This document describes the Swachagraha waste management program implemented in Shirdi, India. It discusses the waste problems Shirdi faced due to large numbers of visitors. The program trained workers, educated residents on segregating waste, improved waste collection routes, and increased recycling. After one year, segregation compliance increased to over 85% of households and 94% of businesses. The amount of waste recycled rose to 49.67% of total waste generated, reducing dumping. The program aims to expand segregation and recycling further while establishing a sustainable waste system for Shirdi.

1. insistence for complete cleanliness
for Swach Bharat

2. • Where to dump the escalating waste from cities and villages?
• The garbage is always increasing whereas the land for dumping grounds
will be the same.
• The practice of unscientific disposal is causing several environmental
and social problems.
Problems

3. General Observations
• People are not aware of sanitation, Public cleanliness and the gravity of garbage
dumping
• The Municipal Council administrations don’t take the waste disposal issue seriously.
• The resources for waste collection are limited.
• No more space is available for dumping the garbage.
• The areas used for dumping in the villages will soon be insufficient as a
consequence of increasing urbanization.

4. Expenses Visible
• Sanitation workers, waste collection vehicles, transport, fuel, maintenance,
dustbins and, most importantly, the land used as dumping ground
Hidden Expenses
• More land required for garbage dumping in future
• Trouble faced by residents in the vicinity
• Clogged drainages
• Environmental damages- Air, Water and Soil pollution
• Diseases caused by filth
• Irritation and annoyance

5. SWACHAGRAHA
To achieve comprehensive cleanliness, dumping is replaced by complete disposal.
Swachagraha has become a bridge between government machinery and common
people. Swachgraha is very essential for creating ‘Swach Bharat’.
Insistence on Complete Cleanliness

6. Methodology
Let’s insist on cleanliness, let’s insist on Swachagraha!

7. Shirdi- Swachagraha
• Shirdi is one of the most important and crowded holy places in Maharashtra.
• The population of Shirdi is 36000 whereas the number of devotees visiting
Shirdi everyday is around 50000-100000
• Devotees from different states also travel to Shirdi.
• Waste problem of Shirdi was very grave till December 2014.
• Shirdi Municipality appointed Greeny Team in January 2015 to take care of
this problem.

8. Problems of Shirdi
• Shirdi has to be clean because many Indian and foreign devotees visit Shirdi everyday.
• No adequate dumping ground in the city.
• Opposition from the locals for dumping
• Severity of the waste problem in Shirdi was growing day-by-day.

9. • Shirdi-Manmad Road: study of 2.5km area
• Total 361 of properties (96 hotels, 166 shops, 49 tourism offices, 11 houses)
• 6 open waste dumping places
Swachagraha Started at Sample Area

10. • Using stickers to create awareness
• Training the sanitation workers who carry waste to the Ghanta Gadi
(waste collection vehicle)
• Demonstration of segregation practice at the hotels and on the streets
• Consistence of Ghanta Gadi timing

11. • Explained Swachagraha to every stakeholder in the area.
• People started talking about the project; newspapers also took note of it.
• After a month of concrete practice, the project gained positive
response from people.

12. • Project in sample area was a big success. The excitement of project’s
success increased participation from all- Greeny team, municipality
workforce and residents of Shirdi.

13. Research in Rest of the City
• Major Stakeholders-3
Houses- 8032
Hotels- 480
Shops- 1089
• For sample research, the segregated waste from 120 households was collected.
On an average, per every household,
0.367g dry waste + 0.961g wet waste = 1.328kg waste
For 8032 households, waste generated everyday is 10.666tonnes

14. Research
Waste Generated Everyday
14-15tonnes
- everyday
Population- 36000
Devotees visiting-
Around 50000-100000
everyday
House holds - 8032 Shops -1079 Hotels- 480 Hospitals - 21 Collages- 7

15. For Maximum Segregation
• Survey of every house and commercial property
• Training programs in schools and projects of collecting dry waste
• Awareness through stickers about waste segregation
• Separate meetings for hotels and demonstrations on streets
• Area meetings with residents

16. For garbage awareness, one can not afford to leave even a single house

17. Local SHG are really power- we just explain them ‘why’ to segregate

18. Playing game is a great learning – the one who plays, understands segregation

19. People started realizing that the waste is everybody’s responsibility

20. For Maximum Collection
• Demonstration and training for sanitation labourers.
• Creation of area wise maps and design of new routes for GhantaGadi
by thorough study.
• Appointment of efficient worker for garbage collection.
• Facility of collection of dry and wet waste in GhantaGadi

21. SWM staff training is the most IMP part of Swachagraha

23. For Maximum Collection
• Demonstration and training for sanitation labourers.
• Creation of area wise maps and design of new routes for GhantaGadi by
thorough study.
• Appointment of efficient worker for garbage collection.
• Facility of collection of dry and wet waste in GhantaGadi
Creating new routes with wisdom of local drivers

24. For Maximum Recycling - Wet Garbage
• Planning of wet waste for biogas and composting

25. Use of shredder & Squeezer can reduce volume by 40% to 45%

26. Compost pits

27. For Maximum Recycling - Dry Garbage
• Initiation of dry waste segregation at a temporary place
• Returning the segregated dry waste to manufacturers for recycling.

28. Results of Swachagraha in One Year
2.12.2014 17.03.2016
Nagar Manmad road near Hotel International

29. Results of Swachagraha in One Year
Nagar Manmad road near Union Bank
2.12.2014 17.03.2016

30. Results of Swachagraha in One Year
Nagar Manmad road, Saibaba English Medium School
3.12.2014 17.03.2016

31. Nandurkhi Road
25.05.2015 17.03.2016
Results of Swachagraha in One Year

32. Results of Swachagraha in One Year
Hotel Sai Siddhi , Shirdi
2.12.2014 17.03.2016

33. • People started selling the dry waste generated from their houses
• Amount of water in the wet waste reduced
• Traders buying dry waste now contact hotel owners directly.
• Magnitude of garbage collected centrally reduced by a large extent.
• With increasing participation and widened reach of Swachhagraha, waste
segregation is now becoming a habit.
Observations from a Survey Conducted in January 2016

34. Total Waste Generated in Shirdi- 16.86tonnes
Dry Waste 5.6tonnes Wet Waste- 11.1tonnes
Way of recycling
(everyday)
Waste for recycling (kg) Way of recycling
(everyday)
Waste for recycling (kg)
To scrap traders for sale 3420 Biogas 1500
Dry waste good for selling
at STP
450 To STP for compost 2400
Used by farmers as food
for the animals
300
Burnt in stoves, etc. by
people
85 Thrown at middens 222
Total 3955 Total 4422
Total Garbage - 16.86 M/T
Recycle - 8.37 M/T (49.67%)
Dumping – 8.48 M/T (50.32%)

35. • 95% of 365 selected stakeholders have understood the difference between
dry and wet waste.
• 86% households and 94% hotels and shops have adopted the practice of
waste segregation.
• 79% stakeholders throw their garbage in GhantaGadi.

36. Major Challenge-
• Making every stakeholder in Shirdi accept the practice of waste segregation and increasing
the percentage to 100%
• Setting up full-fledged system and machinery for 90% recycling the waste in the city

37. Sites currently exercising Swachagraha
Shirdi, Kopergaon, Saswad

38. Study report of 25 villages in Sindhudurg for solid waste management
was done for United Nations Development Programme

39. Swachagraha was exercised at Bhimashankar, during the month of
Shravan in association with Maharashtra State Forest Department

40. Swachagraha won’t be just a system used in Shirdi. It is set to
become a comprehensive movement.
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