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Bhopal has received the status of Second Cleanest City and the Cleanest Capital in the country for two consecutive years now. Bhopal Municipal Corporation has been conducting various activities related to cleanliness, door-to-door waste collection, running community awareness drives, waste processing and disposal, and environment conservation related activities.
Reclaiming Bhanpur landfill site Dumpsites or landfill sites with massive legacy waste have become a common feature of cities. It was the same for Bhanpur dumpsite, Bhopal
with 7.23 lakh tonnes of waste, which had been there for about 40 years. On January 1, 2018, Bhopal Municipal Corporation decided to shift the dumpsite to Adampur, and simultaneously conduct waste remediation on it. BMC has done scientific remediation of Bhanpur (Khanti) dumpsite and reclaimed 37 acres of land, earlier in disuse. This unique example is being followed by other cities in the country as well. Earlier, the landfill site at Bhanpur looked like a mountain of garbage but the sustained scientific efforts of the municipal corporation helped them get rid of legacy waste and reclaim the land.
ABOUT BHANPUR LANDFILL SITE PROJECT ♦♦ Total Solid Waste Collected: 11.13 Lakh Cubic Meters or 7.23 Lakh Tonnes ♦♦ Total Processed Solid Waste: 2.42 Lakh Cubic Meter or 1.57 Lakh Tonne ♦♦ Total area of Khanti: 37.00 acres ♦♦ Total Reclaimed Area: 21.00 Acres ♦♦ Area of capping: 16.00 acres ♦♦ The total cost of the project: Rs. 52.38 crores ♦♦ Height of dump when capping was complete: 27 m ♦♦ The paver blocks used in the packing area as well as the tear-walls, are made by recycling Construction and Demolition waste
44 June 2022 | www.urbanupdate.in
