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NEW DELHI: While the Capital failed to meet the Supreme Court deadline for putting in place waste processing and disposal facilities, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi appears to have finally woken up to the issue. Looking at a scientific approach to resolve the issue of solid waste management in the city, the MCD is now considering a Delhi Solid Waste Management programme. Working out a set of projects for the city to address the various aspects of Solid Waste Management, the MCD and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding. While the implementation of the action plan for SWM may take another 12 to 15 months, it has been suggested that to prepare a feasible plan, several determinants including the composition and character of Delhi's solid waste, inventory of waste generating sources and extend of segregation need to be examined. Other determinants that need to be examined are technology options, land availability and marketability of products. "The plan has been almost finalised. What we are looking at is the feasibility studies, pre-qualifying studies for the various technological options. These have been suggested by IL&FS. It is important to understand what technology will be suitable for the city depending on the composition and character of the waste. Similarly, this will also help us understand what technology would be suited for a particular part of the city,'' said MDC Commissioner, Rakesh Mehta. Currently the technological options that have been short-listed for waste disposal include Composting, Methanisation, Refuse Derived Fuel, Constructions and Demolition and landfill sites. The aim of the feasibility studies that have been proposed is to identify the most appropriate technology or disposal option for a particular site. Though waste characterisation has been analysed in an earlier report by COWI, the Delhi Solid Waste Management Programme put forward by IL&FS has suggested a fresh survey to understand the variation of the waste characteristics would be undertaken. This would help in understanding the composition of specific waste type generated in Delhi and to evaluate specific treatment facilities. And to understand the seasonal variation, the survey would also be repeated after monsoon and winter season. The assessment would also include environmental and social impact of each technological option. In case land is needed for a disposal, the affected population would be taken into account and also adequate attention would be taken to ensure livelihoods of rag pickers dependent on various streams of waste flow. Interestingly, a "fresh look'' on the Waste to Energy Plant proposed for the Capital has also been suggested. Experiences of Waste to Energy Plant in Lucknow based on Bio-Methanisation Technology, Pellatisation Plants in Hyderabad and Vijaywada have been cited.
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