MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

AT
HASTINAPUR, UTTAR PRADESH- BEST PRACTICES

Central Pollution Control Board

New Delhi

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 CONTRIBUTION

Guidance and planning  Dr. Prashant Gargava

Member Secretary, CPCB, Delhi

Coordinators  Dr. A.K. Vidyarthi,

Director and DH, WQM-II
 Ms. Reena Satavan, Sc. D, WQM - II

Inspection Team  Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Sc. D, WQM - II

 Late Sh. Pradeep Mishra, RA-III, WQM - II

Report Compilation and  Dr. Pankaj Kumar, Sc. D, WQM - II

Preparation  Dr. Abhas Kumar Maharana, Sc. B, WQM - II
 Ms. Manu Jindal, Sc. B, WQM - II
 Late Sh. Pradeep Mishra, RA-III, WQM - II

Report Review  Dr. (Prof.) Vivek Kumar, Centre for Rural

Development & Technology, Indian Institute of
Technology, New Delhi

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We thank the support and encouragement received from the Chairman and Member
Secretary of Central Pollution Control Board during the preparation of this report.

We would like to thank the funding agencies National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG)
under Pollution Inventorization, Assessment and Surveillance on River Ganga (PIAS)
project and World Bank under Strengthening of Environmental Regulators (SER) project
for their financial supports.

We are also thankful to EO, Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat and other officials for sharing
data and also involving during the inspection.

We would like to thank Dr. (Prof.) Vivek Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, New
Delhi for giving time to review this report technically for better presentation and
understanding.

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................ 6

2. RATIONALE .................................................................................................................... 7

3. HASTINAPUR NAGAR PANCHAYAT (STUDY SITE) ............................................ 8

4. ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AT

HASTINAPUR ......................................................................................................................... 9

4.1 Types of wastes and their management criteria ................................................... 10

4.1.1 Municipal Solid Waste .......................................................................................... 10

4.1.2 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Waste ........................................................ 11

4.1.3 Sewage..................................................................................................................... 11

4.1.4 Plastic Waste .......................................................................................................... 11

4.1.5 Bio-Medical Waste ................................................................................................. 11

4.1.6 C&D Waste ............................................................................................................ 11

4.2 Solid waste generation, collection & transport .......................................................... 11

4.3 Segregation .................................................................................................................... 13

4.4 Resource recovery and reuse ....................................................................................... 13

4.5 Compost Plant .............................................................................................................. 15

4.6 Disposal of municipal solid waste ............................................................................... 17

4.7 Nala screening............................................................................................................... 18

5. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS (STRENGTH) .................................................... 18

6. CHALLENGES .............................................................................................................. 18

7. CITY PERFORMANCE AND RECOGNITION ........................................................ 18

8. WAY FORWARD .......................................................................................................... 20

Annexure-1: (Inspection report) ........................................................................................... 21

Annexure-A: Summary note ................................................................................................. 25

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE 1: MAP OF 21 GANGA FRONT TOWNS IN U.P. ............................................................. 7

FIGURE 2: MAP OF HASTINAPUR NAGAR PANCHAYAT ............................................................ 8
FIGURE 3: HASTINAPUR WARD MAP ......................................................................................... 9
FIGURE 4: CPCB OFFICIALS INTERACTING WITH EO, HASTINAPUR ..................................... 9
FIGURE 5: SOLID WASTE GENERATION AT HASTINAPUR (NAGAR PANCHAYAT,
HASTINAPUR, DEC 2019) ................................................................................................. 10
FIGURE 6: MSW COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION......................................................... 12
FIGURE 7: SLRM CENTER AT NP HASTINAPUR..................................................................... 14
FIGURE 8: COMPOST PLANT AT SLRM CENTRE NP HASTINAPUR ...................................... 16
FIGURE 9: OLD DUMPING SITE FOR MSW AT NP HASTINAPUR ........................................... 17
FIGURE 10: NALA SCREENING AND CLEANING AT NP HASTINAPUR ..................................... 17
FIGURE 11: SWACCH SURVEKSHAN 2019 RANK OF HASTINAPUR ......................................... 19
FIGURE 12: NORTH ZONE RANK: 11 AND STATE RANK: 8 (SOURCE: SWACHH SURVEKSHAN
2019, MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIR) ....................................................... 20

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1. INTRODUCTION

Human activities lead to generation of waste which, while collecting, handling and
sorting, may pose risk to human health and environment. Most developing countries have
acknowledged the immediate need of handling waste particularly Municipal Solid Waste
(MSW). However, rapid urbanization, industrialization and population growth overpower the
capacity of most municipal authorities to provide even the most basic services. Major issue is
failure in collection of 100% MSW generated which consequences into dumping of uncollected
waste in open and drains. This leads to gaseous emissions, flooding, breeding of insects,
spreading many diseases and formation of leachates. Leachate contaminates the groundwater
as well as surface water in the vicinity and gaseous emissions contribute to global warming.
Moreover, even collected waste is often disposed of in un-controlled dump sites and/or burnt,
polluting soil, water resources and air.
Municipal solid waste comprises of solid/semi-solid waste such as domestic & sanitary
waste, catering & market waste, street sweepings, commercial & institutional waste,
construction & demolition waste, silt removed/collection from surface drains and treated
biomedical waste. It excludes industrial hazardous waste, untreated biomedical waste and e-
waste.
The management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is going through a critical phase due
to unavailability of suitable technical and management tools to handle solid waste generated in
Class-I & II cities. Poor collection, segregation and inadequate transportation are primarily
responsible for creating garbage heap of MSW at every corner. In addition to this, un-scientific
disposal of waste also causes an adverse impact on environment and water bodies and
eventually on public health as well.
As per the report available on solid waste in India Water Portal, an individual residing
in Indian metro city produces an average of 0.8 Kg waste on daily basis
(https://www.indiawaterportal.org/topics/solid-waste). The total MSW generated in urban
India is estimated as 68.8 million tons per year whereas the average collection of MSW ranges
only from 22% to 60%. As per the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016 notified by
MoEF&CC, it includes only commercial and residential waste generated in municipal or
notified areas in either solid or semi-solid form excluding industrial hazardous wastes but
including treated bio-medical wastes.

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 MSW composition in India is approximately 40%-60% compostable,30%-50% inert,
and 10%-30% recyclable (Sharma and Jain, 2019). According to the National Environmental
Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Indian waste consists of 0.64% ± 0.8% nitrogen,
0.67% ± 0.15% phosphorus, and 0.68% ± 0.15% potassium, and has a 26 ± 5 C∶N ratio (Gupta
et al. 2015; Joshi and Ahmed 2016).

2. RATIONALE
A review meeting was conducted with 21 Ganga Front Towns of Uttar Pradesh on 18th May,
2018 followed by 15th November, 2019 to assess the current status and develop a
comprehensive action plan to standardize the solid waste management at Ganga front towns.
Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat was projected as a Model Ganga town in terms of handling
municipal solid waste in a sustainable manner. The city is working with focused approach
towards achieving 100% door to door collection and more than 60% of waste segregation on
daily basis. Map of 21 Ganga river front towns in Uttar Pradesh is depicted in Fig 1.
This assessment study intended to recognize the best practices and technical
interventions initiated by Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat projected to be the Model Ganga Town
among 21 towns in Uttar Pradesh.

Figure 1: Map of 21 Ganga front Towns in U.P.

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3. HASTINAPUR NAGAR PANCHAYAT (STUDY SITE)
Hastinapur is located on the right bank of an old bed of the Ganges and is portrayed as the
capital of the Kuru Kingdom of Kauravas in Mahabharata. Many incidents in the Mahabharata
were set in the city of Hastinapur.
The present-day Hastinapur is a town designed and re-established by former PM Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru along with Chandigarh, the UT and joint capital of Haryana and Punjab in
the Doab region. Hastinapur is a Nagar Panchayat city in district of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh and
city is divided into 15 wards. The city located approx. 37 Km from Meerut and 90 Km north-
east of Delhi on National Highway 119 (29.17°N, 78.02°E) having an average elevation of 218
meters.
Hastinapur experiences extremes of climate, just like other cities in Uttar Pradesh. The
summer season lasts from March to May, during which the temperature ranges between 32-
40°C. The monsoon season continues from July to September, during which the temperature is
relatively low. The winter season lasts from December to February, with December being the
coldest month of the year. During this time, the temperature can drop to around 5°C and usually
doesn't go beyond 14°C.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Hastinapur had a population of 26,452. The
literacy rate of the town is 73.9% against the national average of 59.5%. Map of Hastinapur
Nagar Panchayat is depicted in Fig 2. Ward map of Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat is depicted in
Fig 3.

Figure 2: Map of Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat

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 Figure 3: Hastinapur ward map

4. ASSESSMENT OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AT

HASTINAPUR

Inspection team from CPCB, New

Delhi visited Hastinapur city on 14th
February 2020 to assess and record
the technical feasibility and
financial viability of ongoing
intervention at proposed model
town (Fig 4). Visit report on waste
generated as per information
available with EO, NPH and City
sanitation plan of Hastinapur is
depicted in Annexure-1.
Figure 4: CPCB officials interacting with EO,
The Nagar Panchayat- Hastinapur Hastinapur
(NPH) is responsible for the civic
administration of the city, which
also includes the management of the Solid Waste generated on daily basis. The various sources

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of MSW generation include domestic households, commercial establishment, hotels, hospitals
etc. As information provided by NPH, about 9.26 TPD was generated during 2019. The detail
of the same is depicted in Fig 5, where it can be seen that municipal solid waste contributes
around 82% of the total solid waste generated at Hastinapur during 2019.
The NPH is responsible for the civic administration of the city, which also includes the
management of the Solid Waste generated on daily basis. The various sources of MSW
generation include domestic households, commercial establishment, hotels, hospitals etc. As
information provided by NPH, about 9.26 TPD was generated during 2019. The detail of the
same is depicted in Fig 5, where it can be seen that MSW contributes around 82% of the total
solid waste generated at Hastinapur during 2019.

Solid Waste Generation

C & D Waste
6%
Plastic Waste
8%

Bio-Medical Waste
4%

Commercial/Market
Complex waste
(MSW) Household waste
14% (MSW)
68%

Figure 5: Solid waste generation at Hastinapur (Nagar Panchayat, Hastinapur, Dec 2019)
(100%=9.26 TPD)

4.1 Types of wastes and their management criteria

Various types of waste and its best management practices at Hastinapur is as following:
4.1.1 Municipal Solid Waste
 100 % door to door collection from household, market complex, commercial hubs
etc.
 More than 60% of waste segregated and recycled
 100% organic waste converted into compost and supply to local farmers and
revenue generated

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 4.1.2 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Waste
 Agriculture waste and Animal waste managed at field itself by farmers to produce
compost and reuse
4.1.3 Sewage
 Septage managed at household (Septic tank and Soak pit)
 Two Sewer Suction Machine for collection and disposal of Septage
 Septage disposed of at nearest forest and dumped into agriculture land
4.1.4 Plastic Waste
 Followed On-Source-Segregation
 Penalty levied on defaulter commercial entities
 Weekly inspection to market and Haat by Nagar Panchayat (NP) officials
 Penalty on ploy-ethylene seller
 Mass awareness programme to avoid single-use-plastic
4.1.5 Bio-Medical Waste
 Government and Private Hospitals self-managed
 Frequent audit by Nagar Panchayat
 Household Bio-Medical Waste collected by NP and handover to Bio-medical waste
management vendor
4.1.6 C&D Waste
 Designated C&D dumping ground provided by Nagar Panchayat
 Penalty levied on the defaulter
 Reuse in Government construction

4.2 Solid waste generation, collection & transport

The solid waste is collected from different sources in different methods. The waste from the
households and commercials establishments are covered under door to door collection of waste
with the help of manual tricycles, E-Rickshaw and Tractor. NPH has issued two color coded
bins to all households and individual shopkeepers at market complex to encourage 100%
collection and segregation of waste at source. Market and chicken & mutton waste are being
collected separately by two numbers of Auto tippers. In order to facilitate collection of MSW
from the bulk generators like marriage & function halls, hotels, restaurants & lodgings, two
numbers of tractors placed at commercial areas and bulk waste generation points. Solid waste
collection & transport at NP Hastinapur is depicted in Fig 6. The MSW stored in the dumper

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bins is transferred to the compost facility and SLRM (Solid Liquid Resource management)
center located inside the Nagar Panchayat office campus.

Figure 6: MSW collection and Transportation

Street sweepings and drain cleanings are the other major aspects for the Nagar
Panchayat to handle the MSW generated. Both the activities are carried out twice a day by
trained man power with the help of mechanical equipment. To ensure the activities performed
on daily basis, photos and videos shared through WhatsApp group managed by Nagar
Panchayat officials. Also frequent inspection conducted by supervisors and Executive officers
to confirm the operating procedure followed by workers. The street sweepings and the silt
collected from the road side drains are temporarily stored is small heaps on the road sides and
are collected in the bins, transferred via tractor for treatment and disposal. Twelve numbers of
permanent staff and 58 contractual staff are engaged by Nagar Panchayat Hastinapur for
collection, transportation, street sweeping, segregation and composting activities. During visit,
it was found that, more than of 40% of the staff are female and earned Rs. 9000/- (Rupees Nine

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thousand only) per month from Nagar Panchayat from the revenue generated by selling the
recyclable material to recycler. The highest revenue generates from plastic, human hair waste,
egg cartons and waste blister packs.

4.3 Segregation
The solid waste collected from the households and commercial establishments are stored
temporarily in the dust bins and then transported to the SLRM center. The waste collected from
the roads and bins is directly transported to the old dumping ground. The tractors and rickshaws
carrying waste are properly covered to avoid splitting on the road with the loud speaker system.
It announces and give a call to community when travel around the ward. The driver is himself
involved in the segregation during collection of waste from individual household. Vehicles that
are used for Solid Waste Management are monitored through GPS system. Once it reaches
SLRM center, the wet waste send to compost yard and dry/recycle waste to segregation center.
There are more than 50 items getting segregated per day at SLRM center which is really a
significant achievement by Nagar Panchayat Hastinapur. The Self Help Group involved in
the segregation activities from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM except Sunday.
The log book for all the activities are well maintained with the input and output details
on date wise to track the work. An expert on MSW with sound knowledge on the sector and a
women supervisor has been deployed for these activities. Segregation activities performed at
SLRM center is depicted in Fig 7.

4.4 Resource recovery and reuse

Earlier to year 2015, the municipal solid wastes generated within the city area was dumped in
an ad-hoc manner at several locations within Hastinapur. Taking into consideration the quantity
and composition of municipal solid waste generated a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) center
developed under Swacch Bharat Mission.
Subsequently, NPH started operating the facility by deploying its own staff and
resources. At present, NPH receives revenue amount of approximately Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees
Forty thousand only) per month by selling compost, liquid fertilizer and recyclable items.

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Figure 7: SLRM center at NP Hastinapur

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4.5 Compost Plant
Around 9 to 10 tons of solid waste generated per day in the city is collected and brought to
SLRM center. Out of this approximately 2.5 ton of wastes are organic in nature and treated at
compost plant. After unloading, the waste is segregated manually and moved to stack yard and
is stacked in the form of trapezoidal heaps called windrows. These windrows are periodically
turned and shifted once in a week using JCBs to enable aerobic decomposition of waste. The
fresh stacks of material are sprayed with inoculum via sprayer which enhances composting
process and reduces odor.
Once the material is stabilized, it is fed to the sieving section using a Skid Steer Loader
for screening. Two stage screening process being followed to achieve maximum screening
efficiency and fine compost particle. The first screen is of 10 mm Screen, where the stabilized
waste is fed and the output from this screen is transferred to the next screen (3 mm) and the
reject are carried by a separate drum, collected and stored. To reduce the moisture content, it
was dried under sunlight. To prevent pollution of ground water during composting or during
rainfall, the compost pad is lined and a peripheral drain is provided to collect any leachate
generated.
The material coming out of the 3 mm screen is uniform in texture and contains pure
organic compost. The organic manure is then sold to local farmers with selling price of Rs.
5/- per kg. The liquid fertilizer which is developed from fish waste also sell at market price
of Rs. 60/- per liter with properly sealed and leveled. Compost plant at SLRM center NPH is
depicted in Fig 8.

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Figure 8: Compost Plant at SLRM Centre NP Hastinapur

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4.6 Disposal of municipal solid waste
About 40% of the un-segregated waste is being disposed of at old dumping site located at
outskirt of the Nagar Panchayat. The old dumping site is partially abandoned as stated by Nagar
Panchayat officials and development of a Scientific Sanitary landfill site at the same location
is under consideration. Dumping site at NPH is depicted in Fig. 9.

Figure 9: Old Dumping site for MSW at NP Hastinapur

Figure 10: Nala Screening and cleaning at NP Hastinapur

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 4.7 Nala screening
The local nala (storm cum grey water drain) carrying waste water from households and market
complex is screened throughout the city. The solid deposit is cleaned twice a day by sanitary
worker and recorded in the log book. Nala screening and cleaning activity is depicted in Fig
10.

5. SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS (STRENGTH)

 Mass public awareness created through nukkad natak, awareness campaign, school
programme, kid’s competition, wall murals, posters, banners etc.
 Community driven and participatory approach
 Technical and scientific intervention by expert team
 Dedicated and trained man power deployed for specific work
 Focused 100 % door to door collection by community and administration
 Distribution of collection bin to all households and market establishments
 Revenue generation model from waste for self-sustainability
 Maximum utilization of resources for segregation and composting
 Filed work monitoring and redressal of public grievances through Swacch MoHUA
application
 Healthy coordination and communication between public and administration

6. CHALLENGES
 Budget allocation from Namami Gange fund
 Floating population due to tourism sector (Jambu Dweep Jain temple and Old Hindu
temples)
 Identification of proper landfill site
 Area not allocated to store/dump storm water collected or generated during monsoon

7. CITY PERFORMANCE AND RECOGNITION

Swachh Survekshan, conducted by MoHUA since 2016, is the world's largest urban sanitation
and cleanliness survey. It has been instrumental in fostering a spirit of healthy competition
among towns and cities to improve their service delivery to citizens and towards creating
cleaner cities and give added impetus to cities to accelerate their journey towards a garbage-
free status. The Swachh Survekshan framework is redesigned innovatively every year, to
ensure that the process becomes more robust.

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 The cities would be evaluated on the basis of the star rating achieved by them as per
the protocol released by MoHUA. The Star Rating protocol is based on 12 parameters and
follows a SMART framework - Single metric, Measurable, Achievable, Rigorous verification
mechanism and Targeted towards outcomes - and has been devised in a holistic manner
including components such as cleanliness of drains & water bodies, plastic waste management,
managing construction & demolition waste etc. which are critical drivers for achieving garbage
free cities.
Citizens may contribute to their city’s Swachhata scores by segregating their waste at
source, adopting home composting and coming up with innovative solutions for waste
management and creating short videos and jingles to support their respective Urban Local
Bodies in Swachh Survekshan 2019. The Hastinapur city performed well and therefore has
been awarded 11th rank among the best cities in North Zone in Swachh Survekshan 2019 (Fig
11&12).

Figure 11: Swacch Survekshan 2019 rank of Hastinapur

The Direct Observation for the city captures the ground level cleanliness and
maintenance of public facilities including toilets in the city by the local administration among
others. The city has received a score of 2608.75 (Fig 11) and the majority of locations surveyed
by an independent assessor were found to be according to the standards prescribed. Around
96% of the residential areas and commercial areas were found to be substantially clean. About
94% of the community and public toilets surveyed during Swacch Survekshan 2019 were found
to be well lit, well ventilated, had electricity connection and had water supply/ flush. 100% of

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 septage was found to have on-site safe (OSS) disposal system, i.e. either having septic tank
with no overflow or sewer network with no open drainage.

Figure 12: North Zone Rank: 11 and State Rank: 8 (Source: Swachh Survekshan 2019,
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair)

8. WAY FORWARD
Solid Waste Management (SWM) is a state subject and it is the responsibility of the state
government to ensure that appropriate solid waste management practices to being place in all
the cities and towns. However, SWM is a municipal function and it is the urban local bodies
(ULB) that are directly responsible for it. The ULBs are required to plan, design, operate,
and maintain the SWM in their respective cities/towns. About 10% to 50% of the municipal
budget is allocated for SWM and 30% to 50% of the total staff is typically engaged in SWM.
Incorrect choice of technology, lack of public participation, financial constraints, institutional
weakness, are factors that prevent a ULB from providing satisfactory service. The ULBs need
both support and guide to manage the solid waste in a scientific and cost effective manner.
The role of the CPCB is broadly to ensure the MSW Rules, 2016 and the guidelines
developed under Namami Gange project shall be adhere by the Ganga front towns to maintain
the water quality of River Ganga. It also assists the state governments and local bodies in
mobilizing assistance for implementation of solid waste management practices. Under this, the
Hastinapur town of U.P. has taken initiatives and well performed by involving and engage the
community towards cleanliness and run the programme in community driven mode.

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Annexure-1: (Inspection report)

General information provided by Nagar Panchayat, Hastinapur during visit of CPCB

officials is as below:
S. Type of waste Solid Waste generation (in TPD)
No.
1 Municipal Solid Waste
Household: 6.25
Commercial/Market Complex: 1.31
5 Bio-Medical Waste 0.36
6 Plastic Waste 0.74
7 C & D Waste 0.6
Total 9.26
Source: Nagar Panchayat, Hastinapur, Dec 2019
Other data:
Sl. Description Status
No.
1 Population (Census 2011) : 26,452
2 Present population of the city : 30,336
3 No. of Wards : 15
4 Agency/Agencies responsible for handling MSW : Nagar Panchayat
5 Contact Person : Mr. Mukesh Mishra, EO,
Hastinapur NP
Mob: 7906873906
Mr. Sourav, MSW Expert
Mob: 9565780581
6 Generation of MSW per day (in Tonnes/day) : 9.26
7 Per Capita Waste Generation (gms) : 250
8 No. of employees engaged for collection & : Permanent staff: 12
transportation of waste Temporary staff: 58
9 Whether reported MSW generation is based on : Field and desk based
actual survey/or it is based on estimation
10 The year of reporting for generation of MSW : 2019-20
11 Percentage of door to door collection : 100%
12 Segregation of Waste at the source is practiced : Yes (60%)
(Yes/No)
13 Numbers and Type of vehicles used for collection : Manual Tricycle: 33
and Transportation of waste TATA ACE: 02
E-Rickshaw: 05
Tractor: 04
JCB: 01
14 Quantity of waste remaining uncollected (from : Nil
collection points/ dustbins) (in Tonnes/day)
15 Quantity (Approximately) of waste littered at : Nil
different places (other than dustbins) (in
Tonnes/day)
16 Annual expenditure on O& M : Not provided

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17 Quantity of waste processed (in Tonnes/day) : Composting: 2.072 TPD
18 Quantity of waste landfilled per day (in : -
Tonnes/day)
1 old waste dumping site
Number of landfills in operation and the area
No
Whether operational landfill are complying with
MSW Rules
19 Funding agencies : SBM (Urban)
Namami Gange
Local Administrative fund
20 Implementing Agency : Nagar Panchayat
21 Log books maintained (Y/N) : Yes
22 No. of labors working in Landfill site : 2 nos. at old waste dumping
site
23 Any particular recurring diseases noticed in & : No
around the site (if any)
24 Whether any action plan has been prepared for : Yes
management of MSW
25 If yes, Summary (if available detailed report may : Summary attached as
be attached) Annexure-A
26 Date of Inspection : 14th Feb 2020
27 Observations & recommendations of Inspecting Team
Key observations are as follows;
 During inspection the SLRM-MRF centre and compost plant was found operational
and observed large quantity of waste segregated & stored.
 The segregation of waste was done manually and the housekeeping in the plant was
found very well maintained.
 The fresh MSW received is being treated on daily basis without storing for long time
to prevent the obnoxious odour.
 During inspection, the non-biodegradable waste was found segregated by the trained
women group and supervised by team leader.
 The old dumping site was found partially abandoned and minimal amount of waste
was dumped.
 During inspection it was found that, the innovative leachate collection system at
compost plant was developed scientifically according to the MSW rule.
 The waste that was accumulated at dumping ground from log time also segregated
and send back to the MRF centre for recycling.
 The storm water drainage system was under consideration by NP Hastinapur to
reduce water wastage and ground water pollution due to mixing of leachate and storm
water.

Recommendations/Opportunities:
The Nagar Panchayat Hastinapur may be directed to implement the following and to
inform the status of compliance to CPCB;
 To Comply and gets certified with MSW Rules, 2016 with respect to Segregation,
Collection, transportation and disposal of waste.

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  To take necessary and time bound action to achieve 100% from 60% in segregating
the waste into biodegradable, recyclable, etc. at the source to reduce the load in
compost and dumping site.
 To dispose the non-biodegradable and non-recyclable waste and the rejects dumped
in the waste treatment plant or landfill site.
 To completely move accumulated waste at old dumping site to sanitary landfill area
at the earliest.
 To take necessary action in developing a waste to energy plant and sanitary landfill
site.
 To provide the storm water drains collection area for the town before monsoon
season as per the MSW Rules to avoid ground water contamination.
 Follow the waste hierarchy of five steps: reducing waste at the source, reuse of
materials, recycling, energy recovery, and land filling.
Inspection Team
Sl. Name Designation Organiz Signature
No ation

1. Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sc. ‘D’ CPCB,

2. Sh. Pradeep Mishra RA-III New
Delhi
Source: Information collected from NP, Hastinapur during visit

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Field photographs during visit:

Interaction with sanitary workers at SLRM center

Segregation of recyclable material and storage facility

Composting work is in progress

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Annexure-A: Summary note

Solid waste management at Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat, Uttar Pradesh- Best Practices

A review meeting was conducted by CPCB on Solid waste management at Ganga front towns
of Uttar Pradesh. Officials from Urban development dept., UPPCB, SPMG and ULBs of Ganga
front towns participated and briefed on the progress. Questionnaire survey reports and future
action plan submitted by individual ULBs. There are 21 Ganga front towns with 697 wards.
Approx. 3275 MT per day of solid waste generated. Achieved 100 % door to door Collection
and 26% at source segregation.
Hastinapur Nagar Panchayat showcased as a model “No Garbage City” among Ganga
towns in Uttar Pradesh. Total population of 26,000 with 7,351 households as per 2011 census.
The Material Recover Facility Centre (Solid & Liquid Resource Management) and compost
plant functioning and significant quantity of waste segregated & stored in designated
containers. The segregation of waste was done manually and the housekeeping in the plant was
found very well maintained. The fresh MSW received is being treated on daily basis. The non-
biodegradable waste segregated by trained women group and supervised by team leader. The
old dumping site (legacy waste) was found partially abandoned and minimal amount of waste
was dumped. The innovative leachate collection system at compost plant (30 ton capacity)
developed scientifically according to the MSW rule. The dumping yard waste also segregated
regularly and sends back to the MRF centre for recycling. The storm water drainage system
was under consideration by NP Hastinapur to reduce water wastage and ground water pollution
due to mixing of leachate with storm water. Mass public awareness created through Nukkad
Natak, Awareness campaign, School awareness programme, Kids competition, Wall murals,
posters and banners. Recurring revenue generation model by selling organic manure and bio-
pesticides prepared at waste to compost plant creates self-sustainability. More than 14,000
dustbin distributed by Nagar Panchayat to all households and market establishments. Filed
work monitoring and public grievance redressal through Swacch MoHUA App. Healthy
coordination and communication between public and administration. Community driven and
participatory approach and technical intervention by expert team was the key to develop the
city as a successful model for effective solid waste management at source.

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