A Case Study On Solid-Waste Management In Bilaspur City, Chhattisgarh, India

Abstract

Now days, Solid Waste Management (SWM) has become the most discussed and inevitable issue in almost all government municipal bodies of India. The discipline involved in the control of the generation, collection, storage, transfer, processing, and disposal of solid waste (Organic and non-organic waste) can be referred to as solid waste management. This SWM involves lot of resources of every civic bodies and still very few in country are able to manage the system effectively. Under the “Swatchha Bharat Mission” an Indian government initiative, it was urge to every corporation to activity participate. But still lot of work is needed to carry out in this area. As case study Bilaspur Municipal Corporation's (Chattisgarh) solid waste management practices are represented. In detail data is collect from the authority of Bilaspur Municipal Corporation for study the existing scenario of all eight zones during the year 2020-21. After critical analysis some remedies are suggested for improving the current SWM situation. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is strongly recommended to authority to check pollution level and other health issue due to improper SWM.