1- Integrated Decentralized Solid Waste Management Model at Nathuawala, Ward 100, Dehradun:

Developed by Dehradun Nagar Nigam with technical support of Feedback Foundation.
A study has been conducted on the SWM in Uttarakhand by Dr. Anita Joshi, Department of B. Ed, M. B. Govt. P. G. College Haldwani, Nainital, Uttarakhand India and Mr. Neeraj Joshi, Directorate of Urban Development, Uttarakhand India. According to them the decentralized method is economically sustainable and can be adopted by Urban Local Bodies of Uttarakhand for Solid Waste Management process. This project can turn out to be a role model for other Urban Local Bodies all over India.

2- Integrated Decentralized Solid Waste Management in 4 Wards under Suar Nagar Palika Parishad using ‘No Open Waste’ [NOW] Approach.

Background

  • Suar Nagar Palika Parishad (Suar NPP) is the governing body for the city of Suar in District Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
  • The Urban Local Body (ULB) was keen to introduce a scientific and modern, end-to-end solution for effective management of the municipal solid waste generated in the city, in accordance with the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2016
  • The city had engaged a private vendor for street sweeping and Collection & Transportation of municipal solid waste across its 25 wards, who used to collect and dump waste in dumping sites
  • No formal SWM system existed and garbage was dumped on drains, road sides etc

Feedback Foundation Charitable Trust (FF) is a leading provider of sustainable sanitation solutions across Rural and Urban India and has experience in making urban communities ‘No Open Waste’ on a sustainable basis. Suar NPP engaged FF for Integrated Solid Waste Management solutions, FF team then visited the NPP along with representatives from Suar NPP and potential wards for SWM were selected. The site near Valmiki Basti in Ward no 1 was selected for development of a waste management unit, ‘Sanitation Park’ for catering to the waste generated in adjacent 4 wards (Ward nos. 1, 6, 12 and 14).

Situational Assessment

Situational Assessment

  • Before launching the Pilot Project, in order to plan towards meeting the objective, situational assessment of Ward nos. 1, 6, 12 and 14 of Suar NPP, was done by inclusive and participatory methods.
  • During situational assessment, discussions were held on various topics viz. waste minimization, waste segregation and other aspects of Solid waste management.  FF focuses on minimization of waste and segregation of waste at source as the two most crucial aspects of Solid Waste Management.
  • Furthermore, the team visited the dumping points of waste in each ward to assess the present system of disposal of waste. 
  • Each ward was divided into clusters for enabling proper coverage of every ward. Route Map of each ward was made.

    • Ward No. 1: Ward No. 1 was divided into 7 clusters. 29 Dumping Points were found in the ward during assessment and 15 garbage bins were found to be placed in various locations.
    • Ward No. 6: Ward No. 6 was divided into 04 clusters. 12 Dustbins were found to have been placed at various locations.
    • Ward No. 12: Ward No. 12 was divided into 04 clusters. 22 dumping points were found in the ward during assessment.
    • Ward No. 14:
    • Ward No. 14 was divided into 04 clusters. 20 dumping points were found in the ward during assessment and 8 garbage bins were located in the ward.
    • Waste generators were identified in all the 4 wards and list was made of domestic, commercial and institutional waste generators.

 

Sanitation Park

  • "Sanitation Park" provides end to end treatment of waste generated by the waste producers  of Ward nos. 1, 6, 12 and 14 on day to day basis.
  • The segregated waste transported by the collection vehicle is off-loaded on Segregation Platform in the Sanitation Park. The waste is then weighed, following which secondary and tertiary segregation of dry waste is done.
  • Dry waste is segregated into 28 categories, cleaned and stored in separate labelled sacks for selling it to recyclers.
  • Composting of wet waste is done.
  • Value- added products are also made from recyclable materials.
  • Biomedical waste is sent to Incinerator for incineration.
  • Linkage with recyclers, dismantlers done under Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR).
Initial Challenges
  • Non availability of land
  • User-charge system not in place
  • No formal solid waste management system
  • Ignorant about SWM Rules 2016
  • Sanitation workers were not trained
  • Rampant dumping spots
  • Segregation of waste not in practice
  • Based on the achievement of the Pilot Project, Integrated Decentralized SWM Model has been scaled up and is being replicated in all the 25 wards of Suar Nagar Palika Parishad.
  • 2 Sanitation parks are developed and made functional.

 

 

3- Making 24 slums under Bhubaneswar Town Centre District (BTCD) area in Bhubaneswar ODF.

Total number of slums – 24
Total number of households – around 5700

Scope
  • Creating Open Defecation Free Slums in BTCD areas followed by close monitoring of the community over a period of six months.
  • Institutional strengthening and capacity building of stakeholders at all levels and municipality service providers including elected leaders, Community Based Organizations (CBOs) at grass-root levels etc.

Key Lessons Learnt

Key aspects of Mobilization
  • One champion at the city level makes a difference. A champion breeds more champions.
  • Developing and nurturing second layer of leadership is critical for institutional sustainability. Institutionalization of natural leaders in the form of Nigrani Committee (monitoring team) is the key to sustain behaviour change.
  • The process of triggering helps the community come together for collective action. The development activities for triggered communities should be prioritized based on the demands from the community.
  • The natural leaders that emerge from triggering become instrumental in addressing several sanitation issues and development needs.

4- Women Empowerment & School – A Case Study by Uddita of Sanjay Camp

‘I am Udita, I was born in Sanjay Camp and I live here with my small family. We used to finish our daily chores of cooking and cleaning and then spend time gossiping as we had nothing better to do. Then, the team from Feedback Foundation (FF) started the school with Sewa Bharti to teach the children of our camp and also started few activities with the women of the camp, that is how we came to know about the self-help group (SHG).

5- Impact of Open Defecation Free (ODF) Campaign – A case study by Irshad Ali of Shastri Camp.

“I am a resident of Shastri Camp, my name is Irshad Ali Shastri and I have been living in this Camp since last 35 to 40 years. There were lots of problems in the camp, the most important being, people of the camp defecating in the open and dumping garbage in and around the camp, making the camp very unhygienic. When the FF team came to our camp, they awakened the people in the camp, to the fact that our camp can also become open defecation free..

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