BMC teams to study Indore model of waste management
The model implemented by the Indore Municipal Corporation has led to it becoming the cleanest city of India by 2019.
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In 2022-’23, Mumbai generated nearly 6,300 metric tonnes of waste regularly. (File photo)In a bid to implement better solid waste management system in the city, a team of 50 officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday embarked on a two-day tour of Indore to study the ‘Indore Model’ of waste management.
The model implemented by the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has led to it becoming the cleanest city of India by 2019. The Mumbai civic body had floated the proposal to visit Indore in August 2023.
According to senior officials, while the first batch of 50 officials, including two engineers and 48 junior supervisors, left for Indore on Monday, two more batches are slated to leave. “The second and third batch will also comprise 50 civic workers,” said an officer.
At present, nearly 400 junior officers (JO) are involved in SWM-related activities, and each junior officer has 50 safai karmacharis (sanitation workers) working under them. According to senior officials, the idea behind studying the Indore model is to ensure that there is proper mechanism of waste management at all levels.
In 2023, the BMC floated a proposal with the All India Local Self Government (AILSG), through which civic officials and sanitary workers would be trained under the parameters of Indore model. Responding to questions, senior officials told The Indian Express that at least 400 civic workers will visit Indore in separate slots to understand the model there.
The Indore model of waste treatment mainly has four aspects — waste generation and segregation at source, setting waste processing units and implementation of door-to-door collection of solid waste.
In 2022-’23, Mumbai generated nearly 6,300 metric tonnes (MT) of waste regularly. Of this, more than 60 per cent of daily solid waste was sent to Kanjurmarg landfill, while the remaining was sent to Deonar dumping ground. While the bulk waste sent to Kanjurmarg is processed scientifically, the waste materials sent to Deonar is untreated.
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