Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

streams is varying. The institutional set up comprises of a tripartite including the generators, managers as
well as the regulators of waste. Chapter 7 reviews the existing institutional arrangements and financial
outlay of waste management system in Pune. A case for setting of an ISWM Cell is argued especially for
implementation of the ISWM Action Plan and its Monitoring.
The ISWM action plan in the form of 31schemes, proposes several options for improvising the overall
efficiency of Pune’s waste management system. The schemes proposed are estimated to cost Rs. 83.2
Million over a period of 5 years. Looking at the annual budget as well as the annual average expenses
carried out on SWM, the budget for implementation of schemes is within 5% of the annual revenues.
The benefits of ISWM plan however, in terms of increase in efficiencies, generation of employment, value
addition of products through recycling have not been estimated. In addition revenues from the sale of
carbon credits will be possible by deploying CDM related schemes. Thus the implementation of ISWM
action plan should provide economic advantage to PMC in addition to environmental improvement,
social upliftment and stimulating business in waste sector.
The implementation of the plan is entirely dependent upon the effective communication of the plan to all
the stakeholders for communicating their responsibilities towards improvement of the waste management
services. The stakeholders getting aware about the action plan will not be enough for actions/ strategies
for to be implemented at the ground level. There should be appropriate and specialized training for up
gradation of technical knowhow as well as building certain specific skill-sets and competencies required
for a particular sector. Chapter 8 elucidates the overall methodology adopted for communicating the
ISWM plan to the stakeholders. The communication of the report has been implemented through various
means as shown in Figure 10.
Figure 10: Means and Methods for communicating the ISWM Report
A dynamic web-site has been developed in order to communicate the progress of the project. The website was
launched in January to accelerate the communication process. Some of the key characteristics of this website
include:
• The website has 124 members who participate in the online discussions, post publications and
participate in events related to Solid waste management in Pune.
• Members have an access to all the publications related to ISWM project that include reports,
concept notes and presentations made during the Stakeholders’ consultation workshops and
technical work group meetings. There are about 43 publications on the site and about 740
downloads by the members.
ISWM Plan for Pune
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