Trends of Urban Solid Waste Management in Agartala City, Tripura, India
Journal Title: Universal Journal of Environmental Research and Technology - Year 2014, Vol 4, Issue 4
Abstract
Environmental friendly disposal of Municipal waste is not often practiced in developing nations like India. With the rapid growth of population along with the expansion of residential areas and infrastructure development our inhabiting environment is getting affected. Poor management and lack of scientific approach in dumping process are the major hindrances on the way of MSW process. However, unsuitable placement of dumping yards at inappropriate areas is another obstacle found in case of Agartala city as it is growing very fast. As per 2011 census, population of this city was 399,688 with density of 6,251/Sq km. Around 260 MT (metric ton) urban solid waste is generated every day from more than 90,000 households including house hold (10%) commercial including industrial (12%) construction debris including thrown sweeping (50%), electronic wastes (2%) respectively. Present study of Agartala city has been conducted to assess the latest scenario of Municipal solid waste management process.
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Moharana Choudhury and Mcdonald Choudhury
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