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Solid Waste Management of Dibrugarh Municipality Board:
Present Status, Challenges and Its Future Prospects.
Presented by: Annesha Mech
Department of Economics,
Dibrugarh University
Introduction:
Solid waste are unwanted materials disposed off by man which can neither flow
into the streams nor escape immediately into the atmosphere causing pollution of
air, water and soil.
Solid Waste Management (SWM) has been a neglected area of urban development
and often accounts for severe health and environmental problems. Proper waste
management includes various aspects: source reduction, onsite storage, collection
and transfer, processing and disposal.
Dibrugarh Municipality Board (DMB) established in 1873,is responsible for SWM
within the municipality limits of Dibrugarh town, spreading over an area of
15.40sqkm divided into 22 wards.
Objectives:
1) To study the existing status of solid waste
management of Dibrugarh Municipality Board
2) To identify problems faced by DMB in waste
management
3) To study initiatives that are planned to be
undertaken by DMB.
4) To suggest some ways for improving SWM in
DMB
Methodology:
• Visit to Dibrugarh Municipality Board,
• Dumping site in MaijanPrimary data
• Collected from newspapers, journals and website of dibrugarh municipality.
Secondary data
1. Existing status of Solid waste management of Dibrugrh Municipality Board:
• Solid waste generation within the municipality area is
about 60 to 65 metric tones per day.
• No formal door to door garbage collection.
• there are about 15 big dustbins and 40 small dustbins
• nine tractors, 2 robot waste collector cars, 1 dumper
and 3 excavators are involved in collection, disposal
and leveling of waste.
• Waste are collected from the roadside bins and are
disposed off at dumping ground in Maijan with no
further treatment.
• Assam Medical College has the only Bio-medical
waste treatment facility with an incinerator capacity of
150kg.
Discussion:
2. Problems faced by the Dibrugarh Municipality Board in waste management:
Generation of solid waste are increasing with rise in population and increase
in economic activities.
Due to financial constraints labourers employed are inadequate and unskilled,
lesser vehicles are available for waste collection and disposal.
No suitable technology available for treating garbages.
Availability of only 1 dumping ground where untreated waste are being
disposed since 1981, resulting in piling of waste and about 80% of the
dumping ground has been filled up which is a matter of great concern where
the future waste will be disposed off.
People tend to throw the waste on the adjoining roads and outside dustbins
increasing the work of collection staff of DMB.
Waste being thrown outside the dustbins
Untreated waste in the dumping ground of Maijan leading to degradation of environment.
3. Initiatives that are planned to be undertaken by Dibrugarh Municipality Board for waste management:
Dibrugarh will have a waste management
plant worth Rs.16 crore near Khanikar farm,
about 6 km away from Dibrugarh town which
will be financed by Asian Development Bank.
The ADB had further agreed to give a loan of
Rs.150 crore for clearing the main drain from
Paltan Bazar to the Sessa river.
4. Ways for improving solid waste management by Dibrugarh Municipality Board:
• Improving waste segregation and storage at source.
• Improving collection of waste through door to door collection of
segregated waste.
• Adoption of some scientific and eco-friendly methods of disposal and
treatment of solid waste which are as follows:
Recycling of organic waste:
(a)Vermicomposting
(b) Biomethanation (anaerobic digestion)
(c) Aerobic composting
Treatment of inorganic waste depends on its physical and chemical
characteristics and on its reuse potential. The inorganic waste should be
segregated into recyclable and non-recyclable. Waste recycling in
Dibrugarh Municipality area has many untapped potentials.
Thermal treatment techniques:
(i) Incineration
incinerators
(ii) Gasification technology
(iii)Refuse derived fuel technology
Sanitary landfills will minimise migration of leachate through
soil strata, supress the foul odour and improve the aesthetic
quality.DMB should discontinue open dumping and adapt
sanitary landfill practices.
Conclusion:
•Adopt sustainable solid waste management practices by adapting various
eco-friendly methods of waste management.
• Cooperation among public and municipality.
• Outsourcing certain services and resorting to public private partnership/
Non-governmental Organisation participation in providing certain SWM
services inorder to improve efficiency and services of Dibrugarh
Municipality Board.
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Acknowledgement :
I thank Mr. Bipul Phukan, Sanitary Inspector of DMB for his cooperation.
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