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'PPP model of urban waste management needs $5 bn/year'
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SME Times News Bureau | 22 Apr, 2019
The implementation of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) through
the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in Indian cities will require
the investment of $5 billion (around Rs 34,695 crore) per year, a joint
report by industry chamber Assocham and British advisory multinational
Ernst & Young (EY) said on Sunday.
The study titled, "The big
'W' impact: effective urban waste management solutions in India"
suggested the need for a comprehensive and forward-looking policy which
can accelerate a shift towards a modern and healthy urban living.
"We
need appropriate policy prescriptions to ensure that waste management
should be an important part of the economic cycle," said the report,
adding that, besides toilet construction and eliminating open
defecation, an increased focus on waste management under the
government's Swachh Bharat program will be a value addition.
According
to the report, since the responsibility to ensure proper service
delivery and compliance of standards, remains with the local bodies,
there is a need to develop in-house financial and managerial capability
to award contracts to the private sector and monitor the services
provided. MSWM is a fit case for the PPP model in India as urban
local bodies are not financially and technically strong enough to
manage solid waste, it said.
The collection efficiency in urban
areas of the country is poor at 70 per cent, and is still manual in
nature, according to the report.
It recommended the use of emerging technologies such as blockchain for waste management and sanitation.
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