If you say so,
Yes, if we were not doing any good, why would there be such a big reception at Davos or the fact, China got a bit cautious after Doklam standoff and uses its proxy Global times to warn India not to intervene in Maldives.
There is a change in mentality of people slowly with the 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan'. Common people scold others if they urinate in open. There is a visible change in Hyderabad, there are no Trash bins across the street overflowing or trash thrown in street.
The Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has assigned Garbage collectors who collect garbage every alternate day from each home and they are sorted into Bio Degradable and Non Bio Degradable garbage.
The Waste collectors are each paid 50 rupees per house and they collect Waste from 1 or 2 streets That earns them around 30,000 Rs per month. If this not employment then what is?
Hyderabad’s Rajendranagar, Has Got 100% Success In Segregating Waste And Ensuring Garbage Collector Is Paid
Rajendranagar in Hyderabad sets a clear example of how planned waste segregation and treatment strategies can lead to proper management of waste
Telangana, Waste Management
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Written By: Saptarshi Dutta | Edited By: Sonia Bhaskar
| June 30, 2017 11:17 AM |
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HIGHLIGHTS
- Rajendranagar is the only circle in the city to segregate 100 per cent
- Waste is segregated at source by the residents
- Garbage collectors can earn up to Rs. 50,000 a month in the circle
Rajendranagar is one of the most populous divisions in Hyderabad, with a population of about 2.24 lakh. The division comprises 5 wards, with 97,600 households across 52 square kilometres which generate a considerable amount of waste every day, ranging from 25 to 30 tonnes. Despite generating such an amount of daily waste, Rajendranagar has managed to segregate waste daily. The waste management mechanism in the circle is such that despite the generation of so much waste, it does not pile up. The waste is segregated and dealt with on a daily basis. Nearly all the households in the circle segregate waste before handing it over to garbage collectors.
The circle has a vermicompost plant and two dry waste collection centres. The vermicompost plant is where all the organic waste is dumped and post a composting process, usable manure is manufactured. Due to daily segregation and collection of waste, nearly 2 to 3 tonnes of organic waste is sent to the vermicompost plant every day, which is enormous, considering the size of Rajendranagar. Plastic waste is sent to the two waste collection centres, where the waste is recycled in bulk. On completion of the recycling process, the waste is sold to companies. This way, the waste generated daily is treated daily. The waste yard at Jawaharnagar, where most of the city’s waste is dumped, does not see the addition of any waste from Rajendranagar, a fact civic officials are proud of.
Residents of Rajendranagar segregate waste regularlyRajendranagar is a success story every part of the city should look to replicate. The residents practice segregation and handover the waste to the garbage collectors. The waste is treated within the circle itself and is not dependent on landfills or external plants for treatment. This calculated practice of dealing with waste has made Rajendranagar very successful, said Dr. P. Padma, Assistant Medical Health Officer, GHMC.
Apart from ensuring that it is the only circle in Hyderabad which segregates 100 per cent of the waste generated, Rajendranagar has also become a circle ensuring steady income for the garbage collectors. For waste collectors employed by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), waste collection is a steady and sustainable source of income. GHMC owned tricycles are driven by waste collectors, who drive these around the residential areas of Rajendranagar and collect waste. The monthly average income of a waste collector working at the Rajendranagar division is around Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000. Rs. 30,000 is earned by waste collectors on selling non-biodegradable waste to ITC, which has a contractual agreement with GHMC to buy waste from the civic body. The rest is earned by the waste collectors via door-to-door collection fee of Rs. 50 from each household. ITC uses the paper or cardboard waste for packaging of FMCG goods.The GHMC’s ensuring that garbage collectors are given the whole amount collected from households, which is a great step towards ensuring fair and deserving payment for their work. Each worker is allotted a particular number of households in Rajendranagar and is responsible for collecting waste from them daily. The monthly fee paid by these households is collected by the garbage collectors and retained by them. In addition to that, these workers sell a part of their daily waste to ITC which pays them in exchange. On an average, a worker can earn anywhere between Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 30,000 per month by selling waste to ITC.
To ensure that absolutely nothing goes to waste in Rajendranagar, the civic officials have also began an initiative named ‘Wall of Kindness.’ Instead of disposing old clothes, books, footwear or any other items of domestic use, the GHMC has requested people to deposit them at the ‘Wall of Kindness.’ Those who cannot afford to buy clothes and similar essentials can pick them up from the wall. The initiative has been taken under the ‘Swachh Rajendranagar’ campaign to ensure that the needy people in the area are not deprived of essentials. Till now, two such walls have been put up in Rajendranagar, and the civic body has also put up sheds to ensure that rain doesn’t dampen the kindness displayed by people. The civic body also plans to put up three more such walls in the area.
The Wall of Kindness is an example of the circle’s humane sideRajendranagar’s commitment to tackle waste has seen success because of how the division has been proactive in ensuring that waste is segregated at source and tackled on a daily basis, whether by selling to a third party or by sending the waste to recycling plants. The ‘Wall of Kindness’ initiative shows a more humane side of GHMC towards making Rajendranagar a part of the city where nothing goes to waste, literally.
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People who are wondering how waste is segregated, The GHMC has given every house two Buckets, the woman in picture is showing its color coded, Green bucket is for bio degradable,wet,perishable waste and Blue for non Bio degradable waste.
The color coding is so easy even a lay man will know where to put the waste into which bucket and prevent an unnecessary headache for Waste collectors to sort out and segregate waste products.
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