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Research Proposal- solid waste management in Indian

Railways

Topic:Solid Waste Management

Problem/ Area of study:Solid waste Management in Indian Railways

Hypothesis:PPP model is most suited for waste management in Indian

railways

Need of Sudy:

The area of solid waste management has always been neglected in the Indian

railways. Policies for the same have been ept at the lowest level and so are the

steps taen in the same dame direction. !lthough recently some of the private

players have stepped into the business and taen initiative to manage the solid

waste but" still we find the waste disposed on the railway tracs and corners ofthe platforms.

The research shall focus on the similar problems" study the various approaches

adopted and try to address the failures of the current systems so that efficient

plan of action can be formulated to eep the Indian Railways clean.

Objectives:

#$ To study the various approaches adopted by the Railways to manage the

solid waste across the world with a special focus on approaches adopted

in india.

%$ To &ind the place'places of generation of solid waste

($ To find out the per capita solid waste generated at the railway stations.

)$ !nalyse the date collected via survey to formulate a conclusion and

recommendations for the Indian railways to upeep the ways of solid

waste management.

Literature Study:

*ata of various approaches of solid waste management

+nvironment Management in Indian railways

!nnual report of Indian railways

Report no , %/- 0leanliness and sanitation in Indian railways.

Studies done in the past.

Study of the various 1ones of railway stations and their hierarchy

2ierarchy of trains" their functioning and run time

Scope and Limitation

The study shall cover %-( 3total #,$ 1ones of indian railways in which %-( stationsfrom each category 3Small" Medium" 4arge$ shall be taen into consideration.

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The scope of study will include the platforms and trains and not the solid waste

on the tracs outside the station premises.

The study shall not deal with any other type other type of waste lie water" soil

waste.

ata collection:

Observation

the places of accumulation of solid waste at the railway station

places of accumulation of solid waste in the trains

fre:uency of the trains originating' starting ' crossing and passing by

Segregation of the waste at the source or not.

Survey:

Sample si1e has to be large appro; )

!$ ! sample who is starting a ?ourney

@$ ! sample who is getting down at the last station of the train

0$ ! sample who is getting down from a train passing by

*$ ! sample who is receiving'dropping someone at the station

To chec the awareness of the citi1ens about the dustbins

To chec the awareness about the segregation at source

To find the convineant places of waste disposal

To find the :uality and :uantity of dustbins provided at the platforms and trains.

Waiting time at station

Type and :uantity of waste generated by the sample itself.

ANAL!S"S

!nalysis of the data collected and literature studies to find the most efficient

system of solid wate management.

Plan for solid waste management to be formulated with recommendations to the

Indian railways

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