THROUGH MANAGING MUNICIPAL WASTE PUBLIC –PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN GWALIOR, M.P. (A CASE STUDY)

Rakesh Gir, D. Rastogi, Sanjay Tiwari

Abstract: Gwalior, the 4th largest city of Madhya Pradesh, generates about 300 Tones of municipal solid waste daily. However, Gwalior Municipal Corporation had the capacity to collect and dispose about 60 % of this to the trenching ground located near the Air Force base about 8km away on north of the city. The wastes contain bio-degradable, non-biodegradable, especially plastic, recyclable waste. Besides the presence of a carcass utilization centre (CUC), which attracts birds was a nuisance for the military aircrafts flying from the air force base. To control the bird hit menace and to improve the solid waste management in compliance to the Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000, Gwalior Municipal Corporation initiated a comprehensive programme, which include development of infrastructure such as Engineered Landfill site, Mechanical and Vermi Composting units, promoting segregation waste at source and door to door collection of segregated waste through public private partnership

Keywords: Responsibility of municipal authority, Management of Municipal Solid Wastes, Public –Private Partnership

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0302021