Villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi give "Final Warning" to Pune Municipal Corporation

Enraged by the recent fire at the garbage dump, the villagers of Urali Devachi and Phursungi on Monday told the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) that dumping of trash will not be allowed “at any cost” if it fails to meet the May 2010 deadline.

The villagers, however, allowed the PMC to resume dumping activity, which had been stopped since Tuesday last following a fire at the Urali Devachi garbage depot.

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PMC drafts new policy to facilitate land acquisition for setting up waste processing plants

Faced with several problems in acquiring land outside the city limits for setting up waste processing plants, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has come up with a new compensation policy for landowners and those affected by the projects.

The policy, which has been approved by the PMC general body last week, will be sent to the state government for final approval.

Setting up new waste processing units is one of the priorities for the PMC since the Phursungi and Urali villagers have set a December deadline to stop dumping of waste at the land-fill site in their villages.

The PMC was planning to acquire at least four sites for the last six months, but it has not had any breakthrough in any of the cases.

The civic body has gathered that the people refuse to yield their land because they the fear that the area would face problems like those faced by Phursungi. Many attempts to acquire land have not been successful since the residents of the area agitated against such projects.

A senior civic official, however, said that the citizens failed to understand that these sites are not for dumping grounds but for processing plants, which won't be a nuisance.

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Garbage dump deadline draws near, no alternative plan in sight

Pune city is staring at a major problem as the December 15 deadline for stopping garbage dumping in Uruli Devachi draws near with no alternative location in place.

As a temporary measure, the civic administration is now busy exploring the possibility of using land in each of the 14 wards in the city for waste management.

The government has summoned the civic officials on Friday to discuss the issue. “We are aware of the deadline and are working on a solution,” said Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade.

According to civic officials, the PMC has not been able to find a solution. The process of identifying landfill sites at four places in the district is on. The district administration suggested sites for dumping, but they belong to forest department. “It will be almost impossible to get an approval from the Union environment ministry for developing the forest land for dumping,” sources said.

“We have been able to identify 10 locations at the ward-level for garbage processing using bio-gas plants. Two plants have started functioning but there is opposition from citizens against biogas plants coming up in residential localities,” he said.

Even the efforts to process waste in the PMC-owned gardens is facing opposition, Jagtap said. Meanwhile, the villagers of Uruli Devachi are in no mood to accept any more excuse by the civic body. “We called off the agitation in May after the civic body sought seven months to resolve the issue. However, the assurances have not been fulfilled,” said Dilip Mehta, member of Kachra Depot Hatao Sangharsha Samiti.

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Ajit Pawar, guardian minister, to announce the new site for setting up an additional garbage depot for Pune at the right time!

Pune generates more than 1,500 metric tonnes of solid waste daily

"Locals might raise objections even before the work starts!"

The new depot will have all the advanced technologies in placed for garbage management and treatment, said Pawar, who was speaking at the District Planning And Development Committee meeting.

However, he refused to speak about the location of the proposed depot, stating that locals might raise objections even before the work starts. The site is within Pune district limits and close to the city and it had been selected after a survey which was undertaken by the government.

It has been found that the city needs an additional garbage depot as the existing depot at Urali Devachi is not sufficient to handle the increasing load.
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