality is SWaCH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling), a local
cooperative that was founded in 2007. In the case study of
Varanasi, it is estimated that in 2010, 714.61 tons of municipal solid
waste (MSW) was produced every day. In 2009, a public-private
partnership (PPP) on SWM started between the Varanasi Municipal
Corporation (VMC) and the A2Z group. They do DTDC
and collect user fees, segregate the waste and transport to the
treatment plants for recycling and composting. The project with A2Z is
funded under the Jawarhalal Nehru National Urban Mission (JNNURM). In
the case study of Pune, it was estimated that in 2010, 1,491 tons of MSW
was produced every day. In 2007, Pune Municipal Corporation ( PMC)
started a formal collaboration with the SWaCH. The scope of work
includes collection, resource recovery, scrap trade and waste
processing. The user fees they collect and the income from the sale of
recyclables constitute the earnings of the waste pickers. SWaCH is a
cooperative and the stakeholders are the employees. Its goal is not only
to generate profit but to enhance the livelihood of the waste pickers.
This two bottom line approach is used to spread wealth to a broader
segment of the society. The report states that a private
company is usually unwilling to integrate waste pickers in the system.
As the waste is now the property of A2Z and as they are eager to earn
money out of the by-products of the waste treatment processes and
selling of recyclables, they have strong interest in not sharing the
waste with the waste picker. This results in the situation that the
waste picker do not get access to the waste and lose their livelihood.
A2Z provides new job opportunities in Varanasi. The provision of jobs
for the unemployed youth has a positive long-term effect but cannot
compensate for the non-consideration of the waste pickers as they would
lose their only source of livelihood and unemployed youth still have
other opportunities of employment. The report further states
that looking at the statewide development of MSWM in India, Varanasi can
be understood as a mainstream case. In most of the cities,
privatization of MSWM has already been done or will be done. In Pune,
the model used for the DTDC was very special. Not many similar models
can be found in India.With regard to sustainability, the model in Pune is the better one.
Last Updated on Friday, 17 August 2012 10:22
Thane civic body's waste-to-energy plant to be rolled out soon
Friday, 17 August 2012 10:13
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The Times of India 17.08.2012 Thane civic body's waste-to-energy plant to be rolled out soon
THANE: Amid stiff opposition from locals, the Thane Municipal
Corporation (TMC) is close to finalizing a contract to set up an
incineration plant at Daighar near Mumbra for processing over 600 metric
tonnes of solid waste daily and turn it into energy. The civic
authorities are understood to have decided to appoint a technical
consultant who would assist the TMC in choosing between the two bidders
shortlisted from among 11 who had submitted their expressions of
interest a year ago. Officials said the waste-to-energy plant
would be run on truck-loads of garbage, which will effectively be burnt
in huge boilers. The steam generated out of burning the huge quantities
of waste would help propel the turbines, which are linked to generators
and subsequently produce electricity. Sources said the bidders
will sell a substantial portion of the electricity generated at the
plant to prospective buyers, but only after lighting up the villages in
Daighar-Shilphata areas of Thane. "It is a
design-build-operate-own-and-transfer project, where the private party
gets a contract of nearly 40 years to process the city's waste. The
electricity generated will have to be first supplied to locals around
the plant at a concessional rate and then it can be sold to whomsoever.
Such a project is reaping rich dividends for people around Delhi, where
the Jindal group is operating the Okhla project," an official told TOI. However, a section of officers and residents have reservations. Saying that this method of garbage
disposal is harmful as toxic metals, dust particles and acid gas will
be released in the atmosphere, locals have decided to oppose it.
Besides posing a health hazard, the plans have also raised eyebrows in
the district administration circles as the Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Development Authority (MMRDA) is also in the last stages of giving a
go-ahead for a similar project to dispose of solid waste of several
cities and towns in Thane, Kalyan-Dombvili, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath. A
Taloja plot has already been identified. "The MMRDA
has identified a 500-acre plot at Taloja where nearly 2,000 metric
tonnes of garbage from the cluster towns of Thane will be disposed off.
The corporations will merely have to segregate the waste and deposit it
at a lifting point, which is acceptable to all the civic bodies. A private contractor at Taloja will drive away with this waste.If the MMRDA is coming up with a dumpyard away from the city limits, it
is surprising that the TMC should award a separate contract for a
similar project," an official said.
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