Details Construction of Solid Waste Management Project, Dibrugarh (Assam) Implemented by Assam Urban Infrastructure Investment Program (Funded by Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Er. Diganta Mili
M Tech(Structural Engineering ),MBA(Project Management) MA (Rural Development)PGDM(Contract Management and Procurement) PGDM(Construction and Project),PGD(Urban Planning and Development ) Professional Engineer ,Chartered Engineer
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) is responsible for managing solid waste within the municipal limits while the rest of the Dibrugarh Municipal Planning Area (DMPA) is presently not covered. Major sources generating municipal solid wastes in Dibrugarh are the households, commercial establishments, institutions, markets, street sweeping, and construction/demolition activities. No recorded estimations on total waste generation and its characteristics are available with DMB. Crude estimates from DMB indicate solid waste generation in the town and DMPA present generation is estimated to be 60 and 78 metric tons per day (MTD) respectively and this is projected to increase to 82 and 112 MTD respectively in 20 years.
The present waste collection frequency is very irregular and inadequate. Wastes are not segregated at source and are a mixture of inert, recyclable and bio-degradable matters. Assam Medical College has the only bio-medical waste treatment facility, with an incinerator of capacity 150 kilograms (kg). DMB provides facility to other health care establishment on chargeable basis.
Three tractor tailors and one truck are involved for collection of wastes which are parked within the DMB office premises as there is no garage and repair facility of these vehicles. The DMB has added a cesspool cleaner of 3000 liter capacity. The present disposal site is located at Maizan, Barsuikiya Gaon. The site 6 km away from the city covers 0.5 ha. There is no leachate collection or protection system installed in the existing disposal site. Due to the potential to pollute the adjacent surface water and groundwater table, the APCB has issued a closure notification to this dumpsite.
