Peripheral Area

Garbage have piled up at the dumping yard premises much to the chagrin of the people living near the dumping yard. Whenever the residents agitate against indiscriminate dumping at the yard, the corporation shifts the wastes to quarries in Pathapadu. If they don’t protest, they continue to dump waste in the transfer stations only. • Bio methanation plant produces smoke that is hazardous and pose health risks to the people living in nearby areas.

As per a survey conducted by UNIDO, it was found that the bio methanation plant established at Ajith Singh Nagar dumping yard uses vegetable waste and waste from slaughterhouses to produce methane gas which in turn is utilized to produce electricity. It was found that the smoke that emanates from the plant is hazardous and may pose health risks to the people living in nearby areas. It is suggested that the concerned team deploy appropriate technology to treat the smoke before releasing it in the atmosphere. • Increase in Demand for Service Level

Demand The increase in population and economic activities in the city will lead to increase in waste generation in all the sectors including residential, commercial & industrial as well as other public activities in the city. The increased generation of waste will require more resource staff as well as advanced technologies to collect, segregate, transport and dispose the waste generated and collected from various parts in the city. This requires proactive planning and execution strategies. In addition to following the rules and regulations mandated by the national and state level government, Vijayawada city should also explore and test the innovative ways and means to handle the future scenarios. It may involve partnering with external experts, involvement of local and regional NGOs, awareness raising at mass scale and adopting innovative technologies to dispose the waste.

Peripheral Area

Vijayawada city has somewhat found its dumping site but the administration is still contemplating a suitable land that can be used as a dumping yard for the waste generated in areas outside the Vijayawada municipal corporation (VMC) limits. This absence of dump yard in the municipality outside the city limits is mainly because Pathapadu dumping site is for waste generated by areas under corporation limit. Absence of such a place and non-collection of waste from all the parts of the city result in dumping of waste an canals & unauthorized place leading to sewer blocks, public inconvenience etc.