11.

Physical Infrastructure
11.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 165
11.2 Water Supply Current Scenario .......................................................................................... 165
11.3 Existing Scenario for Water Supply & Demand .................................................................. 170
11.4 Observations and Issues ..................................................................................................... 172
11.5 Sewerage Current Scenario ................................................................................................ 173
11.6 Extent of coverage of sewage system................................................................................. 174
11.7 Sewage Treatment .............................................................................................................. 175
11.8 Existing Scenario of Sewage Disposal& Treatment............................................................. 176
11.9 Observations and Issues ..................................................................................................... 178
11.10 Current Scenario ................................................................................................................. 178
11.11 Extent of Coverage ............................................................................................................. 178
11.12 Storm Water Collection system .......................................................................................... 179
11.13 Observations and Issues ..................................................................................................... 180
11.14 Solid Waste Management Current Scenario ...................................................................... 181
11.15 Waste Generation ............................................................................................................... 181
11.16 Waste Collection ................................................................................................................. 183
11.17 Transportation of Waste ..................................................................................................... 183
11.18 Treatment of Waste ............................................................................................................ 184
11.19 Disposal of Waste ............................................................................................................... 184
11.20 SWM System in rest of AUDA and Growth centres ............................................................ 186
11.21 Observations and Issues ..................................................................................................... 186
11. Physical Infrastructure

11.1 Introduction

Basic physical infrastructure facilities, services, and

installations needed for the functioning of a community or
society are water supply, sewerage, storm water lines and
solid waste management. Hence, this chapter focuses on
identifying the issues arising for these services in fulfilling
the growing demand. Due to the increase in urbanization at
a fast pace in Ahmedabad, there exists significant pressure
on the urban infrastructure due to urban growth both
spatially and demographically.

In this chapter, the current scenario for the basic physical

infrastructure services namely - water supply system,
sewerage system; storm water network and solid waste
management are discussed. It further assesses the demand
and gap analysis for each of these services and identifies the
gaps in various areas.

Water Supply

11.2 Water Supply Current Scenario

Water Supply is one the prime infrastructure services a city

needs. The main sources of water supply for the entire
AUDA region are surface water as well as ground water.
Surface water sources are received from River Sabarmati,
River Mahi, and River Narmada. Through ground water
sources it is received through french wells, bore wells and
tube wells. The entire water supply process takes place
through various steps namely water is received through the
source in the treatment plant where it is treated. The
treated water is stored in the storage reservoirs and then
supplied to the administrative areas. The following sections
describe how the water supply system has developed from
past to present and the entire water supply system.

11.2.1 Evolution of Water Supply

The water supply system for Ahmedabad city evolved over a
period of more than hundred years. The city had its first
water works at Dudheshwar which was constructed in the
year 1891 and has infiltration wells in the bed of river
Sabarmati. This system supplied about 60 MLD of water to

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the city. In the year 1972, due to the rising population and
demand, a water source at Kotarpur water works from
Sabarmati River from the reservoir of Dharoi Dam was
established. This assured an availability of 680 MLD of water,
therefore a water treatment plant, transmission mains,
water distribution stations with underground sumps, pump
houses and distribution lines were installed in the city. With
the rising demand, the water available and Kotarpur water
works from Sabarmati River was insufficient to meet the
water requirements of the city. In order to meet the short
fall in the water supply, seven French wells (radial wells) at
different locations were constructed in the river bed to
supply 182 MLD of water.

Subsequently the water from these French wells and water

works was not sufficient to fulfill the needs with the
increasing demand of the city. Due to this reason the city’s
dependency had increased significantly on the ground water
for water supply. In order to meet this situation, the water
from Mahi canal through Raska Weir Water supply project,
about 200 MLD of water is supplied to the city. AMC had
constructed a temporary intake structure of 110 MLD in
Sabarmati River near Kotarpur, since Narmada water is
released in Sabarmati River. Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam
Ltd. supplies the required quantity of water to the city
municipality. Besides all these water supply sources
Narmada Main Canal is already constructed.

11.2.2 Current Scenario for Water Sources

Presently, there is an availability of 1370 MLD of surface
water from different sources for AMC area. Water from all
these sources is also taken by water treatment plants
supplying water to the AMC area.

Table 11.1 - Water Supply available with AMC

No Surface Water Source Availability of water (MLD)
1 Narmada Canal 330
2 Intake 1 165
3 Intake 2 330
4 Dudheshwar Water Works 70
5 Raska 200
6 Jaspur water treatment plant 275
Total 1370
Source: AMC, Year 2011

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Other than these, the urban villages in the Ahmedabad
Urban Complex receive water through GWSSB through
Narmada canal and private bore wells. The growth centres
namely Kalol, Sanand, Mehmedabad, Dehgam and Bareja
receive water from the respective municipalities, through
Narmada canal and tube wells.

Table 11.2 - Water supply for AUDA Region Areas

No Administrative Area Population Water Supply
2011 (in MLD)
(Projected)
1 Kalol 152173 13
2 Sanand 41511 7
3 Mehmedabad 41312 6.5
4 Dehgam 42876 2
5 Bareja 19689 2
Source: AMC, AUDA-2011

However with the rapid development and rise in population, Figure 11-1: Water Treatment Plant
the city’s demand on ground water resources is increasing
tremendously. Although there is a huge potential of surface
water resources, lack of piped supply network in all the
developing urban areas creates significant pressure on
existing groundwater resources. As such, the city has to
depend still on the ground water, drawn from a number of
tube wells located in different parts of the city.

11.2.3 Water Treatment Plant

In the entire of AUDA region, there are total three water Figure 11-2: Total Water Supply for
treatment plants, out of which treatment plants at Ahmedabad city
Dudheshwar & Kotarpur are operated by AMC and
treatment plant at Jaspur had been constructed by AUDA
and is currently being operated by both AUDA and AMC in
order to provide quality water to the urban developed and
developing areas. The treatment plant at Jaspur is operated
under the Built Operate and Transfer model between AUDA
and AMC. Presently, the growth centres do not having any
treatment plants.
The three Water Treatment Plants have a combined Source: AMC, 2009
treatment capacity of 1260 MLD. In addition to the current
water treatment plant capacity, a 200 MLD capacity filtration
at Raska has been implemented which is now operational.
Raw water is treated through a process of filtration wherein

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the total treat water supply capacity is 1195 MLD out of
which the treated water supply is 970 MLD. Hence the
treatment plants at Raska, Jaspur and Kotarpur have a
combined availability of 230 MLD capacities additionally.

Table 11-3 Existing water treatment plant treatment

No Treatment Plant Treatment Existing Use
capacity (MLD) (MLD)
1 Raska 200 110
2 Dudheshwar 70 10
3 Kotarpur 650 650
4 Jaspur 275 200
Total 1195 970

Map 11-1Water Treatment Plant Locations

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11.2.4 Water Storage
In order to store the treated water, the AMC has built a
number of reservoirs comprising of elevated service
reservoirs (ESRs) and ground level service reservoirs (GSRs)
having a total storage capacity of 1884MLD of water.

Table 11-4 ESR and GSRs in AMC Area Zone Wise

No Zone No. of water Capacity of Capacity of Total Capacity
distillation underground overhead water (MLD)
Station water tank (MLD) tank (MLD)
1 North zone 22 1119 3 1122
2 South zone 26 140 3 143
3 Central zone 9 147 14 162
4 West zone 24 178 16 194
5 East zone 26 155 4 159
6 New west zone 33 96 3 99
Total 140 1835 49 1884
Source AMC, 2011

11.2.5 Water Supply Coverage

Map 11-2 Existing Water Supply Coverage Area in AMC

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The map for the water supply coverage demarcates the area
having water supply network lines installed and signifies that
the areas have complete coverage for water
supply.Approxmatly 85% area within AMC is served by the
water supply network. As the city expands AMC will
continue to expand the network to serve the additional
areas.

11.3 Existing Scenario for Water Supply & Demand

Water utilized by the metropolitan and mega cities provided

with piped water supply where sewerage system exists (as
per CPHEEO Manual) for domestic uses is 150 lpcd.
Considering the unaccounted for water as 15% as well as
considering water demands by the commercial, institutional
and civic amenities the per capita water supply comes up to
200 lpcd. The existing water requirements for year 2011 is
calculated in the next section.

Taking into consideration the factors mentioned in the

previous section for the water demand; it is worked out for
the respective administrative areas in the AUDA region
namely Ahmedabad Municipal Area, Ahmedabad Urban
Complex, Ahmedabad Development Authority and the
Growth centres. The surplus/deficit analysis is worked out in
this section for each of these administrative areas.

Table11.5: Demand, Supply and Deficit Assessment for

Administrative areas in AMC and AUDA region
No Service Head Service Levels, Demand and Surplus/Deficit For year 2011
Available Supply MLD Demand Deficit
(MLD) MLD MLD
1 Daily Supply (AMC) per capita 1850 1030 1117 733
2 Daily Supply (Urbanized area of - - 57 (-)57
AUDA excl. AMC) Per capita
3 Daily Supply (Urbanized area of 1850 1030 1174 676
AUDA Incl. AMC) Per capita
4 Treatment Capacity (AMC) 1195 1030 1117 -78
5 Treatment Capacity (Urbanized -- -- 57 (-)57
area of AUDA excl. AMC)
6 Treatment Capacity (Urbanized 1195 1030 1174 -21
area of AUDA Incl. AMC)
Source: AMC Year: 2011,

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The water demand constantly increases with the rise in
Water Supply @ =200 lpcd
population. The table shows that 1117 MLD is the water
demand in AMC area and 1030 is the treated water supply in
Sewage generation @ 80 % of
85% of AMC area. The gap of 87 MLD of water in AMC is
water supply =160 lpcd
covered through bore wells by AMC or private bore wells.
Moreover the water available at source is 1370 MLD out of
Considering 5 % for infiltration=
which only 1030 MLD is utilized, which signifies that there is
8 lpcd
an availability of spare water at source. Therefore, 87 MLD
of water is not exactly the gap. Also the existing water
Sewage Generation= 168 lpcd
supply network does not serve the entire city. In order to
serve the entire AMC area, the water supply should be
increased as well as the water supply network should be laid
down in the newly added areas in AMC.

Table 11.6 - Demand, Supply and Gap Assessment for

Growth centres
No. Administrative Area Population Water Supply Water Demand Surplus/Deficit
1 Kalol 152173 13 21 8
2 Sanand 41511 7 6 -1
3 Mehmedabad 19689 6.5 6 -1
4 Dehgam 41312 2 6 4
5 Bareja 42876 2 3 1

Area under Ahmedabad Urban Complex and Ahmedabad

Urban Development Authority receive water through
Narmada, bore wells and the respective village gram
panchayats. Due to this reason, the exact water supply in
this region cannot be measured.
The water received through tubes wells and Narmada canal
undergoes primary treatment; is received by the growth
centres. The above table shows that the water demand is
higher than the water supply which signifies that there exist
a gap for the water supply. Water treatment plants are not
availale in the major growth centres like Sanand , Kalol and
Mehmdabad.

11.4 Observations and Issues

Exploitation of Ground Water Source

• Observation: The dependency on ground water
continues to be high in the periphery. Apart from the
Municipal bores, a large number of private bores supply
water in various peripheral area of the city.
• Issue: There is inadequate water supply network in the

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 city as a result people depend on ground water.

Devastate Available Resources

• Issue: Presently sufficient measures are not available to
conserve the surface runoff water from roof top
buildings, road surfaces and parks to recharge the water
resources.

Contamination of water due to old service connections

• Observation: The water supply network lines in the old
city are quite old. These connections are often not
replaced on time and leads to the problems of leakage,
low pressure and contamination.

Inadequate Coverage
• Observation: Presently almost 85% of the AMC area is
served by municipal water supply. Moreover, there is an
under provision of water supply network in the newly
added areas in AMC.

Inadequate Treatment facility and Coverage

• Observation: Presently there is a lack of treatment
plants in Kalol, Sanand, Memdabad, Dehgam and Bareja.
There is an under provision of water supply network in
the part of the areas of the developing growth centres
like Sanad, Kalol and Memdabad.

Sewage System

The entire sewage disposal system constitutes of various

steps namely - sewage generated flows through the
sewerage network and is collected in the treatment plants
and then it is treated in the treatment plants. The following
sections describe the entire sewage system as well as the
current scenario for the sewage system.

11.5 Sewerage Current Scenario

Looking at the current scenario of the sewerage system in

the entire AUDA region, around 65 to 70 percent of the
municipal area is covered by 1384 km long sewerage
network. Additionally, areas merged with AMC in 2009 are
presently mainly dependent on septic tanks for wastewater
disposal. However, as the city continues to expand AMC will
continue to expand the sewerage network and serve the
additional areas. Certain households in fringe areas of wards

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originally proposed for coverage in Phase II and Phase III
have been connected to the existing network. The areas in
rest of AUDA and growth centres depend on septic tanks
and soak pits. The wastewater from these septic tanks is
disposed either into soak pits or into natural drains in the
city.

Sewage Generation: At present, Ahmedabad has recorded

sewage generation of 650 MLD. The city is divided into six
sewage zones. There are about 45 sewage pumping stations
in the city which pump sewage into the terminal pumping
stations at Vasna and Pirana.

As per the CPHEEO norms, the sewage generation taking

into consideration the water supply for computing the water
demand is 200 lpcd in the water supply section, the quantity
of waste water (sewage) generation for the city is computed
considering per capita water supply @ 200 lpcd.

11.6 Extent of coverage of sewage system

Map 11.3 Existing Coverage of Sewage System

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The map for the sewage system coverage demarcates the
area having sewage network lines installed and signifies that
the areas have complete coverage for sewerage system.
Currently 65 to 70% area within AMC is served by the
sewerage network lines. As the city expands AMC will
continue to expand the network to serve the additional
areas. Sewerage network coverage in rest of AUDA and
growth centres is limited. The sewerage disposal in the rest
of AUDA and growth centres is primarily through soak pits
and septic tanks.

11.7 Sewage Treatment

There are two major types of sewage treatment systems in

AMC area namely the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) and
the Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP). STP is used in
AMC area, whereas CETP is used only for GIDC industrial
areas.

Sewage Treatment Plant: The entire AMC area depends

upon six sewage treatment plants for its disposal. AMC has
six treatment plants comprising of three on both the sides of
the river, east and west.

Table 11.7- Details of Sewage Treatment Plants

No Sewage Treatment Type
Plants Capacity (MLD)
1 Vasna (west) 202 Aerated Lagoon
2 Vasna (west) 35 UASB based
3 Vasna west 240 Aerated Lagoon
5 Pirana old 60 -
5 Pirana (east) 468 Aerated Lagoon
6 Vinzol east 70 -
Total 1075
Source: AMC, 2011

The treatment plant located at Pirana is the largest

treatment plant in Ahmedabad. It has a capacity of 468 MLD
is India’s largest conventional sewerage treatment plant
based on activated sludge process with fine bubble diffused
aeration system. It is India’s first STP with PLC, SCADA system
with auto operation.

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Map 11.4 : Existing location of sewage treatment plants

Common Effluent Treatment Plant: Other than the Figure 11-3: Sewerage Treatment Plant
treatment plants provided by the municipal corporation,
some of the private industries have installed their own
treatment plants in order to treat the effluent generated by
them. Few examples are the common effluent treatment
plants (CETP) installed by highly polluting industries in Narol,
Odhav, Naroda and Vatva GIDC estates. The Mega pipe line
laid for industrial effluent from Naroda to Pirana (27 km
length) conveying treated effluent of CETPs is located at
Naroda, Odhav, Vatva &Narol area. The treated effluent
from CETP is mixed with the treated sewage from STP at
Pirana so as to lower the concentration of suspended solids
and then discharged into Sabarmati River.

11.8 Existing Scenario of Sewage Disposal&

Treatment

Taking into consideration the factors mentioned in the

previous section for sewerage generation; it is worked out
for the respective administrative areas in the region. The
following table shows the sewerage disposal and treatment
in the municipal areas:

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Table11.8: Existing Scenario for Sewage Disposal& Treatment
No. Service Head Service Levels, Demand and Gaps / Surplus for year 2011
Generation Treatment Treated Gap in
(MLD) capacity (MLD) Waste (MLD) (MLD)
1 Treatment (AMC) 938 1075 650 (-)288
2 Treatment
(Urbanized area of 48 -- -- (-) 48
AUDA Excl. AMC)
3 Treatment
(Urbanized area of 986 1075 650 (-)336
AUDA Incl. AMC)
Source: AMC, 2011

The sewage collection system has 65 to 70 percent coverage

in AMC area collecting 650 MLD. Due to lack of sewage
network in AMC area only 650 MLD of sewage is treated and
disposed and 288MLd is disposed. Moreover, the available
treatment capacity is 1075 MLD compared to the disposal;
there is a surplus of 137 MLD available for sewage
treatment. With the completion of the sewerage collection
network, this surplus capacity would also be utilized.

Table 11.9: Existing Scenario for Sewage Disposal &

Treatment
No. Administrative Area Population Disposal
1 Kalol 152173 21
2 Sanand 41511 6
3 Mehmedabad 19689 6
4 Dehgam 41312 6
5 Bareja 42876 3
Source: Respective Municipaltiy 2011

Rest of the AUDA area and growth centres dispose the

sewage through soak pits and septic tanks. The sewage
system under the growth centres as such do not have any
sewage network laid, therefore the disposal and treatment
for the growth centres shows that a significant deficit exists
in this area. In order to meet the increasing demand for
sewage system, treatment plants as well as sewage network
lines should be implemented. In Kalol, a small oxidation
pond is existing.

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11.9 Observations and Issues

Insufficient Network Coverage

• Observation: With coverage of 65 % area, the sewer
system network needs to be developed.

Life Span of Pumping and Discharge

• Observation: The pumping machinery has been in use
for 20 years and will need replacement.

Unavailability of treatment plant

• Observation: lack of treatment facilities in all the five
municipalities (Growth centres).

Storm Water System

11.10 Current Scenario

The entire storm water system process starts with the
collection of storm water in the network lines and
recharging the natural water bodies with the storm water.
The following sections describe current scenario for storm
water system in the entire AUDA region. After the existence
of JnNURM, the project of laying the RCC ducts providing
continuous storm water lines was taken up in the municipal
areas. Before JnNURM came into picture, box type culvert
and masonry storm water lines existed, due to which
problems pertaining to silting and scouting occurred.

The walled city of Ahmedabad has its natural slope which

serves as the natural drain for storm water. Due to this very
reason, provision of storm water lines is not required in the
walled city. Presently all the main roads have underground 2
m ducts with a height of 3 to 4 m laid on both the sides
along with smaller lines connected to them.

11.11 Extent of Coverage

The map for the storm water coverage demarcates the area
having storm water network lines installed and signifies that
the areas have complete coverage for storm water coverage
system. Currently 249 sq km area within AMC is served by
the storm water network. As the city expands AMC will
continue to expand the network to serve the additional
areas.

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Map11.5: Extent of Storm Water system

11.12 Storm Water Collection system

Other than these lines, storm water system is also carried in

terms of lake linkages where there are existing lakes. Storm
water Pipeline network has been designed in such a manner
so that all lakes are interlinked. Excess water will
automatically flow towards other lakes. The interlinking of
lakes for connecting water bodies would benefit from the
overflow and catchments of each lake that would feed into
the next, ultimately leading to the draining of excess water
into the river. Also the surplus water during the monsoons
can be used to recharge the ground water.

11.13 Observations and Issues

Water logging
• Issue: Water logging is a major issue in areas like
Hatkeshvar, Ranip, Ghatlodia, etc. It leads to
inadequacies associated with health and flooding.

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Map 11.6: Lake Linkages on the western side of the city

11.14

Encroachments along Side Drains

• Issue: The encroachments alongside drains in the city
disturb the catchments runoff.

Storm Water Adulteration

• Issue: Adulteration of storm water in drains takes place
by the garbage and sewage, which is in turn discharged
into the environmentally sensitive river/lake leading to
water pollution.

• Storm Water Network at the Growth Centres

Issue: Lack of Storm water drains at the Growth Centres
and lack of lake linkages network for the disposal of the
storm water in all the Growth Centres.

Solid Waste Management

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The entire solid waste management system constitutes of
various steps namely waste generation, its collection and
storage, waste transportation, treatment and disposal. The
following sections describe the entire solid waste
management system as well as the current scenario for
Figure 11-44: Door to door Garbage
SWM system.
Collection

11.15 Solid Waste Management Current Scenario

Solid waste management is one of the core infrastructure

facilities for the city. To make the city healthy and livable
sound waste management system is required. The city
cleaning works of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is
divided into two parts namely the conservancy department
and the solid waste management department.

11.16 Waste Generation

Solid waste generation in Ahmedabad

Ahme municipal area is
about 3300 tons per day,, which includes domestic, trade and
institutional waste as well as construction and demolition
waste. With the increase
ease in the city area, due to rapid
urbanization and population growth the waste generation
during last seven years has increased to more than double
that is from 1041 MT to 3300MT
3300 per Day.

Table 11.10Solid
Solid Waste Generation in The AMC and AUDA
No. Administrative Existing Daily Waste collected per day Population Served
Area Generation (including Floating Pop)
1 AMC 3300 700MT (EXCEL Industry) , 60 lakhs
lak
2600Mt Pirana open dump
Source: AMC , AUDA Year: 2011,
Figure 11-55: Garbage Segregation at
Table 11.11 Solid Waste Generation in urban area Collection point
Solid Waste Generation in Tns
Area For year 2011
Ahmedabad MC 3300
Source: AMC , AUDA Year: 2011,

Analysis of physical composition of the waste indicates that

the total compostable matter in the waste is in the range of
40-60 present while the recyclable fraction was observed
between 10 to 25 present.

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Table 11.12 Solid Waste Generation in GCs
Solid waste
No. Growth centres Population
generation (MT)
1 Kalol 152173 61
2 Sanand 41511 17
3 Mehmedabad 41312 17
4 Dehgam 42876 17
5 Bareja 19689 8
Figure 11-6: Garbage Collection
Source : Respective Municipalities Year: 2011
Vehicle

11.17 Waste Collection

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has initiated and

implemented a concept of public private partnership for
collection of waste at its point of generation. A total of 1075
Resident Welfare Associations are working for collection of
waste at source. For the same, AMC has identified 645
locations for as waste collection points and closed body M.S.
communal storage bins are provided for waste collection Figure 11-7: Street Sweeping
and thereby maintain a clean environment. A total of 645
sites are identified for secondary storage and 638 sites for
putting up closed containers. There are 6 open sites for
collection of building debris and construction waste.
Nearly 70 to 75present of residential and 25 to 30 present of
commercial properties are covered under door to door
collection of waste.
The total road length covered by street sweeping is about 75 Figure 11-8: Land Fill site at Pirana
to 80 percent of the total road network of the city done by and Narol
street sweepers in the morning or evening time.

11.18 Transportation of Waste

Ahmedabad has a fully mechanized system of transportation

of solid waste. Nearly 198 vehicles and machineries are
deployed for transportation and handling of MSW and
construction debris. Privatization for lifting and
transportation of containers to dump site is implemented. In
all, 800 trips are made by all the vehicles from all the zones
and an average of 3300 TPD waste is dumped on the dump
site.

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11.19 Treatment of Waste

AMC has given 10 hectares of land to a private organization

on PPP model for treatment of waste. The plant capacity is
500 TPD where the municipal corporation delivers 500 MT of
MSW at the plant free of cost. Out of 500 TPD wastes
received 250 TPD is in segregated manner, the waste treated
in 250 TPD and the waste rejected after treatment is 250
TPD. However, the organization is required to pay a royalty
of 2.5% of the value of the compost sold in the market.

AMC has also awarded another contract for setting up

waste to energy project to another private organization on
the same model for manufacturing pallets and fluffs from
MSW. These pallets and fluffs are used as raw fuel in
industries which help in reducing the load on conventional
raw fuel. The installed capacity of the plant is 500 TPD. The
treatment for bio medical waste is also done on private
basis.

11.20 Disposal of Waste

Presently open dumping is resorted to on 84 hectares of

open dumping land at Pirana, Narol in an unscientific
manner. The disposal of dead animals is done at the carcass
site. Nearly 1.5 MT of bio medical waste is collected and
disposed off to the incineration plant as per the bio medical
waste rules (1997), through private contractors authorized
by GPCB.
Other than the open dumping site, AMC has constructed a
new sanitary landfill site at Gyaspur. The capacity of cell in
phase I is 11.50 lakhs MT of Solid waste with a life of six
years. This phase I cell is presently operational. The quantum
of waste disposed at the landfill site is 500 MT/Day. AUDA
had constructed a landfill site near Fatehwadi. That landfill
site has been handed over to AMC in 2008. The area of
Fatehwadi landfill site is 38ha. The site is located between
the Fatehwadi canal and Sabarmati River.

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Map 11.7 Location of Existing Landfill Sites

Table11.13: Summary of Waste Generation and Treatment

in AMC Area
No. Service Head Service Levels, Demand and Gaps / Surplus for year 2011
Generation Treatment Treated Treated Dump in
(MT) capacity Waste through Open Site
(MT) (MT) Scientific (MT)
Land fill Site
1 Treatment 3300 1188000 700 210 2600
(AMC) (Fm Prvt
Treated
Waste)
2 Treatment 113 -- --
(Urbanized
113
area of AUDA
Excl. AMC)
3 Treatment 3413 1188000 650
(Urbanized
2713
area of AUDA
Incl. AMC)

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11.21 SWM System in rest of AUDA and Growth
Centres

Solid Waste Management system in the peripheral areas is

limited. In the peripheral areas, the solid waste is collected
on society or housing colony basis and dumped at a
secondary container bin. Other than the peripheral areas,
the details for solid waste management in the growth
centres are stated below:

Table: 11.14 SWM in Rest of AUDA and Growth centres

Particular Kalol Sanand Mehmedabad Dehgam Bareja
Type of Disposal Landfill Dumping Landfill (GUDC Vermin Dumping Site
Site Plant) Composting site
Area/Capacity - 0.42 0.012 0.5 1
Distance from 2 3 3 1 1
City (km)
Source: Respective Municipalities Year: 2011

Table 11.15 Waste Generation vs. Collection in GCs

No Growth centre Population Per capita waste Waste Waste
generation (gm.) generation(MT) collection(MT
)
1 Kalol 152173 340 61 41
2 Sanand 41511 338 17 12
3 Mehmedabad 41312 82.6 17 3
4 Dehgam 42876 100 17 4
5 Bareja 19689 259 8 4
Source: Respective Municipalities Year: 2011

Waste collection and disposal are done at various growth

centres, but the waste disposal is done on open site,
scientific land fill sites do not exist in the Growth centres.

11.22 Observations and Issues

No Segregation of waste at source:

• Issue: Presently household segregation of dry and wet
waste at source is not practiced in the city.
• MSW scientific treatment plant is required.
• Scientific approach in waste disposal is necessary in the
growth centres.
Waste collection vehicles and disposal need to enhance
in the Growth Centres.

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