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Transportation of Waste
scientific land fill on lease basis up to completion of waste energy which is establishing at Naidupeta, Guntur District by Government of A.P. The Pathapadu village public has frequently stopping our VMC garbage carrying vehicles to dump the city garbage in the above quarry pit. Some of the villagers are agitated and thus leaving village also. Villagers are also complaining that the garbage is burnt every day and even otherwise, the stink is unbearable. They are also threatening the VMC that they will go on a strike if VMC ignored their demands. They say that they don’t want a dumping yard in their area and the VMC authorities are noy maintaining it. Complete unhygienic situation & health hazards, foul smell, mosquitoes breeding is prevailing among the residents in the Pathapadu village. Methane & fumes are also emanating from garbage mound when the garbage is burnt. It being non-engineering dumping yard, potential contamination of ground waste is also found due to the waste dumping. VMC authorities are saying that they have considered the issue and will handle the dumping in a proper manner by prohibiting burning garbage taking measures to handle the methane emitting from the garbage mound but no steps have been taken so far.
Transportation of Waste
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While the waste is being transferred from one place to another, they are being littered on the roads which again pollutes the clean roads of the city. Secondly, the vehicles being used for the transportation are either diesel oriented or CNG operated. Though this CNG operated autos and tractors can help in reducing pollution to some extent but if they can be replaced by smart and electric waste disposal vehicles it will not only help in reducing the cost but also more pollution and emissions. A diesel vehicle needs ₹3 per kilometer while the expenditure on the electric vehicles is 50 paise per kilometer. CNG vehicles bring down harmful emission but electric vehicles promise no emissions.
Figure 12.19: E- vehicles for waste transportation Source: swatchindia.ndtv.com
