Strategic Action Plan - International Environmental Technology Centre

Strategic Action Plan Report
The waste from households and commercial premises is primarily collected through community
collection bins. The collection bins of various capacities are placed at designated locations. Door to
door collection has also been introduced in all wards with the help of Ghanta Gadis 32 , cycle rickshaws
and wheel barrows. Collection through cycle rickshaws and wheel barrows are offered to the areas
which are not easily accessible to Ghanta Gadis. PMC has employed this system with the involvement
of some NGOs like Kagad Kach Patra Kashtakari Panchayat (KKPKP), Disha Foundation, Utkarsha
Foundation, Abhiyan Foundation, Bhagatsingh Brigade etc. These informal sector players are
working at the level of collection of waste and in recycling sector primarily. While some of these
vehicles are operated by PMC workers the others are operated by PMC authorized rag pickers
working for the NGOs. About 60 % of the city is being covered by door step collection of waste.
The door-to-door collection is done by various types of vehicles such as:
• Wheel Barrows
• Cycle Rickshaws
• Ghanta Gadis(vehicles with bells) The actual findings of the observations made during the
survey are explained in Box 3.4.
Box 3.4: Actual Collection System Using Ghanta-Gadis
In order to assess the operational efficiency of the Ghanta-Gadis, using real-time data, a survey was
conducted in the Ghole Road ward as explained in Chapter 3. Two out of the six observed Ghanta-
Gadis have separate containers for dry and wet waste. Rag-pickers segregate the waste at the Ghanta-
Gadis. The following key observations regarding the operation of Ghanta-Gadis have been made
during the survey:
• Although there are separate containers available for dry and wet wastes, actually, mixed
waste enters in both the containers. As per the PMC personnel managing the ghanta-gadis, this
trend has been a result of the inclusion of rag-pickers at that level. The segregation of waste
undertaken by rag-pickers, has supposedly led to a reduction in the source-level segregation.
• The containers put up on the ghanta-gadis are of the same size. However, it is advisable that
the containers collecting wet waste should be larger in size, taking into consideration the fact
that the wet waste is produced in larger quantities than the dry waste.
• As per the perception study, conducted for the denizens of the Ghole Road ward, people are
aware and happy about the door-to-door collection system of waste collection. Also the
timings of the waste collection are preferable.
• Some of the ghanta-gadis are also deployed for collecting bio-degradable waste.
Apart from the vehicles employed for collecting Municipal Solid Waste, separate vehicles are
employed by PMC for the collection of Hotel Waste. As per the survey details, conducted for Ghole
Road ward, the hotels store their organic waste in green biodegradable bags whereas black bags are
used for dumping the card-board as well as the paper waste which are eventually collected through
Hotel gadis. Some hotel owners dispose off their waste through jute bags.
32 Vehicles with bells
ISWM Plan for Pune 42