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Solid waste disposal to be boosted

Friday, 27 July 2012 08:40 administrator
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The Times of India     27.07.2012

Solid waste disposal to be boosted

VARANASI: With the release of funds under the head of maintenance of compactors and other vehicles used for garbage transportation by A2Z, the company handling solid waste management project, the possibility of acceleration of pace of exercises to give a clean look to the city has increased.
 
 Municipal commissioner P K Pandey, who is holding regular meetings with A2Z officials and management for the past three days, on Wednesday said that during these meetings, the company officials informed him that lack of resources had suffered their works. "Resources like compactors and vehicles of A2Z had become defunct as even after one and half year of their introduction no funds had been allocated by the company's management for their maintenance," he said.

 

 

 


 

 

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New garbage transfer station in Rau

Monday, 23 July 2012 11:21 administrator
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The Times of India                23.07.2012

New garbage transfer station in Rau

TNN | Jul 23, 2012, 04.36AM IST
 INDORE: Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) takes possession of nazool land at Rau for second transfer station for municipal solid waste (MSW) now tender for it will be issued in next few days. New transfer station for MSW be spread over 3.5 hectare land and MSW of zone 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 will be transfer from here to trenching ground at Devguraria. The new transfer station will help in improving the collection and transportation of municipal waste.

IMC is carrying out solid waste management project under JNNURM and civic body had to construct two transfer stations. It had one transfer station at Kabitkhedi but it failed to come up with another transfer station. Now when funding from JNNURM for transfer station was allowed to lapse, civic body requested for land to district administration. A2Z Company which is looking after the collection, transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste was also demanding for another transfer station for better management of municipal waste.

Kishor Solanki, project in-charge said that second transfer station is coming at Rau, tender for it will be called in next few days. He said that construction of transfer was delayed to unavailability of land for it.

Earlier civic body was supposed to come with transfer station near Choithram Mandi, but the move was opposed by the president of the mandi and the local residents. Following which plan was shelved. Move to start transfer station at Rau was also opposed by local MLA Jitu Jirati saying that starting transfer station for municipal waste at Rau will affect the land value and it will benefit certain builders. However, civic body is finally go to have its another transfer station.

 

Meet highlights urgent need to tackle garbage menace

Thursday, 12 January 2012 05:30 administrator
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The Hindu          12.01.2012

Meet highlights urgent need to tackle garbage menace

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S. Gopinath, Inspector General of Police (Thrissur Range), addressing an awareness programme on waste management.— Photo: K.K. Najeeb
S. Gopinath, Inspector General of Police (Thrissur Range), addressing an awareness programme on waste management.— Photo: K.K. Najeeb

A comprehensive solution has eluded the policy makers despite the city generating an appalling increase in waste, an awareness programme on waste management observed.

Addressing the function, S. Gopinath, Inspector General of Police (Thrissur Range), said poor civic sense was the major reason for the situation. “Those who keep their home spic and span never mind throwing garbage at every street corner. Our sense of cleanliness ends at the entrance to the road,” he said. Operation Sweep, the ambitious project of the Kerala Police to turn public places litter-free, would not be a success without the community participation, he said. The police would take stringent action against those who dispose of garbage in public places.

The police have launched ‘Operation Sweep' following a judgement by the High Court (WP (c) No. 27052/11) against throwing solid waste in public places. Those who pollute environment with plastic would be booked under Sections 268 read with sections 269 and 278 of the Indian Penal Code and 120 (e) of the Kerala Police Act. Management of solid waste was a great challenge in urban areas in the midst of fast-paced development, said C. S. Sreenivasan, Standing Committee Chairman (Health) of Thrissur Corporation. Only a decentralised system of waste management with effective ban on plastic carry bags could significantly reduce the problem, he said. The city corporations initiative to ban plastic was well-received by the public. It showed that the public was keen to tackle the menace, he said.

Mr. Sreenivasan said the Corporation was confident the situation would improve once the decentralised waste management project started functioning. “The civic body is working towards streamlining the waste collection and source segregation process. The accumulated garbage at Lalur dumpyard will be removed soon. We plan to use the garbage removed from Lalur for land-filling at abandoned quarries.”

 
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