Soild Waste Management
Solid Waste
Best Practices
Manpower
Media And Communication
Infrastructures Created
Manual Scavengers List
Manual Scavengers Survey Form
Soid Waste Management Department:
Headed by a Superintending Engineer, the department looks after clearance and
management of solid waste which is a major responsibility of the Corporation. Every day
around 5400 MT of garbage is collected from the city. Night conservancy is also being
carried out in all bus route roads and Markets / commercial areas of the city. Door to door
collection of garbage is done in all zones.
Generation
Per capita Generation per day 650 gms
Estimated Generation of Solid Garbage 5400 MTs.
Waste Per day Construction and Demolition
Waste - 700 MTs
Waste Generation by Category
68 %
Residential
Commercial 16 %
Halls. Schools, Institutions 14 %
Industrial 2%
Hospitals & Clinics Separately disposed by
Hospitals to the Agency fixed
by TNPCB.
Solid Waste
Primary Collection
Fully with Manpower
Conservancy Operation 6.30 am to 1.30 p.m.
For compactors and tricycles from 6.30 a.m to 1.30 p.m.
Night Conservancy between 9.00 pm to 2.00 a.m.
Night Sweeping also done with mechanical Sweeper in Bus Route Roads / Main
roads.
Each worker has been assigned with work schedule
Equipments Used
o Coco Brooms
o Baskets (Aluminum)
o Brushes
o Iron Plate (Penku)
o Containerised push carts
o Tricycles with Bins
o Roto mould wheeled bins
Primary Collection
Sweeping, collecting, and storing the waste in the specified bins.
Door to door collection of garbage
Collecting the Source Separated Waste from the Households by Tricycles or
Light Motor Vehicles and bio degradable waste is being sent to decentralized
waste processing facilities and dry waste is being collected every Wednesday for
recycle purpose and remaining waste to transfer Stations/dump sites.
Secondary Collection: (Transportation)
o Street collection to disposal site.
o Transportation to disposal site from transfer station.
o Assigned Route schedules for each and every vehicle for each trip.
No. of Trips
o Heavy Vehicles 2 trips per day.
o Light Vehicles 4 trips per day.
Transfer Stations
No. of Transfer station 7
available
Daily quantity of Waste 3600 tons of garbage
transferred to transfer
station
Waste Disposal
At present Garbage generated in Chennai is dumping at two land fill sites and construction
and demolition waste is being used for covering each layer of garbage in two dump sites.
For remediation of the existing Landfill or scientific closure and to have the Integrated
waste processing facilities with waste to energy plant as component at the existing
Kodungaiyur and Perungudi dump sites, the Transaction Advisory Consultant have prepared
DFR and sent for approval of the competent Authority and simultaneously the RFP
documents are under preparation.
Number of Disposal Sites : Two (Kodungaiyur and Perungudi)
Dumping Ground:
Kodungaiyur
Location Kodungaiyur
Extent Area around 269 acres.
Total number of years More than 35 Years
in use
Neighborhood Within one K.M (are in
existence)
Daily Waste disposed 2600 to 2800 M.T
Perungudi
Location Perungudi
Extent Area around 200 acres.
(Restricted)
Neighbourhood Within 0.5 KM (formed after
dumping)
Number of years in More than 30 Years
use
Daily waste disposed 2400 tons to 2600 MT
Best Practices
Collection of Solid Waste at Source
Collection of Municipal Solid Waste at source (Door to door collection) has been
implemented in all Zones. About 95% of the households were covered under this programme.
This has been achieved only on introduction of Tricycles which stands as a wonder
tool for better collection of MSW at door steps. Now about 5400 Tricycles are in use for
reduction of dust bins on road side.
Source Collection
Source separation is promoted to reduce the waste coming to the Landfill, thereby
increasing the life time of the Landfills.
The bio-degradable waste (Organic Waste) is being composted in a decentralized
manner at ward level by Ordinary and Vermi compost plants and Bio methanation plants and
manure used for GCC parks and greeneries besides open sale to public also.
Source separated thin plastics are subjected to shredding in all units / zones and it has
been used for laying Bituminous road laying. The source Separated non biodegradable (Dry
Waste) collected on every Wednesdays for recycling.
Media And Communication
Print Media Multilingual pamphlets& Newspapers
Mass Contact Rallies &Street plays
Involve NGO's + Welfare Associations
Stakeholders
Electronic Media Awareness and Advertisements through
Radio
Manpower
Permanent workers 6990
Panchayat/NMR/Consolidate 545
d
NULM (SHGs) Temporary 8171
Ramky (Chennai Municipal 3403
Solid Waste Management –
Private contractor)
Total 19109
Infrastructures Created
o Modern Transfer Stations constructed at Zone-IV,V,VI, VIII, IX, X and XIII
at a cost of Rs.14.00 Crores.
o Cement concrete roads laid to a length of about 2.225 K.m for the passage of
vehicles for disposal of garbage at Kodungaiyur Dumping ground at a cost of
Rs.5.25 Crores.
o Cement concrete roads laid to a length of about 3.25 km at Perungudi dump
site at a cost of Rs. 6.0 Crores.
o Centre Median for a length of 500 m is constructed in Kodungaiyur Dump
site.
o High pressure fire pump with nozzle – 1 no and 12 nos of Sintex Tanks are
provided at Kodungaiyur Dump site.
o High mast lights 2 nos are installed in Kodungaiyur Dump site.
o Weigh bridge – 1 no constructed at a cost of Rs. 38.00 Lakhs at Kodungaiyur
Dump site.
o Constructed Weigh Bridge – 3 nos at a cost of Rs. 60.66 Lakhs at Perungudi
dump site.
o Watch Tower – 7 nos were installed at Kodungaiyur Dump site.
o Constructed compound wall of 2.4 km Length from south entrance gate to
radial road entrance gate at Perungudi Dump site.
o Construction of Compound Wall (4.5 km) at Kodungaiyur dumping ground
has been completed at a cost of Rs.4.00 Crores.
o Surveillance cameras were fixed at Koundugaiyur - 4 nos and at Perungudi -
12 Nos Dumping Grounds for monitoring the activities from the Headquarters.
o Provided 49 nos of street lights at a cost of Rs. 30.25 Lakhs at Perungudi
Dump site.
o All open garbage collection Lorries were replaced by compactor vehicles for
the transportation of garbage in a covered manner at the same time reducing
the garbage in its volume by compacting them at a cost of Rs.42.00 crores.
o Procured 47 Nos. of Shredding Machines in zones-1 to 15 for shredding thin
plastics carry bags below 50 micron and shredded plastics are being used for
bituminous road laying.
o Five Waste to Energy plants using BARC technology are being operated with
the total feeding capacity of 8.80 MT of bio-degradable waste. 54 kwh per day
of electrical energy is generated and used for street lights and high mast lights.
Further construction of two waste to Energy plant at Perambur slaughter house
is under progress.
Decentralized compost plants
No. of Designed Capacity in
Type of Plant Plants MT/day
Ordinary Compost 136 142.37
Vermi-Compost 2 3.20
Bio-Gas 23 8.94
Bio – Electrical (BARC
5 11.50
Technology)
New Proposals
Collection and Transportation of Solid waste in zones 1, 2, 3 and 7 (Package-1)
through PPP mode.
Collection and Transportation of Solid waste in zones 11, 12, 14 and 15 (Package-2)
through PPP mode.
Remediation / Reclamation & Rehabilitation of the dump site at Kodungaiyur for
Zones 1 to 8 - (Package-III A).
Waste to energy processing plant in existing dump site at Kodungaiyur for Zones 1 to
8 (Package -IIIB).
Remediation/Reclamation & Rehabilitation of the dump site at Perungudi for Zones 9
to 15 (Package –IVA).
Waste to energy processing plant in existing dump site at Perungudi for Zones 9 to 15
(Package – IVB).
Collection & Transportation of Construction and Demolition waste to Kodungaiyur
from Zones 1 to 8 and Perungudi from Zones 9 to 15.
o The above proposals are under various stages of approval for implementation.
