Solid Waste
Management
in Mumbai
It is high time that the city guardians,
administrators, government, NGOs and the
citizens join hands to make concerted efforts
for the revival of the Mumbai and upgrade the
city into a world class metro.
Background
Mumbai is the hub of trade and commerce
in India. It is a city of dreams for
millions of people, who come here to
earn their living and make a life for
themselves. The census of 2001 has registered
a population of 12 million in
Mumbai in a comparatively small land
area of 437 sq.km. This leads to high
population density, congestion and
stress on the city infrastructure.
Rapid urbanisation is not peculiar to
Mumbai. Urban population in India rose
from 21 million in 1901 to about 300
million in 2001. The increase is more
marked in the second half of the last
century. Similar trends are observed in
other cities in the developing countries.
According to a study by the United Na-tions, the level of urbanisation is estimated
to cross 50% in 2005, 60% by
2025. The study has projected the world
urban population by 2025 as 5.2 billion,
of which 77% will be living in the developing
countries (United Nations,
World Urbanization Project, New York
1993).
The rise in the urban population in
India is more due to migratory trend of
rural and semi urban population to the
cities and towns. Failure of the city planning
process to take cognizance of the
irreversible trend and underlying socioeconomic
and political under-currents
has led to a chaotic situation in the cities.
The city infrastructure and services
are crumbling under the growing population pressure and urban environment
has deeply degraded. Inadequate management
of municipal solid and liquid
waste leads to highly unsanitary conditions
in cities, with threats of epidemic ...
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