The Chhattisgarh Government will develop land-fill sites measuring 2,000 sqm in various locations in municipal corporation limits of the State, officials informed.
The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in Chhattisgarh already is in the process of preparing a Master Plan for implementation of Solid Waste Management Project in all the 168 Urban local Bodies (UlBs) of Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
SUDA is getting a feasibility study and Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for all UlBs in the State .
Meanwhile, it may be recalled that top brains currently being nurtured in the Country’s premier business and technology schools are to get assignments to prepare urban development plans for civic bodies in Chhattisgarh.
The Chhattisgarh Urban Administration and Development Department had earlier decided to invite interns comprising mainly students and researchers from renowned institutions like IITs and IIMs who would help in preparing better plans for management of water supply, low cost housing, sewerage management, solid waste management, poverty eradication, study of various State and Central schemes related to vehicular traffic managementin urban areas. Moreover, as per official information released during May this year, under the AMRUT Mission the nine municipal corporations — Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg, Bhilai, Korba, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh, Jagdalpur and Ambikapur- have been selected wherein ‘Shahar Sandhan Yojna’ will be launched. The scheme is aimed at utilising the educational knowledge of students and researchers in better development of cities, officials said. The State Urban Administration and Development Authority has already issued directives to all nine Municipal Corporations in this regard.
The students in final year of graduation or post graduation studying Engineering, Management, Town Planning, Environment, Technology or Social Studies will be eligible for carrying out the studies. The research scholars can also take part in the studies in various municipal corporations.
Raipur Municipal Corporation (RMC) would soon be setting up an Organic Waste Converter ( OWC ) for conversion of organic waste generated daily in the vegetable markets in the city. The waste collected would be converted into organic manure. Notably, 100 per cent door-to-door collection and waste segregation would be taken up as per RMC’s ‘Smart City’ plans. It may be recalled that , the Chhattisgarh Government decided to establish composite production unit in vegetable markets of cities across the State for manufacturing organic fertiliser using fruits and vegetables.