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The Cleanest State Capital

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

Door-to-door collection of waste

For door-to-door collection (DTDC) of segregated waste, BMC developed 14 transfer stations with collection, segregation and transfer facilities, where waste collected from the entire city is dropped via 671 DTDC vehicles. The waste is then transferred to the designated transfer station, which then transfer waste to Adampur centralised plant for processing and disposal of waste in a state-of-the-art and scientific manner.

Gobar Dhan plant

The waste undergoes scientific waste processing at the Gobar Dhan plant at Adampur Chavni, set up through PPP mode. Bhumi Pujan of the plant was done by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The plant has the capacity to convert 400 tonnes of waste to bio-CNG. This is a cost-effective method of treating waste, at the same time producing 80 tonnes of organic manure per day. This will, furthermore, help the farmers to improve their yield and reduce carbon production by 1,05,000 per year.

Another byproduct is 12.50 tonnes of CNG which will be produced from biodegradable waste and provided to BMC at Rs 5 less than the market price, which will further be utilised in 250 public transportation buses. For non-biodegradable waste, BMC has collaborated with the NTPC and will be producing ‘Torrefied Charcoal’ to be used as fuel in factories and power plants. Certain useful items like plastic waste tiles, etc. are obtained from the separate Material Recovery Facility (MRF) installed at transfer stations directly.

Sewage Treatment plants

Bhopal is a city known for its beautiful lakes and ponds. To keep them and groundwater from getting polluted, nine Sewage Treatment Plants and 29 Sewage Pump Houses at Shirin River, Maholi Dam Khedra, Char Imli, Shhpura Maksi, Nilbad, Sun Khedree, and Professor Colony have been set up. The sewage is treated through 350 km of sewage network. The BMC has also provided 12,000 domestic sewage connections in the city.