achieving swachh bharat through better governed municipal corporations
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Achieving Swachh Bharat through better governed Municipal Corporations
Rishi AggarwalResearch Fellow
Observer Research Foundation Mumbai
4th International Conference on Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Processing Technology for Developing Nations
18-19th February, 2016
India overview
• We will soon have 68 Million plus cities• High volume of waste generated daily• ?? Number of unscientific dumping grounds
This is the situation today
What happened to Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules of 2000?
15 years – What have we done?
MSW 2000 MSW 2015
Role of Municipal Corporations
• The final authority on safeguarding public health
• Implement laws of the land with regards public health, environment and sanitation
• Provide execution to national level missions• Create an enabling ecosystem for multiple
stakeholders – business and non-business
Governance parameters
• Transparent and accountable. • Share annual plans, achievements and failures
honestly.• Be open to criticism and • Not be seen as biased towards one approach
over the other. Only creates conflict and delays.
Governance parameters
• How easy is it to business with municipal corporations?
• An honest assessment of the experience with PPPs in the past decade.
• Need for performance measurement of ULBs on implementation of MSW 2000
• Let us stop Technical Assistance for Handbooks and Conferences and start demanding performance from Urban Departments and Municipal Corporations
Requirement of MSW 2000
• Are ULBs encouraging and enabling reduction of waste at source? Reducing waste reaching garbage dumps?Reduce Reuse Recycle
• Is segregation at source being enforced?
Bio-methanation is also Waste to Energy
Let Municipal Corporations create a harmonious foundation for multiple stakeholders to happily contribute to Swachh Bharat Mission
