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AHMEDABAD
an overview
2001
2007
2010
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NUMBER OF WARDS
POPULATION (in million)
1.3 Million
0.4 Million
AHMEDABAD
AHMEDABAD
AHMEDABAD
-Waste management
scenario
SECONDARY COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION
WEIGH BRIDGE
365 Days Working
Daily 3600 MT Waste
Weighed
More Than 1000 Trips
Working: Round The Clock
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AHMEDABAD
Tipper Truck
Refuse Compactor
TREATMENT OF MSW
AVERAGE DAILY COLLECTION OF MSW = 3600 MT/DAY
Contract Assigned For 2300 Tons
500 MT / DAY
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EXCEL IND.
(For Compost, Since Year 2000)
250 MT / DAY
800 MT / DAY
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Capacity:
11.50 Lacs Metric Tones
(i.e. 1.15 million tons)
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Started a Project
for IEC (Information,
Education,
Communication) Activities and Awareness Generation among
the General Public Towards Cleanliness, Waste Treatment &
To form
Participatory Committees and conduct Group meetings in the
Waste
Disposal
Wards
Publicity through Television Channels / Local Cable Network
Advertisement in Newspapers
Preparation & Distribution of pamphlets
Preparation & Erecting of Banners
Preparation & Exhibiting of Awareness Creation slides in Cinema Theatres
Conducting Street plays
Organizing of rally involving School & College students
Imparting Awareness training to Municipal staff and Councilors
Conducting miscellaneous events
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Since last 30 years solid waste is being disposed & accumulated at Pirana
dumping site having total area of about 84 acres.
About 65 acres of land is accumulated with heaps of garbage having 15-20
meter height.
AMC is developing a project for Capping of the site or Reclamation of the
site on PPP mode.
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(under
planning on a larger scale)
Benefits
Incentive to households for waste
Segregation
Enables cleaner waste streams
increases usability of waste
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Garden
/ Hotel
Kitchen
Utilization
AMC startedof
this
Pilot Project
on Sep
11.
Waste
Daily Garden, Hotel Kitchen and other Green waste is converted into
Organic Manure with the help of Excel Industries Ltd.'s Organic Waste
Convertor
(OWC)
Machine
on
PPP mode.
OWC Machine with capacity of converting 200 kgs biodegradable
waste into compost has been put on experimental basis for 60 days to
observe the process and effectiveness of the machine.
Such small project to convert biodegradable waste to compost is useful
for residential societies, big hotels, canteens, etc.
AMC wishes to encourage such decentralized mode.
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AMC has given work order to prepare a Public Health Byelaws keeping in mind of all present requirement & future
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for
Zero
Waste
Ahmedabad by 2031
AMC participated at the Special Event of ISWA World Congress
2011 and agreed on the Declaration for Zero Waste
Ahmedabad by 2031. AMC has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding with UNCRD (United Nations Center for
Regional Development, Japan) which is providing technical
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Water
Air
Soil
Triggers
Economy
Wise
Approach to
Sustainability
Through
Excellence
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Tel No.
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079-32982385
Fax
No.
:-
079-25321484
:-
swm@egovamc.com
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