Coimbatore ranks 4 - FICCI Survey

Coimbatore ranks 4 place in solid waste management - FICCI's Survey on Solid waste management

With only one per cent of skilled personnel engaged in solid waste management out of a battery of 52,000 workforce, which is highest in the metros, Delhi has faired badly in handling the solid waste, according to a survey conducted by FICCI.

Compared to Delhi which produces 5,900 metric tonnes waste per day (mtd), cities like Mumbai with 8,000 mtd, Kolkata (3,000 mtd) and Chennai (3,500 mtd) have, however, recorded better total waste efficiency. This can be attributed to a higher number of skilled manpower engaged in solid waste management by Mumbai. For instance, Mumbai ranks second with 40,140 personnel (5,000 skilled workers) followed by Madurai, Coimbatore and Nasik, deployed for solid waste management.

The survey, which attempted to cover 35 cities with a population of more than one million, got response from urban local bodies of 25 cities including Agra, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Indore, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Cochin, Surat, Meerut, Mumbai, Patna and Nasik. With the highest population size of 1.5 crore, Delhi has the highest per capital expenditure on solid waste management (Rs 431) followed by Mumbai (Rs 428), Jaipur (Rs 301), Chennai (Rs 295) and Ludhiana (Rs 258). Though door-to-door collection has almost failed in Delhi, 17 out of 25 cities surveyed have introduced door-to-door collection.

"Cities such as Nagpur, Nasik, Surat and Hyderabad have door-to-door collection throughout the cities in all zones/wards," says the survey. Nagpur, Nasik and Bangalore claim 100 per cent collection efficiency in terms of households from where waste is collected, while Surat and Hyderabad have shown an efficiency of 80 per cent and 75 per cent respectively.

Contrary to popular belief that the national capital is spending highest on waste management system among the cities surveyed, it is the Asansol Municipal Corporation which has been allocating the highest percentage of funds on waste collection efficiency. Privatisation seems to be the key for many cities like Bangalore, Mumbai, Jaipur and Nagpur where the maximum activities have been handed over to the private sector while Coimbatore and Asansol have evinced a possibility of privatising all solid waste management activities in future.

Twenty-three out of 25 cities selected for the survey have opted for privatisation. Suggesting that awareness regarding solid waste management is yet to reach the community, the survey notes that all the cities are facing strong resistance from the community against source segregation as well as setting up of centralised treatment facility in their locality. Lack of appropriate space, funds and adequate technical know-how are major bottlenecks which are being faced by almost all the cities in waste management, says the survey.

Source: Times of India

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