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CASE STUDY
commercial establishments The municipality has 4 control room for intelligent
daily, but the household level MRFs at different locations fleet management, smart
collection for BDW is still in the municipality. The waste management, Mobile
poor in most of the areas. detailed performance and Apps, GIS tracking, CCTV
So, source level treatment is functionality along with etc. For SWM to be citizen
promoted. The uncollected capacity utilisation is assessed oriented, one needs to
BDW from household level is for gap analysis. include cost to be incurred
managed at source level using on Information Education
simple traditional methods Gap Analysis is an important & Communication (IEC).
such as pit composting, feed part of SWM plan. Once the Furthermore, Environment &
for cattle rearing, poultry etc. capacity utilisation of the Social Monitoring framework
The NBDW part is stored at existing facilities, be it source (ESMF), need to be put in
source and handing over the level treatment, community/ place.
same to informal sector/scrap institutional treatment and/
dealers. or centralised treatment is The cost-estimates need to be
finalised, one can compare realistic. The cost-estimates
Adequate arrangements are with the projected design should cover unforeseen
made for transferring waste waste quantity to know as to expenses & contingencies
from all wards to the available what additional needs to be and preferably GST should
NBDW processing facilities, done to the existing facilities. be added. The cost-estimates
and also available vehicles should not miss out any
are used on need basis for This SWM Plan is prepared important peripheral
collection and transportation by assessing the existing expenses (ESMF, IEC, ICT).
of waste from different places situation through site visits, The cost should also include
and the same is integrated in consultations with various the cost of regional landfill
the SWM plan. stakeholders and from the or development works, and
feedback received from if there is any bio mining
At present Household level various workshops/meetings involved, the cost of same
waste is treated and disposed conducted at SPMU level. needs to be added.
at source, using different types The identified gaps in each
of compost units, kitchen area of SWM activities in Once the project cost is
bins (3 bin system), ring KMC is considered, and the finalised, it is important
composting, pit composting SWM Plan is designed for a to identify the possible
units and biogas plants and short term of 5 years period. sources of funds that needs
the same is analysed and The strategy adopted is to to be pooled to meet the
enumerated with statistical meet the requirement of expenses. The CAPEX needs
details for all wards. compliance of SWM Rules to be spread across the
2016, State Policy, Kerala project period, based on the
KMC has 112 acres of land Municipal Act (KMA) and the investment schedule. The
at Bhrahmapuram for Solid related guidelines/manuals sustainability of any proposal
waste management. There is published by the State and depends on the operation &
a centralized BSF bio-waste Central Governments. maintenance. One need to
Management facility and calculate a realistic OPEX and
windrow compost plant at The proposal should also spread it across five years of
Bhrahmapuram. There is include state-of-the-art the horizon period. The cost-
another Windrow compost Integrated Communication recovery and all possible
plant at Bhrahmapuram. Technology (ICT) with sources of revenues need to
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