Telangana government, in its report to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to be submitted on April 29, has projected door-to-door garbage collection in the urban local bodies (ULBs) at almost 96%. In the city, the same is mentioned to be close to 99%.
The report has been prepared following orders by the NGT to all States, calling for status reports and immediate future plans with regard to compliance to Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
Segregation at 43%
Accordingly, Chief Secretary S.K. Joshi will present the report to the tribunal in Delhi on the appointed day. The report, with data collated from 142 ULBs in the State, including the recently created 68, pegs the total garbage generated at 8,450 metric tonnes (MT), of which 5,626 MT is generated from the city. Of this, almost 98% trash is collected, but only 43% is segregated.
For the State capital, the segregation is projected at 63%. The number of ULBs practising composting of wet garbage is put at 62, while those having dry waste collection centres are 30. Except 49, all the ULBs have got land for processing and disposal of waste, though GHMC alone has a fully mechanised processing system and scientific landfill facility in the State.
The report mentions detailed project reports for solid waste management for all ULBs, with components such as composting, material recovery facility and Refuse Derived Fuel facility, with landfills earmarked cluster wise. Accordingly, 20 clusters have been formed with 50-km distance from ULBs, for establishment of regional landfills. The DPRs have been sent to the centre for sanction of funds under the Swachh Bharat Mission, while for 31 more municipalities, they are in preparatory stage.
No dumping land
The report mentions that 12 ULBs in the State do not have land for dumping, which is down from the 24 earlier. The proposals for allotment of dump sites for the 12 are under active consideration, it says.
Also providing a cursory view of the solid waste management in Hyderabad, the report said the proposed 19.8 MW waste to energy plant on the premises of Jawahar Nagar facility will be operational in June this year. Three more plants, one each in Karimnagar, Suryapet and Nalgonda districts are not operational owing to various reasons.
Also mentioning the notification spelling out the Solid Waste Management Policy and Strategy last year, the report has assured full compliance by October this year.
Measures such as Construction & Demolition waste processing plants, biomedical waste treatment, enforcement against plastic use, faecal sludge and septage management plants, besides the targets under the recently initiated ‘Saaf Hyderabad-Shandaar Hyderabad’ have been mentioned under the head of Future Action Plan.
Most targets mentioned by the NGT with regard to full compliance of solid waste management rules, have only been partially achieved by GHMC, except for constitution of State-level monitoring committee and passing of strictures on various fronts.
