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Factors that played a role in Swachh Survekshan 2023 clean city rankings

Content Editor: Dr. Tanya Tanu

March 25, 2024 at 1:30:00 PM

Waste Management, Swachh Bharat, Swachh Survekshan 2023

Content Editor: Dr. Tanya Tanu

  • Vijayawada processes about 520 tons of garbage per day (TPD) and is backed by a committed team consisting of over 4,000 sanitation personnel and 300 wet waste workers.

  • The VMC's sophisticated processing capabilities, which have contributed to its standing as the sixth cleanest city in the Swachh Survekshan 2023 rankings, are as follows:

  1. For dry waste management: A Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) plant and a Waste-to-energy plant

  2. Vermicompost plants-6

  3. Windrow compost plants-4

  4. 1 bio-methanation plant to process wet waste at low cost

  5. An information park to raise awareness.

  6. 200-TPD capacity processing plant where construction & demolition (C&D) waste generated is and converted into bricks and paver blocks.

  7. The 25- acres of reclaimed land that were created by eliminating waste dumpsites have been repurposed into a park.

  8. Thermocol processing facility

  9. 3 permanent Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle (RRR) centers

  10. The Wall of Kindness and plastic collection centers encourage citizens to donate waste/unused items.

  • 6 Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) where waste is collected through a network of underground waste drainage systems and repurposed for agricultural irrigation, road cleaning, and watering plantations.

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