7. R=Responses
The city’s environment and the civic life is getting affected because of urbanisation, industrialization and developmental activities. To reduce the impact on environment, mitigational measures need to be taken by one and all. Municipal Corporation provides basic urban facilities to the citizens. Pune Municipal Corporation is implementing many mitigational measures through various projects. Some of these are short term whereas some are long term. There are three main types of mitigation measures taken which include – preventive, curative and adoptive measures.
7.1 Preventive Measures:
7.1.1 Decentralization of Waste Management:
Waste generated within the city limits is scientifically collected, segregated and disposed from residential and commercial areas. PMC has made mandatory for all new constructions after the year 2000 to collect wet waste and dry waste separately and make compost from wet waste at the source itself. Currently, waste generation in the Pune city is 1500 to 1600 metric ton per day (during festival 250-300 MT extra).
SMS alert system is being used for monitoring daily attendance of sweepers.The garbage from marketyards is picked up during night time and people dumping garbagein open are fined.Around 1200 containers have been placed at various public places in the city. People can register complaint about over flowing containers through SMS alert system simply by sending SMS of ALERTG and giving its location and ward name onmobile no. 9223050607 (for details visit website:
Waste collected by ragpickers is transported through newly purchased 40 Ghanta Gadi(garbage collection vans) instead of container vehicle, also 40 dumper placers have been added recently to the existing fleet of waste transportation vehicles.
Following waste processing units are installed in Pune City:
Sr. No. / Agency Name and Location / Waste given for processing / Capacity (MT) / Type & date of commencement1 / M/s Hanjer Biotech- Devachi Urali/ Phursungi / Mixed waste (Wet & Dry waste) / 1000 / RDF, manure, pellets, raw plastic & compost dt.1/6/2010
2 / Disha Waste Management- Ramtekdi, Hadapsar / Wet Waste / 100 / Vermicompost dt. 1/2/2012
3 / Ajinkya Biofert 1- Hadapsar / Wet Waste / 100 / Vermicompost dt. 1/6/2010
4 / Ajinkya Biofert 2- Hadapsar / Wet Waste (Garden Waste) / 100 / Vermicompost dt. 1/10/2011
5 / Melhem – Aundh ward office / Wet waste / 5 / Biogas 28/4/2010
6 / Melhem – Yerwada housing board / Wet waste / 5 / Biogas 1/5/2010
7 / Melhem – Katraj / Wet waste / 5 / Biogas 1/10/2011
8 / Emprotech Solutions- Bavdhan / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.1/7/2010
9 / Emprotech Solutions- Hadapsar / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.1/6/2010
10 / Emprotech Solutions- Model Colony / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.1/11/2009
11 / Greenleaf- Peshwe parrk / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.20/3/2010
12 / Greenleaf- Katraj 1 / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.11/7/2010
13 / Greenleaf- Katraj 2 / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.9/6/2010
14 / Aadya - Hadapsar / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.1/6/2010
15 / Emprotech Solutions- Wanwadi (Vivam Agrotech) / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas dt.1/4/2010
16 / Deccan Enviro- Ghole Road / Wet Waste / 1 / Biogas dt.1/1/2010
17 / Save Enviro- Ramtekdi / Wet Waste / 2 / Mechanical Compost dt. 1/5/2010
18 / Excel Industries - Aundh / Wet Waste / 2 / Mechanical Compost dt. 1/8/2011
(Source- Solid Waste Dept., PMC)
Considering the rise in polpulation and increasing solid waste, a 700 MT capacity project is newly established in Ramtekadi. The project working on pyrolysis technique is producing electricity from waste. In the first phase, 200 to 250 MT waste is being processed.In the later stages, when the plant will start functioning with full capacity, the electricity generated will be fed into the grid. Electricity is being generated from harmful non-biodegradable waste.
Proposed waste processing plants in Pune City are as follows:
Sr. No. / Project Location / Waste given for process (Wet or dry) / Capacity (MT) / Type & project starting date1 / Ramtekdi Industrial Estate M/s Rokhem Separations (Indus.) Pvt. Ltd. / Mixed waste (Wet & dry waste) / 700 / Pyrolysis
2 / Sangamwadi Ward Office, Dhanori / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
3 / Sahakarnagar Ward Office Taljai Plateu / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
4 / Sahakarnagar Ward Office Taljai Plateu / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
5 / Sahakarnagar Ward Office Peshwe Park / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
6 / Aundh Ward Office, Baner / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
7 / Bibewadi Ward Office, K K Market / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
8 / Sangamwadi Ward Office, Alandi Road, Mental Hospital / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
9 / Tilak Road Ward Office, Wadgaon Khurdh / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
10 / Tilak Road Ward Office, Wadgaon Khurdh / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
11 / Dhankawadi Ward Office, Katraj / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
12 / Nagar Road Ward Office, Wadgaon Sheri / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
13 / Dhankawadi Ward Office, Katraj / Wet Waste / 5 / Biogas
(Source- Solid Waste Dept. PMC)
Garden waste is being disposed off by using shredder machine at P L Deshpande Garden, Peshwe Energy Park, Katraj Ramp 2, Burning Ghat, Dhole Patil Road, Pashan and Paud Road.More such shredder machines are proposed at Bhamburda Vanvihar, Chittaranjan Watika, Aundh Camp, Dhanori etc.
Waste Processing and Disposal of Waste through Scientific method:
Taking into consideration of increasing urbanization and growing city, availability of land for waste management will be a big issue in future. If waste processing unit is far away from the city then waste transportation cost increases. PMC has adopted decentralized waste management practices in which small scale (5 metric ton per day capacity) biogas plantsare installed throughout the city.
There is a need for more biogas plants in future. Hence, necessary budget allocations are made every year. Till June 2013, 13 biomethenization plants each of 5 metric tons capacity are working in the PMC limits. Details of biogas projects are given in annexure 16.
Waste Segregation through ‘SWACH’:
Door-to-door collection of waste is done everyday by 2300 members of SWACH (Solid Waste Collection and Handling Co-operative). SWACH is providing this service to more than 4 lakhs householdswithin 15 wards of Pune. All SWACHmembers are provided with PMC ID cards, buckets, pushing carts and apron. SWACH contributes in recycling approx. 150 tons of dry waste everyday.
Management of Bio- Medical Waste:
Big hospitals, clinics inthe city generatearound 2.5 to 3.0 metric ton Bio- medical waste per day. This waste being hazardous in nature is collected through special vehicles and disposed off using inceneration method.
E- Waste:
To dispose off increasing E-waste in the city by scientific method, it is proposed to have collection centres at four places in consultation with the experts on this. SWACH has collected 6 tons e-waste in last one year and has send it to e-waste processing unit of the MPCB.
Capping of Landfill Site and Processing of Leachate:
Capping:
Since it is mandatory to have capping for the waste, execution of work on capping of waste disposed at Uruli Devachi/ Fursungi by scientific way is in progress as suggested in the DPR. Reformation of waste has been completed which has reduced the fire incidents at Uruli Devachi plant.
Administrative officers and other delegates from various States such as Karnataka, Assam, Ahmedabad, Hubali- Dharwad, Indore, Bangalore, Tamilnadu and Kerala and also foreign delegates from Korea and Malaysia have visited Solid Waste Management projects of PMC.
7.1.2 Providing Good Healthcare Facilities:
With an aim to provide good quality healthcare facilities at affordable cost to the citizens, various testing equipments have been made available at all PMC healthcare centres. These include 34 hospitals, 16 maternity clinics, 2 mobile clinics, 1 hospital for contagious diseases and 1 general hospital. Out of these, the following 4 hospitals have been started in the year 2012-13, through which medical facilities are being provided:
- Dhayari Hospital, Vadgaon Bk.
- Janata Hospital, Janata Vasahat
- PMC Hospital, Bibwewadi
- Late Bartakke Hospital, Atulnagar
Mother- Child Care Programme:
In 2012 there were 9,878 delivery cases reported from maternity hospitals of PMC. All PMC hospitals, maternity hospitals and clinics are providing free medical facilities to mother and infant and for this there is provision of Rs.1 Cr. in this budget.
7.1.3 Comprehensive Mobility Plan (CMP):
Considering growth of the city PMC had appointed M/s. IL & FS, Delhi and prepared CMP under the JNNURM directions given by the Central government to plan for better mobility in the city. Taking into consideration city’s growth after 30 years, various options for traffic management such as Ring road, bypass roads, flyovers, cycle track , pedistrian paths, BRT for strengthening public transport, Tram, Monorail and Metro etc. suggestions are given which has a multi-modal approach towards improving the mobility in the city.
To achieve above mentioned aim, CMP plans to give all citizens public transport from their homes to work place and other destinations.
Pune is fastest growing city and need of travel will be increased day by day. Hence, to avoid traffic jams in crowded places some mitigating measures needs to be taken. To avoid pollution due to vehicles on road and reduce fuel consumption, decentralisation of crowd should be done. CMP suggests measures for reducing use of private vehicles and promotion of public transport.
CMP of Pune City aims following things:
Index / Formulation / Status / TargetNetwork Speed / Average running speed for all vehicles (km/hr) / 18 / 30
Public Transport Mode Share / Public Transport Trips / Total trips / 18% / 80%
Non Motorized Transport Share / Non Motorized Trips/ Total trips / 33 / 50
Volume : Capacity Ratio / Road traffic volume /road capacity / 1.4 / 0.8
Accessibility / Work trips with travel time less than 15 min / Total trips / 33% / 60%
Bus supply / Bus fleet / Lakh of population / 28 / 55
IPT / Registered IPT vehicles / Lakh of population / 1890 / 1000
Walkability / Footpath length / Road length / 53% / 100%
Cyclability / Cycle track length / Road length / 4.8% / 100%
Fatality / No. of fatalities / Lakh population / 11 / 0
Parking / Parkable road length/ Road length / 13% / 0-5%
(Source: CMP Report)
Plan for Public Transport-Friendly Parking System:
Solution on Parking Problem:
This is the fact due to increasing population, fast growing city and uncontrolled vehicle numbers various traffic related problems are generating. Available parking places are not enough because there are lots of commercial complexes in the core of the city, narrow roads and constructions done according to previous parking guidelines. Traffic conjections happens due to roads are being used as parking places. Hence, in the D.C. rules of PMC parking area is increased in the newly constructed buildings.
Puneites are facing parking problems because of increase in number of vehicles day by day. PMC has made available paid parking places at various locations. Details of parking places in the city and outskirts are given in the annexure 6.
All multistoried buildings have been provided with lift facilities for the citizens. Moledina parking place near Pune station is under execution. Multi storied parking at SavarkarBhavan is under construction. Whereas ‘Pay and Park’ system for four wheelers on 9 main raods is in running condition.
Transport Hub:
It is being proposed to have transport hub near old Octri at Shindewadi, Fugewadi, and Nagar Road and to have authorized bus stops of PMPML, ST Buses, and Private Buses at this locations. Due to this ST Buses coming from outside of Pune and going via Pune will go without entering into the city. This will help in reducing pressure of traffic on various main locations of Pune.
PMPML:
In 2007 PuneMhanagarParivahanMahamandal Limited (PMPML) was established by merging Pune and PimiriParivahanMahamandal. This corporation is providing traffic services to citizens of both the cities.
PMPML is having 1523 buses and by adding buses taken on rent its totaling to 1795. PMPML is giving preference for purchasing less polluting buses else it is having URO-1, URO-2, URO-3 & URO-4 buses. Currently, PMPML has 574 buses running on CNG.
No. of PMPML buses according to various standards:
URO Standards / Fuel Type / No. of BusesURO I / Diesel / 102
URO II / Diesel / 352
URO III / Diesel / 495
URO III / CNG / 85
URO IV / CNG / 489
Total / 1523
No. Of Buses as per its service:
Sr. No. / Service period (Year) / No. Of Buses1 / 1 to 5 / 849
2 / 6 to 8 / 349
3 / 9 to 10 / 223
4 / 11 to 15 / 102
Total / 1523
No of PMPML Buses as per fuel types
PMPML / On Rent
Diesel / CNG / CNG
949 / 374 / 200
Total Buses on CNG - 574
Total- 1523
(Source: PMPML)
Feautre Activities of PMPML:
PMPML has proposed to purchase 500 buses on rent which is running on CNG. Whereas it is requested to get 1000 buses under JNNURM. All these buses shall run on CNG fuel hence, it will automatically help in reducing pollution in the city.
No. Of CNG buses has increased therefore it is also proposed to have CNG pupms at 6 various centres. Out of this 2 centres will be at Pimpari Chinchwad area whereas 4 will be in Pune city. It is planned to have CNG pumps at Hadapsar, Kothrud, N. T. Wadi & Pune Station. To make city’s puplic transport self sufficient, buses are being purchased at large scale. Problem of Buses parking is also coming up with the increase of no. of buses. To solve this problem 6 aminity spaces of PMC and 4 places from differnet reservations totalling to 10 has been made avilable to PMPML for bus parking and planning, use of which has already started.
Pune Bus Day:
On 1st November 2012 Bus Day was celebrated. It was celebrated with initiative of Sakal Newspaper Limited & coperation from Pimpri Chinchwad Corporation, all Corporators, PMPML, Pune Traffic Police, all Government and Non- Governmental Organizations, Private Organizations, IT Companies, Colleges and Schools etc. On this day 14,89,778 citizens travelled by PMPML buses. According to the survey done during this activity of BUS Day 34 % of petrol and 20% of diesel was saved. Sound level was also reduced by 7 dB. On this day Puneites avoided to use private vehicle and used PMPML bus services and helped to save environment. For this event ST Mahamandal and private bus companies had provided extra buses.
7.1.4 River Restoration Project:
Hazardous material from garbage on land, chemical effluents and sewage gets perculated in the under ground water and that water remains unfit for drinking. To stop river pollution due to sewage and effluents from the city, river channelization work, protection of river bank using gabbion structure method etc. work are mainly included under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renuwal Mission. Due to this river’s carring capacity will be incresed, river bank will get protected and polluted water will not enter into main stream. This situation will support sustainance of biodiversity.
Lake Restoration Project:
Pashan Lake Restoration Project:
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Pashan lake restoration work has under taken which includes construction of compund wall, disiltation, social infrastructure,construction of retaining wall besides highway, plantation, pitching work to protect mud dam, strengthening of stone dam etc. On ground desiltation , plantation and construction of wall around the lake has been completed whereas construction of social infrastructure, preparation of nursery work is in progress. This will help in protecting lake which can support the growth frora in the surrounding and increase in no of local and migrartory birds. Beautification will raise the esthetic value of the area and will help in maintaining ecological balance. Since desilation of lake has been completed and storm water is getting accumulated in the lake many migratory birds have started coming. Naturalists are visiting lake regularly for photography and observing birds. Officials from Wetland International have also visited the lake recently.
List of birds at Pashan registered by Ornithologist:
Black wing stilt / Common moorhenPheasent tailed jacana / Greater cormorant
Common coot / Little cormorant
Indian great egret / Gargeny
Indian pond heron / Nothern pintail
Bar headed goose / Common teal
Spot billed duck / Great egret
River tern / Intermediate egret
Little ringed plover / Painted stork
Dusky crag martin / White wagtail
Little egret / Ruddy shield duck
Common myna / Green bee eater
Common green shank / Pied Kingfisher
Katraj Lake Restoration Project:
Under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) desilation of Katraj lake, plantation, contruction of compound wall, preparation of Red soil jogging track, beautification of dam, pedistrian path around the lake, protecting edge of lake, providing boating facility at the lake, pedistrain walk way around the lake,doing bio-remidiation work etc are included. After completion of work beautification and plantation will help in maintaining ecological balance. Once implementation of boating facility is done visitors can enjoying boating in the lake. Lazar show by Pune Municipal Corporation will attract many tourists to this location.
7.1.5 Development of green zones in residential and industrial areas.
It is necessary to take initiative for development of green zones in newly developing residential and industrial areas. Now a days stress is given on plantation of indigenous species at different places in the city. List of some indigenous plants useful for plantation is given in the annexure 10. Following instructions are given to the builders regarding plantation of trees in the newly developing areas.