National workshop on “Peer Learning for Swachh Bharat”
30th December 2016
Hotel Radisson Blu, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab
Under the Urban Water and Sanitation for Health (Urban WASH Alliance)
Prepared by
Urban Management Centre, Ahmedabad, India
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Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL) The Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL) is a three year action research (2014-2017) for implementing innovative solutions to school sanitation and sanitation problems in slums and slum-like settlements of Ahmedabad, in coordination with the government, NGOs and corporate partners. ASAL is led by the Urban Management Centre (UMC) in partnership with Government of Gujarat (GoG) and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). ASAL's resource partners include Sintex Industries Ltd. (Sintex) and its associate partners include Mahila Housing Trust (MHT), MICA and Theatre Media Centre (TMC). The program will provide technical assistance to the AMC for strengthening community engagement, improving operational and management processes for provision of water-sanitation services, and designing a targeted behavior change communication campaign.
Urban Management Centre The Urban Management Centre (UMC) is a women promoted not-for-profit organization, that works towards professionalizing urban management in India and worldwide. UMC provides technical assistance and support to city governments and facilitates change through peer-to-peer learning processes. It enhances the capacity of city governments by providing expertise and ready access to innovations on good governance implemented in India and abroad. It facilitates city governments to design, implement and evaluate municipal development and management projects. UMC extensively works in the areas of urban water and sanitation, heritage management, urban planning, urban health, municipal finance, urban management, urban transportation and institutional restructuring.
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National workshop on “Peer Learning for Swachh Bharat” 30th December 2016
Hotel Radisson Blu, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab Under the Urban Water and Sanitation for Health (Urban WASH Alliance)
Contact Details: Manvita Baradi, Director, UMC A-202 GCP Business Centre Opp. Navrangpura Fire Station, Near Vijay Cross Roads Ahmedabad, Gujarat 380009 Email: [email protected] T:+91 79 27546403/1599 www.umcasia.org/asal
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Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 7
Inaugural Session.......................................................................................................................... 8
Welcome address & Experience sharing ......................................................................................... 8
Key note address .......................................................................................................................... 9
Overview of Swachh Bharat Mission, Govt. of India activities: ....................................................... 10
Deliverables by Experts/Speakers ................................................................................................ 11
1. Sanitation Improvements and formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection
system-Mr. Suresh Jagtap, Joint. Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra... 11
2. Formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection system-Dr. (Ms.) Ketaki Ghatge,
Assistant MOH, Pune Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra .................................................. 12
3. Formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection system-Ms. Mangal Pagare, Chief
Executive Officer, SWaCH, Pune, Maharashtra ..................................................................... 13
4. Setting up of a Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant, Mr. Amresh Sinha, CDD Bangalore ................... 13
Processing of waste by bulk generators, .............................................................................. 14
5. Mr. Mainak Chakrabarty, Executive Director & Co-CEO, GPS Renewables, Bangalore.............. 14
6. Processing of waste by bulk generators, Mr. Amrut Rathod, Marketing executive, Excel
Industries Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat .............................................................................. 16
Dumpsite Remediation: ...................................................................................................... 16
7. Ms. Raagini Jain, President, Geetanjali Environment Improvement Society, Mumbai,
Maharashtra ...................................................................................................................... 16
Reuse of Plastics in Road Construction, ................................................................................ 17
8. Mr. Ahmed Khan and Mr. Kiran Kumar – KK Plastics, Bangalore, Karnataka ............................ 17
Convincing households to segregate waste at source,........................................................... 17
9. Ms. Pooja Pahade and colleagues, CRT, Aurangabad, Maharashtra........................................ 17
Convincing households to segregate waste at source,........................................................... 18
10. Ms. Malini Parmar, 2 bin one bag, Bangalore, Karnataka....................................................... 18
11. Levying Fines, Dr. I.K,Khatri ,MOH, Surat Municipal Corporation ........................................... 20
Queries from participants regarding Swachh Survekshan-2017...................................................... 21
Group discussion ........................................................................................................................ 23
Visit to Kankaria Carnival............................................................................................................. 25
Annexures .................................................................................................................................. 26
Annexure I- National Workshop agenda...................................................................................... 26
Annexure II-Letter to cities from SBM-U Gujarat PMU cell, Govt. of Gujarat.................................. 28
Annexure III- Letter to speakers/expert from SBM-U Gujarat PMU cell, Govt. of Gujarat ............... 29
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Annexure IV- Short CV of speakers/experts ................................................................................. 30
Annexure V - List of participants ................................................................................................. 32
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Introduction The Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL) is a three year (2014-2017) action research project for implementing innovative solutions to school sanitation and sanitation problems in slums and slum-like settlements of Ahmedabad, in coordination with the Government, NGOs and corporate partners. ASAL is led by the Urban Management Centre (UMC) in partnership with Government of Gujarat (GoG) and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).The program is supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the ASAL project, a national workshop has been envisaged that provides
technical assistance and support to city governments and
facilitates change through peer-to-peer learning processes as well as
to enhance the capacity of city governments by providing expertise and ready access to innovations on good governance implemented in India.
In this context, a one day workshop for 8 Municipal Corporations and 23 Class A Municipalities of Gujarat (31 cities in all) was organized at Ahmedabad, Gujarat on December 30th, 2016. These 31 cities are cities under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Clean India Mission) as well as the AMRUT Mission. The workshop was organised in association with the Swachh Bharat Mission, MoUD, GOI, New Delhi; Swachh Bharat Mission, UDHD Dept., Govt. of Gujarat and with support from USAID and City Managers’ Association of Gujarat (CMAG) as the Gujarat WASH Alliance partner. The main objective of the workshop was to facilitate co-learning and discussion on “nuts and bolts” of best practices from various cities of India with Gujarat cities. Eminent speakers and experts from different cities of India took part in this workshop. A brief report of the workshop is produced below. (The detailed agenda of the workshop and the speakers and experts who participated is also annexed herewith as Annexure 1). The City Managers Association of Gujarat, (CMAG) also participated and formally launched the Gujarat WASH Alliance on this occasion. This workshop was also aligned with city to city exchanges that were envisaged under the ASAL program. There were officials invited from cities of Pune, Bhubaneshwar, Mysore, other cities from MP and Rajasthan as well. However, due to upcoming Swachh Survekshan preparations, city managers from Bhubaneswar and Mysore could not attend.
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Inaugural Session Workshop Overview by Ms. Manvita Baradi, Director UMC
(Manvita has over 25 years of technical
experience in developing and
administering programs to local
governments in the areas of service
delivery, local governance, urban
planning, heritage management, citizen
participation, capacity building of local
government associations, development of
urban indicators and performance
measurement and international
development).
Manvita stated that MoUD has given all cities and their managers a huge responsibility in the Swacch
Bharat Mission. Now in the upcoming Swachta Survekshan Survey 2017 where more than 500 cities
are participating, as against only 75 cities earlier, the challenge to excel is much larger. The questions
and issues of this survey are well known and every city has been given adequate time to prepare for
this.
She stated that although the concept of cleanliness is not new and every city has strived to keep
their city clean, this is the time of testing the achievements of each city and this stage is therefore
crucial. She noted with happiness that at the workshop we have we have participants from city
governments as well as private sectors.
She expressed her gratefulness to all who accepted the invitation to participate in this national
workshop and have come in such a large number. She urged the partcipants to maintain a
continuous dialogue amongst themselves and the experts and learn from each other how we
succeeded, what we missed and how we can perform better.
In conclusion, she stated, “This is a peer leaning session. We need to exchange ideas and knowledge
and excel. This mission is aimed at the benefit of all citizens.”
Welcome address & Experience sharing
Mr. C R Kharsan IAS, Dy. Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation,
Gujarat
Mr. Kharshan welcomed all the participants in
the workshop. He explained the purpose
organising the workshop to all- “discussion,
sharing and learning from the best practices that
have been implemented by different cities
within and outside of Gujarat, as per the SBM
guidelines and ways to adopt them”
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Further he talked about the successful implementation of solid waste management especially
segregation of waste and PPP model. He also urged participants to visit the plant and also to
processing unit for conversion of C&D waste to manhole covers and paver blocks.
He also raised his concern about the problem of waste processing in Ahmedabad and mentioned a
few waste to energy projects that the city of Ahmedabad has initiated. He concluded his address
with very important aspects of solid waste management, i.e., segregation of waste at source to
reduce the dumping of waste at dump sites and which would also make convenient for recycling of
waste as well.
Mr. Manoj Kothari IAS, Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar (BMC), Gujarat
Mr. Kothari talked about the cleanliness drive
taken up by the Bhavnagar Municipal
Corporation two years back. He pointed out that
the BMC has several tough challenges such as
providing equitable services to the growing slum
population. He mentioned that the old
Bhavnagar city has better drainage system as
compared to new Bhavnagar city. The BMC is
planning to equip new Bhavnagar city with
better facilities and services. He also shared the efforts of BMC for cleaning the river Kansara that
flows through the city by setting up a sewage treatment plant and using the treated water to be
released in the river.
Secondly, for waste to energy, BMC has recently entered into a MOU with a private company which
will treat a minimum of 300 metric tons of municipal solid waste per day. However, he mentioned
that segregation at source is still a challenge for the city.
He also suggested that collective efforts will certainly improve the living condition of city. He said,
“We have several questions plaguing our mind and I am hoping to find answers to them all, today.”
He welcomed the guest and speakers and expected good learning out of the workshop.
Key note address
Mr. Praveen K. Solanki IAS, Mission Director, Swacch Bharat Mission (SBM), Gujarat
Mr. Solanki started his address with praising
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for initiating
Swachh Bharat Mission- Urban. He said that
Gujarat is considered to be pioneer State for this
initiative at state level prior to its becoming an
All-India Mission. Hence it becomes very crucial
for all 31 cities of Gujarat contesting for top
ranking in Swachh Survekshan 2017 (SS-2017).
He suggested all participants of the cities to
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work harder to score high in the Swachh Survekshan ranking. He thanked UMC for having the
workshop at such a crucial juncture when cities need guidance and motivation to improve their
performance. He urged for active participation in the workshop and requested every participant to
keep every session interactive and seek answers to all the queries.
He concluded his address by thanking UMC and all experts and said, “This workshop is very different
from the rest because today we are going to learn about a lot of cutting edge aspects, best practices
of other cities so as on to keep our scoring on points and highlight our hard work.”
Overview of Swachh Bharat Mission, Govt. of India activities:
Ms. Faustina Gomez, Project Management Unit, SBM, MoUD, Govt. of India
Ms. Faustina Gomez, representing MoUD,
Govt. of India, extended thanks to the
Government of Gujarat and UMC for the
invitation. She made a detailed
presentation on the Swachh Survekshan
2017 and she discussed all the aspects to
be examined under the same. She
requested all the participants to discuss any
query pertaining to SS-2017.
She also discussed the administrative support required from cities at the time of the Survekshan. For
instance, notification by the ULB for door to door collection covering both residential and
commercial areas along with a declaration from the Commissioner/Chairperson of the ULB
appointment of a nodal officer for facilitation etc. The comprehensive ‘clean city’ campaigns will be
beneficial to score high. A special campaign on citizen “six questions” would reflect in the citizen
feedbacks. She pointed out that there is a “minus marking” system. So avoid provide misleading or
unauthentic data to the observers.”
She attended several queries of participants and also took down queries which required consultation
with the MoUD, Govt. of India.
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Deliverables by Experts/Speakers
1. Sanitation Improvements and formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection
system-Mr. Suresh Jagtap, Joint. Commissioner, Pune Municipal Corporation,
Maharashtra
Mr. Jagtap has spent more than 30
years in Pune City Administration. He
had been one of the founder
members of PMC-Swachh model
which integrated informal sector in
municipal waste management. He
has worked as chief coordinating
officer in preparation of City
Sanitation of Pune City in the year
2011-12.
Mr. Jagtap, an enthusiastic participant of the workshop from Pune Municipal Corporation spoke
about the vision he and his team hold for Pune.
He began his presentation talking about the strategy adopted by Swachh Maharashtra Mission
(Urban)-envisaging ODF Communities moving towards ODF+ and ODF++ Communities” by
addressing entire service chain of sanitation and not focusing only on number of toilets constructed
in the cities.
He elaborated the PMC model of multifaceted approach for improving city Sanitation by meeting the
demand of toilet and abridged the gap in a small span of time. The individual Household toilet target
(32500) to be constructed through PPP model, community toilet seats (5000) through NGOs like
SHWASS and SMAGRA and Demolition and Reconstruction Project, Public toilet seat (669) through
whereas school toilets seats (985) constructed in partnership with Corporates. The PMC has
constructed more than 33000 individual household toilets.
For a close monitoring and faster communication on update of the progress in toilet construction, an
official “whatsapp” group is created. PMC has also implemented the “Swachhta Mitras”- volunteers’
citizen may provide information and feedback to PMC. He further explained about the Shelter
Sanitation Model, Sanitation mapping to identify gaps etc.
He said that dry and wet garbage is being segregated at ward levels; processing plants have been set
up and new ones are also coming up. He also highlighted the significance of involving the public in
ensuring long term replication of the practice. Mr. Jagtap was very keen on the involvement of
women in this cleanliness drive and spoke about PMC’s initiatives at involving the female force in
this movement.
“Pune is the 8th largest city in India and the 2nd largest in the state of Maharashtra. The story of
SWaCH, India’s first wholly-owned cooperative of self-employed waste pickers and other urban
poor, is remarkable as it shows how a poor, marginalised, historically oppressed but determined
group (largely women) scripted their own exit from the rubbish heaps and created better futures for
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themselves and their families. It establishes without doubt not just the role, significance and
contribution of the informal sector, but also how little it takes to 'formalise' it and significantly
upgrade work to make it 'decent‘.
So far 2800 members are engaged in door step collection of waste in Pune covering 5.5 Lakh
Households. Our plan is to integrate up to 6000 members. We have made 33,000 toilets so far. We
have created a “whatsapp” group to keep an hourly check on the process of toilet construction
happening within our city. We have implemented the ‘Swacchta Mitras’ – volunteer citizens who
provide information and feedback to PMC.
70% women work in this Kothi model. We cover 400-500 households in each Kothi.Each waste picker
earns Rs.7k to 12k per month. We are indirectly picking cost from citizen’s pocket which results in
reduction of our overall administration costs.Citizens should provide segregated waste. Waste-
pickers should refuse mixed waste from citizens.
We follow the four “R” (REDUCE - REUSE – RECYCLE – RECOVER) model. We have given small buckets
to slums and society areas were given big 100 ml buckets. Separate buckets were given for wet and
dry waste. Only 15-20% is good waste and goes for recycling.Remaining is transported to RDF.”
2. Formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection system-Dr. (Ms.) Ketaki
Ghatge, Assistant MOH, Pune Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra
She has devoted her time to work on
development and planning issues,
including solid waste management,
natural resource management,
energy conservation and sanitation.
During the past year she has
dedicated herself to the design and
implementation of the Zero Garbage
Ward in Pune City, SHWAAS and has
undertaken various initiatives in
Swachh Bharat Mission.
Dr. Ghatge talked about the SWaCH model and how it provides front end waste management
services to citizens of Pune. She spoke about the scope of SWaCH which includes collection of
resource recovery, trade and waste processing and provides livelihood to recycling industry. She
highlighted the fact that this community-led toilet sanitation project involves public participation for
its effective management. The citizens are given monthly passes for use and incentives are given to
promote its use while a local is appointed to maintain the toilet.
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3. Formalising waste pickers in the city’s waste collection system-Ms. Mangal Pagare,
Chief Executive Officer, SWaCH, Pune, Maharashtra
Mangal Pagare is one of the senior
most staff members within the
organization and has been working
with SWaCH for the past eight
years now. She has worked with
women’s issues for the past many
years. She has been actively
involved in the development
forums and has extensive
experience in organizing
workshops and programs on social
issues in rural and urban areas in Maharashtra.
Ms. Pagare talked about the nature of SWACH initiative and that it is a self-sustaining model and
relies on public involvement. She also referred to the Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan launched by the
Prime Minister of India, which also aims to focus on cleanliness with public participation, and how it
would benefit from contribution by the SWACH model in Pune.
“Our way forward is seeking more citizens’ support for and participation in, for example, waste
segregation in order to make the work ‘cleaner’ for the waste collector. Also in seeking ways of
achieving more financial sustainability to reduce burden on PMC. Real Time monitoring mechanism
to improve service delivery, developing innovative models to improve slum coverage – e.g. sliding
scale model, mixed pockets and allied services.”
4. Setting up of a Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant, Mr. Amresh Sinha, CDD Bangalore
The Consortium for
DEWATS Dissemination (CDD)
Society is a non-governmental
organization, started in 2002 and
registered formally as not for
profit society in 2005. The
consortium was formed with an
agenda to find solutions to the
existing sanitation challenges in
India. This fulfills the aim of
reducing the environmental
burden due to pollution as a result of poor sanitation.
The consortium advocated the use of natural, biological treatment using a set of anaerobic and
aerobic treatment technologies. The unique feature of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems
(DEWATS™) was that it mimicked nature without the intervention of chemicals and mechanical
elements.
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Inadequate understanding on sustainable technological options for waste water treatment and the
existing ground reality to cater such problems was addressed by Mr. Sinha. He advocated that
mechanized systems cannot entirely solve the problem of untreated sewage but the use of natural,
biological treatment using a set of anaerobic and aerobic treatment technologies can treat waste
water.
He then made a detailed presentation on Case study of faecal sludge treatment plant set up at
Devanahalli, a small town on the fringes of Bengaluru. The Devanahalli Town is located 39 km to the
North-East of Bangalore with a population of 35000.
Followings are the objective of the case study:
Establish an independent faecal sludge treatment plant as pilot,
Ensure good O&M of sanitation infrastructure which leads to reduction in risks to public
health and environment,
Treat the septage to prescribed reuse standards, and
To produce hygienic and safe by-products for reuse.
The project was implemented with financial support of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The
FSM system includes creation of a robust database of on-site sanitation systems, ensuring safe and
mechanised emptying services and setting up a system which could also be sustained.
The FST plant is currently operated by an operator who has finished schools only till the tenth grade,
which emphasizes the non-technical and simple procedure for maintaining the plant. The entire
plant is housed in a small piece of land of only 550 sq. Meters. Also most of the treatment
components of the plant are below the ground, and hence the ground space can be used as a
parking space as well. He also emphasised that just building infrastructure is not enough and there
should be mechanisms to ensure sustainability of such initiatives.
5. Processing of waste by bulk generators, Mr. Mainak Chakrabarty, Executive Director
& Co-CEO, GPS Renewables, Bangalore
Mr. Chakrabarty pointed out that biogas in India has been traditionally based on dairy manure as
feedstock and these “gobar” gas plants have been in operation for a long period of time, especially
in rural India. In the last 2-3 decades, research organisations with a focus on rural energy security
have enhanced the design of the systems resulting in newer efficient low cost designs such as the
“Deenbandhu” model.
He said that LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is a key source of cooking fuel in urban India and its price
has been increasing along with the global fuel prices and this has become a financial burden
renewing the focus on biogas as a cooking fuel alternative in urban establishments. He point out that
this has led to the development of prefabricated digesters for modular deployments as compared to
Roller Compacted Concrete (RCC) and cement structures which take a longer duration to construct.
He was very positive on the enhanced stature of biogas in India as a potential alternative to LPG as
primary cooking fuel.
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“GPS” is an AD (anaerobic
digestion) technology firm
based out of Bangalore, India. It
was founded in 2012. What we
use here is made-in-India
technology, built using support
from DST (Technovate
programme) and BIRAC
(Biotech Ignition Grant, Dept. of
Biotechnology).
These plants have digestive issues like the human body. So it needs to be taken care of at the right
time before it becomes something serious. He mentioned that there is a need to set up such small
scale units in every campus of bulk generators.
He explained in detail about their DIStributed PREDigestion (DISPRED) model. He mentioned that
this plant could be set up in a small area in the basement of the building as well. DISPRED is GPS’
proprietary model for treating large volumes of organic feedstock. Its key principles are:
• 100% decentralized model – raw input handling at source • Avoids aggregation of mixed input – this ensures post segregation efforts are
minimized • Application focus: Piped gas for thermal needs – maximum Return on Investment
(RoI)
The pre digester is a compact equipment that processes 10-100 TPD and converts it into a stable
(proprietary) digestate, that doesn’t release any biogas. The GGU (Gas Generation Unit) is a second
stage AD (based on Bio Urja design) that can process the PD digestate and generate biogas. The PD
digestate can then be easily transported in tankers, without creating a mess. So, the GGU can be
housed anywhere, where there is need for large volumes of LPG/PNG.
He then elaborated how the model could work for Gujarat cities. The proposed bioenergy model for
Gujarat will be based on GPS’ proprietary DISPRED model anaerobic digestion. The DISPRED model
will encompass all available sources of organic feedstock, viz., urban organic waste, cow manure,
poultry manure, and agricultural residues. This model will be a 100% decentralized model, and based
on a BOO (Build Own Operate) framework.
Biogas has huge potential but it hasn’t delivered up to it till now. It is only through SBM that the
issue of waste segregation is being addressed. The more waste at source is mixed up; the tougher it
is to manage and process. The plant is extremely compact and can be housed in less than 6 square
meters.
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6. Processing of waste by bulk generators, Mr. Amrut Rathod, Marketing executive, Excel
Industries Limited, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Mr. Rathod talked about
“the sustainable approach
towards ZERO-Waste for
municipalities”. He
suggested that the de-
centralized SWM plan is the
practical solution to
sustainable waste
management.He shared a
short documentary film
describing technology
available for SWM. He
further cited several cities that are moving in the right direction like:
1. Bangalore – Mandatory Segregation by the ULB and State Pollution Control Board’s consent to dispose compost in farms.
2. Pune – Its target to achieve at least10% of the total MSW using de-centralized MSW Management.
3. Panjim – Its initiative towards Zero Landfilling and Pollution Control Board’s date for at-source treatment to hotels.
4. Trissur – Set up Multiple de-centralized waste treatment plants. 5. Thiruvananthapuram – City Corporation installed 20 de-centralized MSW plants across the
city. 6. Gandhinagar – Installed and is successfully operating a 400 kg per day Organic Waste
treatment plant. Further he talked about use of Organic Waste Convertor (OWC) as decentralized solution for wet
waste treatment. This is a viable solution for a small society where the organic waste generation is
100 kg (approx.). The OWC converts the organic waste to raw in 15 minutes and after 10 days curing
of raw compost, it is ready to use in fields.
7. Dumpsite Remediation: Ms. Raagini Jain, President, Geetanjali Environment
Improvement Society, Mumbai, Maharashtra
She is a well-recognized waste
expert and has been in this field
since 2000.She has also helped
in clearing Nagpur’s waste site.
Ms. Jain spoke about the
enormous benefits of using the
‘windrow system’ for waste
management. She explained
how windrow composting is the
production of compost by piling
organic matter or
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biodegradable waste, such as animal manure and crop residues, in long rows (windrows). She
mentioned how by simply converting the waste dumps into windrows facilitated faster
decomposition and conversion to organic matter.
“With our active participation, so far we have managed to stabilize over 12-13 lakh tons waste in a
span of 2 months. In the city of Durg, waste was being dumped since 2000. They called me in to help
them out from this crisis of waste management and disposal. In a matter of 5 days, I implemented
the “windrows system” and gave their entire area a major facelift. This same system should be
implemented by municipalities across the country.”
8. Reuse of Plastics in Road Construction, Mr. Ahmed Khan and Mr. Kiran Kumar – KK
Plastics, Bangalore, Karnataka
Mr. Khan spoke at length about
the reuse of plastic waste in
asphalting of roads. He stressed on
the fact that every day India
produces 1,23,000 tonnes of
waste, out of which about 2000
tonnes is plastic. If all that plastic is
used properly, the plastic waste
problem can be solved. He
mentioned that they have been
able to reuse plastics in 6000 km
lanes the State of Karnataka.
Plastic holds on to the bitumen which is very crucial during monsoon and this is the ‘system’ they
use in building plastic roads.
He emphasises that urban local bodies need to have complicated systems and mechanisms in order
to reuse plastic in roads. There is no difference in the contract - same materials, are used, only
shredded plastic up to a maximum of 8% of bitumen will be added. He walked the participants
through the several advantages of setting up such systems.
9. Convincing households to segregate waste at source, Ms. Pooja Pahade and
colleagues, CRT, Aurangabad, Maharashtra
The Civic Response Team (CRT)
talked about implementation of
appropriate solutions to civic and
environmental challenges. The CRT
members also stressed upon the
phenomenal public movement
they have kick started for
sustainable, equitable and efficient
SWM practices in Aurangabad city.
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Team also discussed about the extensive citizen awareness program conducted by CRT in city. The
target is to regularize the collection and hence reduce the waste coming to dumping site so that the
dirty point could be reclaimed by the society through different innovative interventions.
“I would like to thank UMC and SBM for creating this mission and for giving us this platform. CRT is a
social firm that partners with Government as well as private organisations and provides solutions to
SWM challenges. We currently work as Knowledge partners with Aurangabad Municipal
Corporation.
We carry out extensive programs for citizen awareness. Door to door awareness including corner
meetings, roadshows, plays, songs, dance – Charlie, meetings for apartment areas, committee
meetings for commercial areas, removing dumping spots and reclamation of the area by wall
painting, rangoli, events, awareness in schools, rallies, thematic drives, events and we even make
use of media.
Once collection is regularized and the waste stops coming at a dumping point AMC along with CRT
and local residents reclaim the once-dirty point through innovative means like tree plantation,
rangoli drawing, wall painting, creating water stations for birds and animals.
The CRT team emphasized that the first step is to ensure that segregated waste collection and
transportation happens across the value chain and then the last step is to urge citizens to segregate
waste. The team also emphasized the need for detailed micro planning exercise at the city level and
work closely with the city’s sanitation teams.
10. Convincing households to segregate waste at source, Ms. Malini Parmar, 2 bin
one bag, Bangalore, Karnataka
She has Global IT work experience
in more than 25 countries. She
has been volunteering for
responsible waste management
since 2011.
She is part of SWMRT, 2bin1bag
campaign (segregation at source)
and Bangalore Eco Team - citizen
plastic ban campaign across the
city, Swachagraha - to get 10
lakh Bangaloreans to start a
green spot and most importantly for this group, a Cupspert - a team that promotes sustainable
menstruation.
Ms. Parmar emphasised upon segregation of waste at source categorised as - Biodegradable wet
waste, Dry waste and Hazardous waste. She spoke about the scenario of Bangaluru city, imposed
ban on the use of plastic bags. Each household, she said has two bins - one red and one green, in
addition to a bag, made of some recyclable material, for the dry waste. This makes it easier for
garbage collectors to keep the waste separate and transport it to the final destination.
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She emphasized that citizen’s awareness program is inevitable for waste segregation. She decribed
the system adopted for people who were not segregating waste at source. She also advocated
imposing fines for poor waste disposal.
She talked about her journey of waste segregation at source starting from her own place. She added
an additional bag for dry waste collection and initiated door to door citizen awareness campaign for
appropriate disposal of waste and avoiding of use of plastic lining for waste collection.
At the end she said that the survey suggest that 70% citizens is ready to segregate waste at source
however, only lacking is of adequate knowledge and awareness amongst them.”
“Almitra Patel’s landmark 1996 PIL in the Supreme Court against open dumping of municipal solid
waste was instrumental in the drafting of the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules. Instead of
demanding that it not be dumped in her backyard, Almitra set out to find a solution for hygienic
municipal solid waste management, and found that most of the 80 Indian cities she visited in 1994-
1995, had nowhere to dump their waste except in the outskirts of the city or approach roads.
I believe that though there has been a huge leap in the awareness levels of both officials and
citizens, when good cost effective ideas exist, civic bodies must go ahead and start implementing
them. This particular movement has emerged as a citizen movement. It is a very low cost effort.
Residents need to see the advantages of keeping their garbage unmixed. When a large housing
colony sees that the compost they generate is going for their gardens, they will be motivated. Very
minimal time is needed – just spend 5 minutes and Rs. 100 to maintain your surroundings. Twobin.in
is a website we have created to spread awareness to all because you need to understand the
problem first – how are you getting the garbage and then learn how to dispose or process it
effectively.
I started in 2012, from my building because you must begin at home. We chose separate disposal
bags/bins for waste- dry, liquid and hazardous waste. We have especially chosen large bags for some
kind of dry waste – because for example pizza boxes cannot fit in to the traditional dustbins and
hence such bags are very helpful. There is a dire need to train citizens and to make them aware
about the need for appropriate disposal of waste. Hence we conducted door to door awareness
campaigns along with a kit. This kit is compulsory. This kit is for Rs.100 only. We wanted uniformity
so that the municipality worker cannot identify the bags otherwise. No plastic lining is allowed in the
bins because once the plastic bag is tied up, the segregation level drops from 80% to 30%.
Citizens need to be made aware of how and where the waste needs to be segregated. We even
implemented a fine system for people who were not segregating waste at source. Just like road fines
are imposed, similarly, fines for poor waste disposal are a must. Feedback loops are a crucial
element too.We even ensured some pamphlets were printed for awareness of citizens. A while ago,
some advisors had come from Germany; they told me that close to 40% waste in their residential
and commercial areas gets segregated. I am proud to say that in Bangalore, we have 85 – 90% waste
segregation at source.
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11. Levying Fines, Dr. I.K,Khatri ,MOH, Surat Municipal Corporation
Dr. I.K.Khatri made a presentation
about the crucial role of fines in
discouraging people from littering. He
was of the opinion that people are
not going to follow the rules simply
with the awareness programmes and
that they need to be penalised for
their uncivilized behaviour. He
discussed how health officers in Surat
have been punishing the offender
caught defecating or littering on
roads by levying appropriate fines for
defecating in the open. He went on to say that the new penalty structure proposed by the health
department is expected to bring more awareness about civic sense among the people.
“Today I am going to talk about the concept of - levying of administrative charges for improved solid
waste management and efficient management of municipal solid waste.
After the plague in 1994 and the clean-up operation that followed in 1995, the diamond city earned
the distinction of being one of the cleanest cities in India. A resolution was passed in 1996 for
collecting fine from those littering or peeing in the public. The fine was fixed at Rs 100 to Rs 1,000
for each offence.
I am proud to say that Surat Municipal Corporation has been declared “Open Defecation Free City on
15th July 2016 by Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat Ms. Anandi ben Patel. This makes Surat
Municipal Corporation first Corporation in Gujarat as well as western region to achieve Open
Defecation Free status.
SMC has prepared public health bye‐laws under Section‐458 which cover solid waste management,
liquid waste management, air and noise pollution and other sanitation and public health aspects like
food sanitation, community and public toilets, open defecation, manual scavenging, water and
vector borne diseases etc. Approval of Government of Gujarat is awaited . Surat will implement
them after suggested changes if any.
We decided to levy fees on our residents because this works as a negative reinforcement on them to
not spread litter and make our beautiful city dirty. We are in the process of forming some positive
acknowledgements for those who fare well in their duty towards upkeep of our city too!”
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Queries from participants regarding Swachh Survekshan-2017
Query Response
Bulk generators on site treatment and segregation
should be done. But they are collecting the bulk
waste separately and treatment of waste from bulk
generators is not happening on site. Will it be
considered the same in the scoring?
If the objective is met then it will be
considered
If ULB has more than one plant and some of them are
not operational, one or two are under construction
and there is also tenders called for new treatment
plant. In such condition how the marks will be given
ULB
If any one plant is operational in the city, the city may fetch marks.
Veraval: Segregation at source because people are
not habituated for it?
Undertake intensive IEC drive in the city to
aware people for segregation at source and
encourage citizen to opt for segregation at
source.
Dr. Bhavin Solanki, MOH, AMC
Commercial area or commercial establishments,
keeping a tab on waste?
Team will be oriented and will follows the instructions as given by MoUD, New Delhi
Mr. Jigar Patel, Chief Officer, Deesa Municipality
What is the meaning of monitoring at head office
level?
The monitoring of ICT based attendance at
Head Office (Meaning- chief officer level of
Municipality and Department Head at
central level of Municipal Corporation
Dr. Bhavin Solanki, MOH, AMC Do you include sweepers also in the “management staff”? ON site also needs to include OFF site composting?
It was made clear that cleaning staff are
also considered as part of management
Veraval – does not have capacity to produce 100 kg
waste per day, then what? Same case with Dwarka.
Also, what documents do we produce to show this?
If you have documents to prove that there are no such facilities or none of the existing banquet halls or hotels are producing that much waste and same is confirmed by the visiting team on site for SS-2017, then you will get full marks.
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Group discussion At the end of the workshop participants were grouped to discuss on different parameters of Swachh
survekshan-2017. Every group has to discuss one of the following topic followed by presentation by
one of the group members. The topics were as follows:
1. Segregation of household waste
2. Inclusion of waste pickers
3. Use of plastic in roads
4. Levying fines
Group 1: Segregation of householdwaste
One ward: Bhuj, Junagadh, Botad; Presenter: Mr. Mukesh Bhai, SBM-Nodal officer, Jamnagar
How to segregate waste? We will take it to a
ward level- will implement a pilot project,
which will focus on 5000 households.
Will purchase economical waste disposal items
– bags and bins
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Will keep “white” bins for recyclable waste, “black” for hazardous waste
IEC activities for citizens to build awareness on the subject
Organic waste composter
Duration: Two months
Group 2: Inclusion of Waste pickers,
Presenter: Mr. Paresh Kshirsagar, Chief Officer, Nadiad
We have identified 95 waste pickers. In commercial areas, you can deploy waste pickers. NUM
Guidelines can be followed and ID cards
can be allotted to them and then they can
be taught about the waste segregation
process. They can segregate and collect
and rest we will take care of.
This can also be implemented in
residential areas.
Supreme Court guidelines can also be
followed.
Group 3: Use of Plastic in roads
Presenter: Mr. SJ Chanda Rana, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
Roads get damaged due to numerous
reasons. So, we wonder how to resolve
this problem? Building a road is a
costly affair. Use of plastic in roads is
the best answer for durability of roads.
IRC SP 98 – two processes (wet and
dry) have been explained. Both
processes are very simple and straight
forward. All type of LDP, types of
plastic, can be used. Plastic which is
not being used anywhere can be used
to build roads.
We did some math and realized that 40 mm thick, 3.5 meters wide plastic used, on 1 km road –
results in about Rs.2.5 lakhs profit. KK Plastics is ready to support and make 1k road for any
municipality willing to opt to try them on a pilot project basis.
Duration: Two months
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Group 4: Dumpsite remediation:
Gandhidham, Junagadh, Godhra, Presenter: Chief Officer, Godhara
This issue is interlinked with
waste segregation. If
segregation is not done
properly, then processing
cannot be done properly.
The windrows technology which
was discussed today is very
simple and effective for waste
processing.
This bio-culture is now available
in the market, in the form of
sprays.
We need to make rows that allow JCB to pass through. 35mm 8mm or 4mm net can be used.
Appropriate training is required for the personnel so that the rows and the entire procedure can be
followed properly.
In conclusion, windrow processing has been approved by GPCB and thus is open for replication by
municipalities across the country.
Visit to Kankaria Carnival The session concluded with a visit to Kankaria Carnival to witness a street play on open
defecation free settlements – “Jeevli Jeevi Gayi” performed by Theater Media Centre,
Ahmedabad
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Annexures
Annexure I- National Workshop agenda
‘Peer Learning for Swachh Bharat’ (Under the Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL) Project)
A one Day workshop on co-learning among cities for Swachh Survekshan
AGENDA
Expert City Talks from cities: Pune, Bengaluru, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Surat
Participants: City officials of 31 cities of Gujarat
Day & Date: Friday, 30th Dec, 2016
Followed by visit to AMC Kankaria Carnival, Ahmedabad
Workshop Venue: Hotel Radison Blu, Near Panchvati Cross Roads, Off C.G. Road,
Ambawadi, Ahmedabad
Urban Management Center (Workshop organizers)Contact No: Arvind Singh-+91 9723205984,
079-26400306/7
Date/ Time Agenda Venue
30th Dec.2016:
Friday
Peer-Learning Workshop Hotel Radisson
Blu, Ahmedabad
9:30-10:00 am Registration of participants
10:00 -10:30 am Inaugural Session Facilitated by Urban Management Centre
Workshop Overview: Manvita Baradi, Director, Urban
Management Centre
Welcome address: Mr. C.R. Kharsan, IAS, Dy. Municipal
Commissioner, AMC
Overview of Swachh Bharat Mission, Govt. of India
activities:Ms. Faustina Gomez, PMU, SBM, MOUD, New Delhi
Key Note Address:Mr. P.K. Solanki, IAS, Mission Director, SBM,
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Govt. of Gujarat
10:30-10:45 am Tea Break
10:45-1:30 pm
30 minutes each
(15 minute
presentation
followed by 15
minute Question
&Answer sessions)
(Tea & cookies to
be served within
the conference at
3.30 pm)
Technical Session – 1- facilitated by: UMC
Involving waste pickers in waste management:
the nuts and bolts of the process, by SWACHH waste pickers
federation in Pune- Suresh Jagtap, Joint Municipal
Commissioner, PMC and Mangal Pagare, SWACHH, Pune
Setting up fecal sludge treatment plant in Devanahalli,
Consortium for Dewats Dissemination Society (CDD Society),
Amresh Sinha, CDD Bangalore
Society level composting and bio-methanation plants,
Bio-Urja Plant by GPS renewables: Mainak Chakraborty,
Bangalore
Organic waste converters,Amrut Rathod; Excel Industries,
1:30-2:30 pm Networking Lunch
2:30-4:30 (15
minute
presentation
followed by 15
minute Question
&Answer )
(Tea & Cookies
will be served in
at the tables at
3:30 pm
Technical Session – 2 Facilitated by : UMC
How to remediate waste dumps in our cities, Ragini Jain,
Geetanjali Envirotech, Mumbai
Using plastic in roads, KK Plastic Waste Management, Ahmed
Khan, Bangalore
Convincing households to segregate at source
Case of Aurangabad, majhi city taka tak by Pooja K
Pahade, Aurangabad
2 bin 1 bag movement in Bengaluru, by. Malini Parmar
Levying fines in a systemic manner,Surat Municipal Corporation
4:30-5:30 All participants break in following groups for further one to one
discussion
1. Segregation of household waste – Malini Parmar, CRT
2. Inclusion of waste pickers – Suresh Jagtap, Mangal Pagare
3. Use of plastic in roads- Ahmed Khan
4. Dumpsite remediation – Raagini Jain
Each group will
be facilitated by a
senior expert
from UMC and
sector expert
from city
A one minute preview of street play teaser -Jeevli Jeevi Gayi on ODF
5:30 pm-7:30 pm Visit to Kankaria Carnival
Street Play on open defecation free settlements by UMC
Facilitated by Dr.
Bhavin Solanki of
AMC
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Annexure II-Letter to cities from SBM-U Gujarat PMU cell, Govt. of Gujarat
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Annexure III- Letter to speakers/expert from SBM-U Gujarat PMU cell, Govt. of Gujarat
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Annexure IV- Short CV of speakers/experts
‘Peer Learning for Swachh Bharat’ (Under the Ahmedabad Sanitation Action Lab (ASAL) Project) Speakers/Experts for one Day National workshop on co-learning among cities for Swachh Survekshan, 30-12-
2016
NAME OF EXPERT SHORT INTRODUCTION
1. Mr. C R Kharsan IAS Dy. Municipal Commissioner, AMC
2. Mr. Manoj Kothari IAS Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar
3. Ms. Faustina Gomez, SBM-National PMU, Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi
4. Mr. P. K. Solanki IAS Director, SBM, UDDH, Govt. of Gujarat
5. Ms. Manvita Baradi
Director, Urban Management Centre, Ahmedabad. She has over 25 years of technical experience in developing and administering programs to local governments in the areas of service delivery, local governance, urban planning, heritage management, citizen participation, capacity building of local government associations, development of urban indicators and performance measurement and international development).
6. Mr. Suresh Jagtap
Joint Municipal Commissioner, PMC-(TBC)
Has spent More Than 30 Years In Pune City Administration Had
been one of the founder member of PMC-Swachh model which
integrated informal sector in municipal waste management
Worked as chief coordinating officer in preparation of City
Sanitation of Pune City in the year 2011-12
7. Ms. Mangal Pagare,
SWACHH, Pune
Chief Executive Officer, SWACHH, Pune
Mangal Pagare is one of the senior most staff members within
the organization and has been working with SWaCH for the past
eight years now.
She has worked with women’s issues for the past many years.
She has been actively involved in the development forums and
has extensive experience in organizing workshops and programs
on social issues in rural and urban areas in Maharashtra.
8. Mr. Amresh Sinha
CDD Bangalore
The Consortium for DEWATS Dissemination (CDD) Society is a
non-governmental organization, started in 2002 and registered
formally as not for profit society in 2005. The consortium was
formed with an agenda to find solutions to the existing
sanitation challenges in India. This fulfils the aim of reducing the
environmental burden due to pollution as a result of poor
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sanitation.
The consortium advocated the use of natural, biological
treatment using a set of anaerobic and aerobic treatment
technologies. The unique feature of Decentralized Wastewater
Treatment Systems (DEWATS™) was that it mimicked nature
without the intervention of chemicals and mechanical elements.
9. Ms. Pooja K Pahade
Civic Response Team
Qualification: BTech in Chemical Technology from UDCT
Aurangabad. PG diploma in international trade
10. Ms. Malini Parmar , 2
bin 1 bag movement in
Bengaluru
She has Global IT work experience in more than 25 countries.
She has been volunteering for responsible waste management
since 2011.
She is part of SWMRT, 2bin1bag campaign (segregation at
source) and Bangalore Eco Team - citizen plastic ban campaign
across the city, Swachagraha - to get 10 lakh Bangaloreans to
start a green spot and most importantly for this group, a
Cupspert - a team that promotes sustainable menstruation.
11. Ms. Ragini Jain
President, Geetanjali Environment Improvement Society
She is a well-recognized waste expert and has been in this field
since 2000.She has also helped in clearing Nagpur’s waste site
12. Mr. Ahmed Khan, KK
Plastic Waste
Management, Bangalore
A scientist and businessman, and the founder of KK Plastic
Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.
13. Mr. Mainak Chakraborty Executive Director & Co-CEO, GPS Renewables, Bangalore
14. Mr. Amrut Rathod Marketing executive, Excel Industries Limited, Ahmedabad
15. Dr. Ashish Naik Chief Medical Officer of Health , Surat Municipal Corporation
16. Dr.(Ms.) Ketaki Ghatge,
Asst. Medical Officer of Health, Pune Muni. Corporation
She has devoted her time to work on development and planning
issues, including solid waste management, natural resource
management, energy conservation and sanitation.During the
past year she has dedicated herself to the design and
implementation of the Zero Garbage Ward in Pune City,
SHWAAS and has undertaken various initiatives in Swachh
Bharat Mission.
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Annexure V - List of participants