INTRODUCTION TO NEHRU PLACE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

A key issue related to the sustainable development of Delhi, and a minimum quality
and standard of living pertains to the availability of, and accessibility to basic
infrastructure facilities viz. water, power, sewerage, drainage and solid waste
management.
The rapid and almost uncontrolled growth of population has put these facilities under
severe pressure, and there are significant deficiencies.

Nehru Place, located on a site of 96 acres was one of the first district centres built in the mid seventies as per the Delhi Master Plan 1961.
Located on the corner of the Outer Ring Road and Lala Lajpat Rai Marg across from Kalkaji, Nehru Place is easily accessible from most areas of
South Delhi. Nehru Place is known as the ‘Electronics Hub of Delhi’ and focuses more on retailing Electronics, Appliances, Computers, Laptops
and accessories, etc.
The master plan for the district centre prepared by the planning department of the DDA, was developed around a number of well defined square
plazas

Nehru Place is accessible by all forms of public transport, as it lies next to the Outer Ring Road, an arc that encompasses major parts of South Delhi,
and the bus services are very frequent, usually once every five to eight minutes. Private taxis are also available, as well as a paid parking for cars
and motorcycles. The famous Baha'i faith Lotus temple is also located close by. Now Nehru place is accessible by Delhi Metro. The nearest metro
stations include Nehru Place and Kalkaji Mandir .

Has its own Delhi-Metro Station on Violet Line (Kashmere

Gate to Escorts Mujesar via Badarpur)
Has a second Metro Station by the name of Nehru Enclave on
Magenta Line(Botanical garden-Janakpuri West) connecting
commuters with shorter route from Gurgaon with
interchange at Hauz Khas and directly connecting Noida and
IGI Airport.
30 minutes from Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station, 1 hr •Delhi’ Sewage treatment plant is divided into six major zone.
from New Delhi Railway Station •The Nehru Place dumps its sewage to Okhla, which is 4.7Kms away.
•Okhla landfill is spreads across an area of 40 acres.
SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE The site was commissioned in 1996 for the use of South Delhi Municipal Corporation
The quality of life in any urban centre depends upon the •Of the 3,500 tonnes of waste collected by SDMC everyday, 1,200 tonnes were being
availability of and accessibility to quality social dumped in the Okhla Landfill despite the site was declared exhausted in 2010.
infrastructure. •After reaching a height of 55 meters, thrice the permissible limit, the site was finally
Social infrastructure include facilities pertaining to decommissioned in 2018.
health, education, sports facilities, socio-cultural •The 400/220KV substation with 2,000MVA capacity in Tughlaqabad was commissioned
activities, communications, security and safety, and other after the old and polluting Badarpur Thermal Power Station (BTPS) was permanently
community facilities pertaining to recreation, religious shut on October 15 ‘2018.
activities, social congregations and community events,
cremation / burial grounds etc.
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Delhi is a commercial and administrative hub, providing employment opportunities which has accelerated the pace
of urbanization, resulting in a corresponding increase in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation.
Okhla landfill is spreads across an area of 40
acres.
The site was commissioned in 1996 for the use
of South Delhi Municipal Corporation
(SDMC).
Of the 3,500 tonnes of waste collected by
SDMC everyday, 1,200 tonnes were being
dumped in the Okhla Landfill despite the site
was declared exhausted in 2010.
After reaching a height of 55 meters, thrice the
permissible limit, the site was finally
decommissioned in 2018.
There are three landfill sites - Bhalswa, Ghazipur, Okhla. Our The civic agency now aims to complete the
site, that is in Nehru Place comes under the solid waste disposal remediation of the Okhla landfill within
of Okhla landfill which started on 1994 by SDMC. It is one-and-a-half years to convert it into a green
covering 56 acres and is nearly reaching the height of 55m. cover.
Garbage Dump near a seating space There is no segregation of garbage
This map indicates the garbage dumping place (Dhalao) that covers the Nehru Place
complex. The waste are also scattered on the road side instead of bins and Dhalao
which provided for the proper collection of waste. The availablity of storage bins is
inadequate with respect to density and people are disposing waste in haphazard Rag Pickers reaching the Dhalaos
manner.
GENERATION, COLLECTION AND PROCESS OF WASTE
Houses Waste to Energy Plant in Okhla
Street
Sweeper that combusts wastes to produce
Commercial electricity.
Instituitional Waste thrown onto the roads
reaching drains, rivers or just left
there untreated.
Sweeper
Dhalaos
OKHLA LANDFILL
Scrap Buyer Rag pickers
Municiple waste workers
loading garbage into trucks
Waste collected through waste loaded
into the truck to send it to land ll
Wholesale market to sort further and waste material
in bulk to factories or land ll
Segregate, recylcle, sells and generate revenue
PROCESS OF MUNICIPAL
Source : Information provided by SDMC and Treaching trash
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
FACILITY
As per information provided by MCDs, there are two waste collection systems running in Delhi.
Under one system, collection is done through formal sector by the municipal staff or by an
authorized party .
The informal sector is responsible for door -to-door collection of garbage, which is further
transported to dhalaos after the waste pickers takes up the recyclable fraction. The informal
sector is integrated into the collection systems by an imformal sector.
CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE
WASTE MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY
The approach to waste management should
be an integrated system of technology and
socioe-conomic activity aimed towards
maximizing practical benefits from products
and to generate the minimum amount of
waste.
Hence, the waste management hierarchy
indicates an order of preference for action to
reduce and manage waste. This can help
prevent emission of greenhouse gases,
reduce pollutants, save energy, conserve
Presence of Dhalao and care taker resources, create jobs.

DUSTBINS
RECEPTACLES
There are three main catch-
ment area/ Dhalao in which
SDMC truck comes 4 times a
day and pick it up, the primary
segrgation is done before that
from the informal sector.
There is no segregation and the
garbage is always overflowing,
obstructing vehicular and pe-
destrican movement
PRIVATE CLEANERS
SDMC GOVT. TRUCKS
SDMC trucks disposes of not segregated not segregated waste to
Okhla Landfill.
The solid wastes of the offices are thrown to the dustbins in polythene by their private cleaner. The MCD vehicle comes in early morning and the Manushi Sangathan stays there from morning to evening cleaning with some perios of time. Still they
ignore some dustbins intentionally. There are 3 rickshaws and each rikshaw has 3 workers, one who rides and the other two put the garbage from the pathways and dustbins inside the rikshaw and there are 6 ladies who brooms. Then the rickshaw is
full, the segregation process is done but not as per TOD norms. The one that can be used and can be sold to kabadi as well as E-waste kabadi by the cleaning staff is kept with them the other is thrown In the dhalos of the 3 main places and then SDMC
truck 4 times every day arrives to take it to Okhla Landfill, but that is not sufficient, the garbage is thrown on the roads.The organic and inorganic are not segregated, which affects the amount of the landfill that is already exhausted.
CURRENT SCENARIO OF SOLID WASTE IN NEHRU PLACE
STREET SWEEPERS
Most of the dustbins are sepa- FLOW OF WASTE IN NEHRU PLACE The street sweeper of
rated by organic (wet) and in- Nehru place are 6 ladies
organic but the people who are LEVELS OF WASTE WASTE GENERATED BY THE USERS, VISITORS that sweeps regurlarly from
welcomed there are not putting morning to evening and in
at the right dustbins.
FLOW
FORMAL COLLECTION INFORMAL COLLECTION breaks they sit under the
staircase as they don’t have
The organic and inorganic are nay designated space,
not segregated, which affects PRIMARY sometimes segregating
the amount of the landfill that NO SEGREGATION IN DUSTBINS waste.
is already exhausted. Compost COLLECTION
pit is not provided. POINT They take what can be recy-
MANUSHI clable and other in the dust-
SDMC PRIVATIZED PRIVATE/ STREET bins
VEHICLE SANGATHAN SWEEPER
RIKSHAWS
RAG PICKERS
It is estimated that 15-20
rag pickers are directly
SECONDARY or indirectly involved
RECEPTACLES: in segregation of solid
COLLECTION
DHALAO waste in Nehru place
POINT complex.
CATCHMENT AREA
OPEN AREA DUMP RAG PICKERS
They help in recycling
about 16% i.e. 6 tonnes
The Manushi Sangathan pri- of scrap from the recep-
vate committee stays there at
SKILLED WASTE tacles.
Nehru Complex morning to SEGREGATION
evening cleaning regularly. PICKERS When the space provided is not designated but there is need for
Still they ignore some dust- space is leads to chaos, obstruction and a lot of garbage.
bins intentionally. There are 3 SCRAP BUYER
rickshaws and each rikshaw WASTE The scrap buyers, E-waste
has 3 workers, one who rides buyer are around 5-6 in qty in SCRAP BUYER
and the other two put the gar- WHOLESALE
TERTIARY Nehru place. They place a
bage from the pathways and RECYCLERS MARKET major role in cleaning and
dustbins inside the rikshaw COLLECTION transferring solid waste dispos-
POINT PROCESSING al. Every Sunday when the
market is closed, the manage-
ment comes to take the whole
NON-RECYCLABLE WASTE sale amount that is provided by
rag pickers to the scrap buyer.
Mostly from Silampur that is
DISPOSAL SDMC TRUCKS 17.7 km, 45 minutes away from
Nehru Place. For eg. 1 kg
mother board of rs 220kgs. I kg
OKHLA LANDFILLS plastic bottlles from rag picker
is 8rs and the scrap buyer is
12rs.
FLOW OF COLLECTION, SEGREGATION AND DISPOSAL IN NEHRU PLACE

LEGEND

DUSTBINS
DHALAOS
SCRAP BUYERS
E- WASTE SCRAP BUYERS
PRIVATE CLEANERS
RAG PICKERS
SCRAP BUYER
SDMC GOVT. TRUCKS
STREET SWEEPERS
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INTRO D UCTIO N SUSTAINABLE APPRO ACH FO LLO W ED
Typ e ofp roje ct: Re h ab il
itation ofPasig rive r and m ark e t Re form s w e re also m ade in th e w ay w aste w as m anage d in th e com m unity. First, col le ction, transfe r, and
place storage sch e dul e s and p oints w e re se tup in se l e cte d alle ys.Th e route s and sch e dul e s ofth e localgove rnm e nt’s
garb age truck s w e re th e n adjuste d to sync w ith th e ne w col le ction, transfe r, and storage sch e dul e s. Asia
State d ob je ctive s ofth e p roje ct:In 2010, th e gove rnm e nt D e ve l
op m e ntBank s p rovide d th e containe rs th atw e re p l ace d atth e w aste storage p oints.
and p artne r age ncie s and organiz ations l aunch e d a To e ncourage re side nts to re cycl e , th e p roje cte stab lish e d m ate rials re cove ry facilitie s
m assive drive to re h ab il itate Este ro de Paco as p artofth e righ tatth e com m unity and Paco M ark e t.
gre ate r and stil l- continuing cam p aign to re h ab il itate
Pasig Rive r and its trib utarie s.As p art of th is drive , Paco W aste se gre gation w as al so e ncourage d. It w as use d as an incom e - ge ne rating
M ark e t, one of Paco’s iconic structure s w h ich is l ocate d sch e m e th ath e l
p e d p ay for th e w age s ofth e garb age col
le ctors.
alongside th e Este ro de Paco, w as “re de ve l op e d” as w e llas
a sh ow case ofth e ne w Este ro de Paco and, in a w ay, a ne w Th e p roje ct b uilta low - cost condom inialse w age syste m in Barangay 672—a vil lage
BEFO RE w ith 58 h ouse h ol ds and 49 6 individual s th atw e re se rve d b y onl y se ve n sub standard
Paco as w e l l
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se p tic tank s.Th e ne w se w age syste m col le cts h ouse h old w ate r th rough a ne tw ork of
Finance :Asia de ve l op m e nt b ank , Sp anish Coop e ration PVC p ip e s and m anh ol e s conne cte d to a sum p p it, w h ich te m p oraril y store s th e
Fund for Te ch nicalAssistance and th e W ate r Financing w aste w ate r.
Partne rsh ip Facil
ity.W ith a $440,000 grant
PRO M O TING EQ UITY TH RO UGH D ESIGN
Exe cuting age ncy:Pasig Rive r Re h ab ilitation Com m ission
Local organiz ations: Kil usang Pang-Kap itb ah ay at
Pangk ab uh ayan, Inc.and re p re se ntative s ofBarangay 672

D uration :Th e p roje ct, w h ich b e gan in August 2012 and

close d in January 2015
AFTER
PRO BLEM S
Este ro de Paco b rough tdise ase and de ath to com m unitie s
living al ong its b ank s. Bad w aste m anage m e nt p ractice s
and insufficie nt and ine fficie nt infrastructure m ade it a Th e re vivalofEste ro de Paco m irrors th e re vivalofth e com m unitie s th at l ine th e w ate rw ay.Th e p roje ct h as
b re e ding ground for ge rm s. e m p ow e re d th e p e op l
e and m ob il iz e d m any ofth e m to b e com e Rive r W arriors.Th e w arriors w e ntfrom h ouse
Its trib utarie s se rve d as se w e rage for dom e stic and to h ouse raising p e op l e ’s aw are ne ss on th e im p ortance ofw aste m anage m e ntand th e use ofp rop e r sanitation
industrialw aste s from factorie s and sl um s th atsp route d on facilitie s.
its rive rb ank s.
Th e h igh inte nsity of p articip ation b y re side nts and
Su
Surrounding com m unitie s, th e ne arb y Paco M ark e t, and com m unitie s h as b e e n th e de ning ch aracte ristic of
se ve ral b usine ss e stab lish m e nts use d th e 3-k il om e te r th is p il
otp roje ctand th e k e y to th e p roje ct’s im m e diate
Este ro de Paco as an op e n se w e r.Th e y h ad now h e re e l
se to succe ss and l ong-te rm sustainab il ity.
th row th e ir trash . BEFO RE Be fore th e re juvination ne ith e r ve ndors nor re side nts
w ante d to p ay for garb age col le ction and se w age
Garb age col l
e ction w as not re gul ar b e cause th e garb age conne ction. But now w ith th e gre at im p act of PRRP
truck s coul d notnavigate th rough th e com m unity’s narrow p roviding facil itie s for cl
e aning.
al l
e ys.Th e col le ctors found it too te dious to carry al lth e
h ouse h old garb age to th e ir truck s.O nl y a fe w ofth e m did
AD D RESSING PEO PLE W ITH SPECIALNEED S
it, and onl y occasional l
y.Re side nts op te d for th e e asy w ay Paco Re side nts do not h ave to go to a faraw ay p ark or
outand th re w th e ir garb age into th e rive r. se aside to tak e a l e isure l
y w al k and re l ax and it is
unive rsalandb ody can e njoy th e b e auty.
Th e y did not w ant to se gre gate or com p ost th e ir w aste , Th e succe ssfulcl e anup of Este ro de Paco w il lh ave a
w h ich w as 9 0% b iode gradab l e .Th e y al so did not w ant to m uch w ide r im p act ifth e p roje ct is re p l
icate d in oth e r
p ay for se w age conne ction.O b viousl y, th e p rob l
e m w as not com m unitie s l ining th e m any trib utarie s th at ow into
m e re l
yl ack of infrastructure .Pe op le ’s b e h avior w as k il
ling th e Pasig Rive r.Re viving Este ro de Paco is note nough ,
th e rive r. AFTER b utitis a good start.
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THE PARK 11
ASTHA KUNJ ROAD

ENTRY 8
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1. WAY FROM NEHRU 2. ENTRANCE TO THE PARK,

PLACE TO THE PARK OF 80M WIDTH 2M.
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ENTRY
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ENTRY ROAD 12M WIDE

3. PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS 4. SHOP AND ONE WAR

INSIDE THE PARK ROAD AT THE ENTRANCE

7. GAZEBO 8. RAG PICKER SLEEPING 9. MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE PARK 10. ENTRANCE

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5. BENCHES INSIDE THE 6. MOUND IN THE PARK OF

PARK HEIGHT 2M
11. BUS STAND AND THE ENTRANCE 12. VIEW INSIDE THE PARK
13. SECURITY GAURD ROOM
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