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egarding the implementation of all other environmental rules and regulations also is vested on
MPCB.
Pune Municipal Corporation
The PMC is accountable for the implementation of the provision of these MSW rules. This means
PMC is responsible to provide and facilitate for collection, segregation, storage, transport, processing
and disposal of the MSW generated in the city. Within PMC the division of functions is defined as
follows:
The health department of PMC oversees the MSW management of the city. However the transport
facilities being used for the movement of the waste are not with the health department.
Presently, there is no apparent linkage between the health department and the town planning
department of the PMC in the SWM context, whereas the town planning practices do affect the
management of solid waste.
The implementation of the SWM functions of Pune is undertaken by the available manpower with
the health department. As discussed the MSW management of Pune is predominantly managed by
the health department officials. The senior officers are qualified medical doctors and most of them
have specialization in public health. The sanitary inspectors along with their team work at the ward
levels for managing the SWM activities. There is relatively low engineering department support.
At the landfill also the operations are handled by the staff from the health department.
As is obvious from the discussion above, the PMC does not have the multidisciplinary team to
handle the varied issues of MSW management.
In its endeavor to improve the waste management situation of the city, PMC has developed linkages
with various NGOs and organizations. However the lack of a formal structure and description of
jobs expected makes the process repetitive.
A quick review of the existing institutional framework brings out various other organizations /
institutions capable of providing the support to the waste management scenario and thus augmenting
the waste management process. If these organizations are looked at from the perspective of
Integrated Solid Waste Management, then the potential linkages as depicted in Figure 3.33 could be
explored.
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