A more systematic way of handling waste in Mangalore will become a reality soon with the State government taking a decision in this regard. On Wednesday, it approved the second of the two bids for handling waste in three packages.
With this, one private company will handle two packages – collection and transport of solid waste from north zone (29 wards) and south zone (31 wards) – while another will handle operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill site and compost plant at Pachchanady.
Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Harish Kumar K. told The Hindu that the government had approved the bid of Antony Waste Handling Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, for collecting and transporting solid waste from north and south zones.
Mr. Kumar said that on August 23, it approved the bid of IL&FS Environmental Infrastructure and Services Ltd., Delhi, for operation and maintenance of the sanitary landfill site and the compost plant at Pachchanady.
Manjunath R Shetty, MCC Environment Engineer, who was instrumental in preparing the scheme, said that the bid quoted by the Mumbai-based company for north zone was above 87 per cent higher than the estimated cost (of the civic body) of 2010.
The company had quoted Rs. 7.95 crore as against the estimated cost of Rs. 4.25 crore per annum. The same company quoted 76 per cent more than the estimated cost of 2010 for collecting and transporting solid waste from south zone – Rs. 9.67 crore as against the estimated cost of Rs. 5.47 crore per annum.
But, Mr. Shetty said, when the estimated cost was revised for 2012, the rates quoted by the company would be up by 12 to 14 per cent.
The Delhi-based company had quoted Rs. 238 per tonne for operation and maintenance of the landfill site. The cost estimated by the corporation was Rs. 248 per tonne. In this case, the company quoted four per cent less than the estimation, he said.
Mr. Kumar said that the Delhi-based company would start operation and maintenance at Pachchanady from December 10.
He said that the Mumbai-based company would take some time for collecting and transporting solid waste from the two zones as it had to prepare itself for deploying men and machines. Till then, the present eight contractors would collect waste.
Mr. Shetty said that under the scheme, it was mandatory to install global positioning system equipment in vehicles transporting solid waste from wards to the dumping yard at Pachchanady. The company selected would have to sweep streets, remove weeds and clean road dividers. Other features of the scheme were elimination of multiple handling of solid waste and compulsory cleaning of beaches at Surathkal, Mukka, Tannirbavi, and Kasba Bengre.
The proposal was mooted in January 2010. On February 15, 2012, the civic body sent a list of two bidders selected for handling solid waste in the city in three packages for approval.
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13) Roads should be stretched till the foot path, there should be no
gap to collect dust and make road dirty. And
each foot path should be connected with a drainage. This will
eliminate dust on street and weeds growing on road
side
14) Road dividers should have no mud in between them. Also they should
be cone shaped so that there is no space
where people can throw waste. If you want to plant plants then do it
on road side after foot path.
15) I was on Tannirbhavi last month and went on a drive till the end,
and it was pathetic. There were no proper road in the first place and
garbage everywhere. People were living in poor conditions. Please
consruct a proper society there and out side that everything should be
neat and only just beauty. Bring tourism , water sports, hotels etc.
Dont make Mangalore a Bangalore
6) Collected garbage should then be transported to designated MCC
location where it will be scientifically
processed and recycled. Bio degradable wastes can be composted and
non-biodegradable waste (plastic, glass etc)
recycled and sold. Money generated can be used for city development.
7) Garbage bins should be in streets for every 100-200 feet (bin with
a biodegradable storage bag inside).
8) MCC should collect the bag and replace with a new one everyday
morning.
9) People should be fined for not using them for garbage disposal and
throwing them on street. (traffic police
should have a watchdog patrol in street every couple of hours)
10) Above 3 steps eliminates sweeping from streets.
11) Make the JOB of a MCC cleaner (paurakarmika) respectable
12) To remove dust and leaves from road use air blowers. and not Hands
to sweep. Use instruments. Its 21st century.
I honestly recommend below steps to be implemented or at least
considered in MCC discussions,
1) The system should be standardized from end-to-end
2) Educate people on waste seggregation, handle templates with steps
in each home
3) Introduce a mandatory chapter/subject in school on the need of
keeping the living environment hygenic and the
city beautiful. Mention risks to society if not done , like spreading
of diseases, ground water pollution, air
pollution etc.
4) Bio degradable disposable Bags should be available free in each
ward and in stores for a reasonable cost
so that people can use them only for waste storage at home.
5) MCC should collect only the garbage from each
home/apartments/hotels. If the garbage was not segregated there should
be a small fine and also MCC inspectors should educate them.
Seggregation point should be present in apartments where people of
each home must throw their seggregated waste.
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