Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, 5 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) based plants each in Raipur and Durg-Bhilai are under various stages of construction, Central government officials informed on Sunday.
The Swachh Bharat Mission under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs provides incentive up to 35% of project costs for Solid Waste Management projects including waste to energy plants.
The projects under PPP mode are encouraged, to invite private capital in urban infrastructure as well as to bring in private sector efficiency in delivery of urban services and operation and maintenance.
The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) in Chhattisgarh 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 will also get a feasibility study and Detailed Project Report (DPR) prepared for all UlBs in the State .
SUDA has issued directives to all 168 urban bodies to send information about the vegetable markets in respective areas, where significant amount of fruit-vegetable waste is found. Commissioners of Municipal Corporations and Chief Municipal Officers of Municipal Councils and Nagar Panchayats have been instructed to send information within three days. It is noteworthy that Agriculture Department will set up composite production units in market.
The Raipur Smart City ltd (RSCl) will be introducing “Smart Fully Underground Waste Collection Bin System” to optimize rapidly, the traditional approach of waste collection in the city, officials informed. These bins will be placed fully underground, having only their inlets above ground surface. RSCl proposes to install fully underground waste collection bins at as many as 30 locations along with required equipment such as Compactor Truck and Cranes, Bin level sensors. In Raipur, Municipal Solid Waste Management is handled by Health and Sanitation Department of RSCl.
Appropriate solid waste management of a city is crucial for public health and aesthetic surroundings. It is essential for a clean look. Therefore, the removal of any scattered waste is as important as effective street sweeping and drain cleaning. This also brings to focus the necessity of synergy in the design, construction and maintenance of roads, surface (storm water) drains and storage, collection and transport of solid waste, officials stated. In Raipur, due to climatic factors like high temperature, humidity and also due to high organic composition in the solid waste, the collection of the solid waste is done regularly as the waste gets decomposed rapidly.
In the absence of a streamlined and completely controlled system of solid waste management, from the available data the estimated population of Raipur was generating about 413 MT/day MSW per day with average per capita 347g/day.
Plastics, glass, metals, and paper account for less than 15 percent of the total waste. In low income households, solid waste is stored in open baskets and any available cans which do not meet hygienic standards.Component of MSW founded to be bio-degradable, non biodegradable (plastic, glass and metal etc.), inert material (bricks, stones and ashes etc.) indicates the construction and demolishes activities in the city, officials informed.