Sachin C Kuzhivelil

UI4001

Scientific disposal of solid waste at Bhuj

The waste generated in Bhuj city is currently dumped openly to the dumpsite located at Nagor road. The waste dumping is not controlled, monitored or scientific disposed and additionally, to this, the waste dumped is openly burned causing serious health problems to the citizens of the city in terms of air pollution, health hazards, groundwater pollution, etc. Currently, the dumpsite is around 9.67Ha with an average height of 5.5m, amounting to approximately 4.5 Lakh MT of waste openly dumped. The project scientific disposal of solid waste aims to dispose of the waste in a scientific method along with treating the legacy waste at the dumpsite.


Report Content

Project under solid waste management

Dumpsite information

Waste classification

Growth of dumpsite

Projects for the disposal of waste

Landfill site selection criteria

Different scenarios of execution of the project

Comparison between the ideal scenarios

Comparison between the ideal scenarios

Time line for the project