news details |
|
|
| From city of Temples to city of Garbage: Jammu undergoing a quick transformation | | Govt, JMC in prolonged criminal slumber | | Abodh Sharma
Early Times Report
JAMMU, July 15: Monsoon rains in the last couple of weeks have exposed the vulnerability of the city and while rampant encroachments along the water channels are being blamed for the flooding of the low lying areas and the repeated loss of property, experts believe that total lack of a solid waste management policy is a major reason for the inundation.
Eventhough environmentalists have time and again expressed grave concern over the manner in which Jammu Municipal Corporation has been disposing off tones of city's waste everyday and sought proactive intervention of the government, nothing has been done in years.
According to a feasibility study, Jammu was producing over 400 MT of solid waste every day that included 345 MT of Municipal Solid Waste, 7.20 MT of bio medical waste, 6.60 MT of Industrial waste and 1.50 MT of waste from religious activities. Given the fact that per capita MSW is assumed at 430 gms, city's collective MSW in next ten years shall be over 562 MT while total per day solid waste exceed 1003 MT. The figures clearly indicate that in the absence of an effective waste management mechanism, city would head for a major environmental catastrophe.
Sources disclose that an ambitious proposal under Public-Private Participation mode that promises not only sanitation of the city through effective and eco friendly management of its solid waste, but also produce adequate power from its disposal.
After various environment activists and responsible citizens raised alarm over lack of policy over city's waste management, JMC woke up to the need to dispose city's increasing solid waste and initiate a process towards it in early 2011. In this regard, Tender was floated by JMC vide NIT no. JMC/S/615 dated 07.01.2011. The Tender was submitted along with price bid on dated 28.01.2011. J&K Industrial Project Consultant PVT LTD was awarded the consultancy services and entrusted with the responsibility of preparing a feasibility report, for which a Letter of Intent was issued to the consultants on 30.03.2011. A formal agreement in this regard was signed on dated 09.04.2011 between JMC & JKIPC. The consultants conducted a thorough study for a year and submitted a detailed feasibility report to the JMC on 03.04.2012; but more than a year and a half, JMC has sat over the report of huge public relevance and importance.
Identifying serious lacunae in the manner in which JMC is carrying out disposal of solid waste in the city, the Feasibility report has pointed out that while on 70 percent of the entire municipal area is attended regularly, only 56 percent of the generated waste is collected.
The recommendations made in the feasibility report include defining and developing a strategy for waste collection and transportation; ensuring participation of public by conducting awareness programs on good waste management practices through schools, colleges, NGOs, Youth groups and direct interaction with public. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
STOCK UPDATE |
|
|
 |
| BSE
Sensex |
 |
| NSE
Nifty |
|
|
| |
CRICKET UPDATE |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
