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Proceedings of
o National Coonference
“Environmental Conserrvation and Cllean India Proogramme” Deccember 2014, India
I

Solid waste
w mana
agement in
n Nimar Eco-Region
E n of Madh
hya Pradesh

S.K. Mahhajan and B..S. Solanki

Received: October 22, 2014 ⏐ Acceepted: Decem

mber 13, 20144 ⏐ Online: December
D 31, 2014

Abstractt Intrroduction
Current paper
p deals about
a the puublic awareness Soliid waste is a general teerm used for highly
and coopperation forr proper management
m of heteerogeneous byproducts of manuffacturing
solid waaste in Nim mar eco-regioon of Madhhya andd discarded goods whiich have neegligible
Pradesh. On acccount of continuatiion econnomic valuee to the ownner With inccrease in
urbanizattion, the mannagement off solid wastee is urbaanization & living standards of people the
becomingg a major public
p healthh and essenttial per capita generation off solid waaste has
concern in urban areas
a of manny developiing incrreased In Inndia the prodduction of domestic
d
countriess including In
ndia andd commerciaal waste is at a an averagee rate of
Keywordds: Solid Waste | management
m t | 3000 – 600 gm / capita / day The coollection,
vermicom
mpost trannsportation and
a disposall of waste is highly
expensive and involves
i inteensive laborr. Nearly
3 peercent of alll labor forcee is involvedd in this
proccess Earliier various workerss have
conntributed thheir valuable suggestiions in
connnection witth the propper managem ment of
soliid waste att global ass well as NationalN
1-11
leveels.

Maaterials and Method

For correespondence:
Thee present investigation
i n was unddertaken
Departmennt of Botany, Govt.
G P. G. College, Khargonne, duriing 2008-099 in this connnection Naagalwari,
M.P. Indiaa
Email: shhrikrishna.mahaajan@gmail.coom whiich is one off the tourist attraction inn Nimar
regiion of Maddhya Pradessh, India has been
chosen as a stuudy case. Naagalwari is about
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Km from m Khargone, which is onne of the tribbal 1. Several duust bins/conntainers shoould be
districts of Nimar eco-region of M.P. The T installed in different loccations.
populatioon of this village is about sevven 2. A mobile protection force shoould be
thousandd. The aveerage numbber of tourrist deployed thhere which will w keep a look on
visiting this place is
i 200-400 per day. This T the activitiees at this spot, advise thee tourists
place is famous
f for itts Nag Tempple and Lacss of to make thee site clean anda even chhalan the
people visit
v this pllace at the time of Nag N defaulters foor violating the rules annd norms
Pancham mi & Shiva Ratri
R festivaal, Lot of soolid inacted by thhe authoritiees.
waste is thrown by the people at the time of 3. Visitors shhould be given deggradable
worship. Compositio on of solid waste duriing polly/cottonn waste bags alongwith the t entry
samplingg of solid waste
w generaated within 24 fee ticket soo that they coould disposee of their
hours waas weighed. First of alll it was sortted waste propeerly.
out into biodegradabble and non biodegradabble 4. Implementaation of legislation action,
waste annd Vegetablee waste 50% %. The resuults Defaulters should
s be fiined on the spot for
are showwn in Table 1. violation off any kind off norms / rulees as per
authorities.
Results and
a discussiion
5. Environmennt administtration shoould be
In the present study y it was obbserved that in enforced foor ecologicall sustenancee and to
average 505 Kg /day of o solid wasste is generatted protect the area
a from furrther deteriooration.
in the Nag
N Temple area of this 36% is Non N
Hennce there is an earnest request thatt instead
Biodegraadable waste and 64% is
of throwing
t sollid waste ouutside, an im
mmediate
Biodegraadable wastee. Disposal: Depending on
soluution of its complete uttilization is urgently
u
the type of solid waaste, it can be b disposed of
needed so that our externaal surroundinngs may
either byy Sanitary lannd filling or compostingg or
any otherr means As the topograpphy of the Nag N be kept clean and thus we w can imprrove the
Temple area
a is slopp
py, hence saanitary land fill conndition of ourr city
is recommended in the t area for which the site
s A - Noon Biodegrad
dable waste
is to be loocated. Plastic 28%
Glasswarre 3.5%
Suggestiions
Metal 2.0%
It seems necessary th
hat remedial improvemeents Rubber 0.5%
measuress be taken before
b the environment
e of Malba 2.0%
Nag Tem mple area beccomes furtheer polluted and
a B - Biod
degradable waste
w materiaals
natural resources
r aree further deepleted, in this
t Paper 12%
connectioon public awwareness annd cooperatiion Cloth 2.0%
is esseential and recommeendations for Tab
ble 1: Showwing the com mposition off Non -
biodegradable and biodegradable waste
enhancinng ecology arre given beloow:
materialls at Nagalwaadi

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