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| HUDD bags approval of CSMC- Union Urban ministry for Solid Waste facility | | | Jammu, Mar 7: Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD) under the competitive leadership of Minister of Urban Local Bodies and Urban Development Nawang Rigzin Jora and Secretary Satish Nehru has managed to bag the approval of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC) of Union Ministry of Urban Development, for establishment of Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management facility under Municipal Solid Waste Rules 2000. The ambitious project involves a total cost of Rs 695.20 lakh and 900.00 lakh for Jammu and Srinagar respectively in a record time of 3 months which had been in a state of limbo for over 5 years. According to official sources the project implementation has been envisaged on scientific lines by incorporating an inbuilt Service Level Benchmarking mechanism which would gauge the efficacy of the project before and after its implementation as per the following parameters i.e. House hold level coverage of SWM Services, Efficiency for collection of Municipal Solid Waste, Extent of segregation of Municipal Solid Waste, Extent of Municipal Solid Waste recovered. "Extent of Scientific disposal of Solid Waste, Efficiency in redressal of Customer Complaint, Cost recovery of SWM services and Efficiency in collection of charges." official sources said and added that the requirement of the total waste generated has been worked out after a detailed survey of waste generated areas in consonance with the guidelines of the Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management. Sources said that Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management (IMSWM) Project envisages scientific handling and disposal of generated Solid Waste and comprises of four components viz. Primary and Secondary Collection, Transportation, Segregation and Processing of Solid Waste. Both the projects have been framed as per the in NURM guidelines.
Sources added that NGO's/Equipment friendly agencies have appreciated this imitative in particular context to Jammu City which generates around 250 MT of solid waste every day. The per capita generation rate of Jammu town is 450 gms/cap./day. "The proposed revenue generation from the project has been pegged at Rs. 1695.03 lacs for the year 2015-2016, sources said. |
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