#SwachhSilchar

To be presented at Tecnoesis, NIT Silchar

Sources of dirtiness

• Human activities• Human waste• Garbage disposal

Improper garbage disposal Spitting on public places

Urinating in public also leads to spread of disease and foul smell.

Analysis of Silchar

• Entrance of Fatak Bazaar.• Entrance of Silchar Medical College.• Front of Taraknath Bazaar.• Junction of Park Road and Central Road.• Opposite to District Library.• Ramnagar Rail crossing.• Front of Civil Hospital.

• Proper waste management.• Imposing fine for violating rules.• Awareness programs.

Major places of dirtiness:

Solutions:

Analysis of India• Per capita waste ~ 350 grams per day (domestic waste).• Population of Silchar ~ 2.28 lacs.• Approx. 80 tons of waste are generated each day in Silchar.

Serial No. Composition Percentage

1 Vegetable 30

2 Organic 23

3 Plastic 14

4 Paper (Soft & Hard) 11

5 Glass 8

6 Textile 4

7 Biomedical 3

8 Electronic item 4

Municipality wards in Silchar

There are currently 28 wards in Silchar

• As we can see from the population

graph most population resides in ward no. 13, 15, 22, 23, 24.

• Garbage collection begins in the pick time of the day when most of the people go for school, office, work.

• Garbage collection at 8-10 AM leads to high congestion and traffic problem.

• Waste collection in daytime leads to foul smell in the city and also harms the health of Silchar citizen.

• Efficiency of Silchar Municipality Board (SMB) will increase substantially if they work at night.

Waste management

Waste management should be improved by Silchar Municipality Board. Rather than dumping all of the waste collected, steps should be taken to RECYCLE them.

Liquid WasteSolid Waste

1) Waste Collection.

2) Waste Segregation.

3) Waste recycling.

4) Waste disposal.

1) Waste collection

2) Waste treatment

3) Waste recycling

Waste Collection Three separate chambers in a dustbin should be installed throughout Silchar city which will not cost much and is feasible.

Current method being used New dustbins containing 3 chambers for Plastics, Glass and Compost.

Advantages: Few people will not follow the instruction but there will quite of them who will understand and help the workers to segregate among various types of waste.

Waste Segregation

Garbage truck unloading waste Segregation of waste into Plastics, Glass, Compost is done by workers with proper care.

Segregation of waste at the source by the local people is relatively low but proof of 10% rate was found at Metro cities. So, making 3 different chambers (Plastic, Glass, Compost) will help to achieve at least 7% rate.

Waste recycling

Glass recycling : Crush the glass and remelt at elevated temperature which can be reshaped into new glass container. Every metric ton (1,000 kg) of waste glass recycled into new items saves 315 kgs of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.

Plastic recycling : It can be done using pyrolysis or depolymerisation. Melting plastic at 430°C in absence of oxygen leads to formation of liquid fuel.

Compost recycling : Through anaerobic digestion, compost can be converted to biogas and remaining sludge can be used as fertilizers. Cheapest method of recycling.

Waste Disposal

Burning : The waste products which cannot be recycled may be burnt which in turn may be a source of energy through combustion. Landfilling : Remaining should be dump in a landfill and should be covered with soil. Landfill should be far from human contact as it produces harmful gases like Methane.

Public AwarenessIn collaboration with Assam University Fine Arts department, street walls must be painted with the message of cleanliness.

Swachh Silchar Challenge• Similar to famous “Ice Bucket Challenge” we will

organise in collaboration of NIT Silchar, “Swachh Silchar Challenge”.

• Rules for Swachh Silchar: One nominates two friends, family member or other acquaintances. Those nominated must take a initiative to clean their locality and click a photo and upload it to Facebook or Twitter and tag it as “#SwachhSilchar”. If anyone decides not to participate even after nomination then they may donate few bucks to Swachh Silchar Organisation located at NIT Silchar. Money collected in the process will be used for cleaning Silchar.

Take the pledge

If everyone of us who is reading this takes a pledge to keep their locality clean then, our Silchar will be the cleanest city of India..

NIT Silchar National Highway

Thanking you..

By Mahasish Shome @mahasish