Street hygiene

Group
Logo:
-Towards a greener and cleaner
Shillong

By Group M:
Anurag Mathur
Ashutosh Belulkar
Daksh Bhagat
Kumar Gaurav
Paras Agarawal
Preksha Bagaria
Subrat Singh

METHODOLOGY
In order to proceed with the problems, we decided on the following methodology:
Primary research :
a. MUDA authority
b. Personally checking the road hygiene conditions of Shillong
Secondary Research :
a. Understanding the possible causes and effects of bad hygiene on the streets
b. Feasibility of recommended solutions

Conduct
Conduct field
field
inspection
inspection

Collect
Collect
Secondary
Secondary data
data

Observations
Observations
and
and Analysis
Analysis

Identifying
Identifying
challenges
challenges and
and
problems
problems

Recommendati
Recommendati
ons
ons and
and
Solutions
Solutions

INCREASED DIRTINESS IN SHILLONG

How much?
446 tons of e-waste in Shillong annually
Present condition of the previously pristine Police Bazaar

Waste generated in Shillong

352.78

340

388

267.66

Cause

91

Absence of house to house collection

Poor drainage system
New constructions in the city
Rise in population density

Social factor
Chewing and spitting of tobacco, Kwai by locals
Lack of feeling of belongingness by non-locals

2001

2011

137

SOURCES OF WASTE GENERATION

Sources

Typical waste
generators

Components of solid waste

Residential

Single and multifamily dwellings

Food wastes, paper, cardboard,

plastics, textiles,
glass, metals, ashes, consumer
electronics, batteries, oil, tires, and
household hazardous wastes

Commercia
l

Stores, hotels,
restaurants,
markets, office
buildings

Paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, food

wastes, glass, metals, special wastes,
hazardous wastes

Institution
al

Schools,
government centre,
hospitals, prisons

Paper, cardboard, plastics, wood, food

wastes, glass, metals, special wastes,
hazardous wastes

Municipal
services

Street cleaning,
landscaping, parks,
beaches,
recreational areas

Street sweepings, landscape and tree

trimmings, general wastes from parks,
beaches, and other recreational areas

0.5kg/
day in
2011
Per capita
waste
generation in
0.44kg/
India
day in
2001

Total Municipal Solid Waste

generated in urban India
=68.8mn/year
=188,500tons/day

CURRENT PROCEDURES OF WASTE

DISPOSAL IN SHILLONG
Who?
An organisation for solid waste management exists in the area under
the Municipal Board
Within the Municipal area, the conservancy department of the
Municipal Board is responsible for regular collection and disposal of
waste

How?
A fleet consists of 10 trucks, 2 tractors, 257 road sweepers, 5
conservancy supervisors, 6 sanitary inspectors, a chief medical and a
health officer
Garbage collected is disposed in the gorges of the trenching ground,
situated at MAWLAI on Shillong Guwahati Road
A person has to walk nearly 320 mtrs to reach a dustbin
Cleaning of road is also done voluntarily by providing one person
from every family to work on allotted days

MAJOR CHALLENGES FACED IN

TREATMENT OF THE WASTE
To dump 100 MTS of Urban waste daily, the
Corporation needs 1 Hectare of land every year
Open dumping pollutes air and sub-soil water heavily
The dumping grounds become breeding centres for
mosquitoes and other disease-carrying vectors
Municipal workers and rag-pickers have to work in
unhygienic conditions
The waste undergoes anaerobic composting,
producing offensive odours and fostering harmful
pathogens

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WASTE

GENERATION IN SHILLONG
Air pollution

Water pollution

Floods

The informal
sector often just
burns the e-waste
disposed in the
open, which, in
turn, produces
hazardous gases

In the absence of
proper solid waste
collection system,
a substantial
quantity of the
garbage
generated finds
its way into
streams which
ultimately join the
Umkhrah and
Umshyrpi, and
then flow to the
Umiam Lake

50% of the
material present
in the garbage is
inert (high density
waste) and
ultimately settles
down on the beds
of these streams,
raising their bed
levels, which
causes flooding of
streams during
heavy rains in
monsoon and can
even erode banks
of the streams

THE MAWLYNNONG VILLAGE MODEL

The Gods own garden has won the acclaim of being the cleanest
village in Asia in 2003
The main occupation of the villagers is agriculture. They mostly grow
betel nut. About 82 households live in Mawlynnong
Keeping the surrounding environment clean is an age old tradition
Locals cleaning the roads, picking up leaves and throwing garbage in
the bin is a very common sight
Bamboo garbage bins, adorning every nook and corner of the village,
reinforce the importance of cleanliness among the villagers
Mawlynnong has toilets in every house, built under Nirmal Bharat
Abhiyan
Recently, the village has also installed around 30 solar street lights.
These street lights have been put at the initiative of Community &
Rural Development, Meghalaya, partnered by Infrastructure
Development Finance Company Foundation (IDFC), as part of its
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives

RENDEZVOUS WITH A MUDA OFFICER

Name : Mr R. Sorkhel
Designation: Town Planning Officer, MUDA
Pets littering at non-designated spots, that led to
altercations amongst the pets owners and the other
community members
One of us had been through the same situation in the past
and hence came up with the solution of carrying a spray
that dries the faeces which then becomes very convenient
to pick up and dispose
Also, in housing complexes, pet defecation areas should be
within the premises. The owners should train their pets to
defecate in the alotted place only

CURRENT INITIATIVES BEING TAKEN

BY THE GOVERNMENT
The following techniques are being considered in India for Solid Waste
management1. Palletisation
2. Anaerobic digestion (bio methanation technology for
production of power)
3. Production of organic manure (using controlled aerobic
composting)
The state government, district councils, city-based NGOs, educational
institutions and individuals together have:
1. Started awareness campaigns and
2. Launched effective action programmes to protect and preserve
the rivers

CURRENT INITIATIVES BEING TAKEN

BY THE GOVERNMENT
Clean Shillong campaign

Posters to be put up in buses promoting Motphran, the heart and

lifeline of the city
In sync with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,
1. Presentation of certificates for Green volunteers under
Mission Green, to youths with exemplary performance in making
Meghalaya clean and green
2. Distribution of prizes to the winners of Swachh Bharat Run
3. Planting of tree saplings by dignitaries

PROPOSED STRATEGIES
Keeping in view the Municipal Solid Waste (Management &
Handling) Rules, 2000, the following have been proposed:
Improvement in primary collection- house
to house collection and segregation at source.
Improvement in the secondary collectiondoing away with the age old, masonry bin
collection.
Introduction of transfer points, involving compactors for
effective collection
Improvement in transportation, with introduction of closed
body refuse vehicles

PROPOSED STRATEGIES
Improvement in the disposal system by adopting sanitary
landfill systems and waste processing facilities

Need for new institutional arrangements for coordination

PPP model to be adopted for waste management

Cleaning drives organized at frequent intervals, by the

respective Dorbar Schnongs
The entire community needs to gets involved in the work of
cleaning their own compounds, as well as the drains
running alongside their houses

THANK YOU
ANY QUESTIONS?

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http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/Sustainable%20Solid%20Waste%20Management
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