Disposal of garbage ( wet and dry ), is a big problem
for all Municipalities
In Mumbai , it is a daily 8,000 ton problem
Despite a large fleet of garbage collection trucks and
thousands of municipal employees ( including employees of contractors ),
streets remain littered and garbage dumps keep overflowing ( when not burning !
)
All kinds of solutions have been attempted in the past
to solve this problem, without much success
This is because current perception of the garbage
generating households ( and of the office bearers of the housing societies ) , is
:
* Garbage collection / disposal is Municipality's
responsibility
This problem will persist till we succeed in changing
this perception to :
" Garbage
disposal is our responsibility "
This change of attitude can be brought about by "
incentivizing " the members of the Housing Societies
Here is how :
* The society
where I live ( Marol / Mumbai ) has 200 Members ( flats )
* Each member
pays monthly Municipal Tax of ( approx ) , Rs 600
* That
translates to Rs 1.2 lakh per month ( Rs 14.4 lakh / year )
* In 5 years ,
Society pays to Municipality, Rs 72 lakhs
* Govt /
Municipality to make it compulsory for each big society ( size to be
decided ), to
install on its premises :
# Methane gas generating plant or Compost
Fertilizer plant
( to take care of wet / organic garbage )
# Water recycling plant ( to filter and reuse
water from shower / wash
basin /
kitchen sink for toilet flushing purpose )
# A Compacting Press for dry waste ( paper /
bags / cartons etc )
* Towards
installation of such plants , Municipality to give a discount of
25 % to the Society in monthly taxes , for a
period of 5 years
That is a
rebate of Rs 150 / month / flat for 5 years
This would
work out to a saving of Rs 18 lakh ( 25 % of Rs 72 lakh )
* This amount
should be sufficient for the Society to invest in these plants
and for
paying wages for persons needed to look after their operations
I believe such a positive incentive will motivate most
of the Societies to undertake to install such facilities
As a negative incentive , Govt / Municipality should
levy additional surcharge of 25 % on the monthly taxes ( ie raise to Rs 750 /
month in our case ) to those societies which fail to implement this scheme
within ONE YEAR of notification
It is high time citizens are involved and motivated (
through negative as well as positive incentives ) in keeping their cities clean
and its environment pleasant
I am sure such an experiment will find a far better
response from the public as compared to the ODD-EVEN scheme of Delhi ( which
too will succeed when Delhi-ites find plenty of Public Transport )
Incidentally , Shri Arvind Kejriwal and his team should
study ( without sending a delegation abroad ! ), the " Share - a - Bike
" taxi scheme ( BIXI )
which has successfully solved the traffic congestion
problem in Montreal
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