Parth Gupta

Segregation of solid
waste
Arunachal Pradesh.
 Starting of Waste

• Arunachal Pradesh has very less population. It is (The Land Of Rising

Sun) . In The early 90s there was very less population as there was
very less improvement in the condition of living. After some year
when it started to develop the waste increased. The collection of solid
waste and management was not organized due to lack of awareness
• The first plant was in Itanagar to manage the waste in Itanagar town,
but after few months it got failed to recycle the waste. Many plant got
constructed but not started yet
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 The following are some reasons for the failure of
solid waste management in our state:

• Absence of technical person

• Absence of proper data
• Loading & transportation equipment
• Land
• Training of labourers
• Fleet management

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 Absence of technical person

• In most cases, SWM plants are designed by consultants

that are from other states. These consultants manipulate
the state’s policymakers by showing fancy projects and
equipment just to get 5the work without actually going to
the field and doing the studies before submitting the
project DPR, and most of the time they replicate projects
from other states. In the absence of a technical person
for solid waste management, these consultants are not
scrutinised properly and their terms are simply agreed to.
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 Absence of proper data

• Before setting up solid waste management, a wide range of data is

required to collect over a year on a daily basis to determine the
capacity of the SWM plant. Without proper data, the plant will either
underperform or be overloaded. There is no data on waste generation
and no records are maintained in the town/state level. All data
available are crude. In the absence of a proper study of waste
generation, the nature of waste and proper selection of treatment
technology were the key failures of the Itanagar SWM plant.
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 Loading & transportation equipment

• For proper disposal of solid waste, loading and

transportation play a major role. Proper selection of
loading and transportation are keys to successful
operation of an SWM plant. The waste generated should
reach on the scheduled time for proper treatment, or
else the waste brought out of schedule may affect the
operational chain of the plant. Proper selection of
equipment is also required from the economic point of
views during its whole service life.
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 Land

• The most important resource for proper SWM implementation

is land. In most of the projects, land required for the plant
and a landfill is procured at the divisional level. The
requirement of land is based on the total quantity of waste
generation and the service life of the plant. In the absence of
correct data, it is difficult to quantify the land requirement.
The government shall make policies on land acquisition for
solid waste management. Every town in Arunachal Pradesh
requires sanitary land field for proper disposal of waste.
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 Training of labourers

• We are just focusing on lifting of garbage from the

streets. No training was ever given to the labourers to
handle waste in a proper manner. Proper training for the
labourers is as important as running an SWM plant. They
are the nerve of the entire operation and management.
Any wrong practice out of ignorance may hamper the
smooth operation of the plant, and the life of the
equipment also gets shortened. Hence, there is a need to
focus on training of sanitation workers.
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 Fleet management

• Proper care and maintenance of a fleet of transportation

vehicles is required as the entire operation depends on
transportation. A dedicated team of fleet management
is required for the upkeep the vehicles. Monitoring of
the vehicles’ movements is also required for optimum
service and fuel economy, which can be done by the
GPS monitoring system. Such management will bring
down the total operational co
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What do we need to do now?
 Data collection for each town: 

• 18 months (minimum). Weigh

bridge installation at dumpsite and
dedicated team for data collection
need to be assigned. Setting up of
a central recordkeeping cell.
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 Acquisition of land for project &
dumpsite: 

• No timeframe. The land should be

procured on the basis of priorities
through government
notification/orders for all towns in
Arunachal Pradesh.
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 Training on SWM operation for entire
team: 

• No timeframe. Filed visit and training

should be done on similar town. No
field visit should be permitted in the
the metros as the problem faced by
them and us are not similar.
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 Procurement of equipment based on
field requirements: 

• No timeframe. Vehicles and equipment

should be procured on the basis of
actual field conditions. For example,
the equipment required for Bomdila
town is not the same as Itanagar or
Pasighat
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