Goa - Water & Air Act - Sanjeev Joglekar

1. ACTS RULES AND
REGULATION UNDER
PURVIEW OF GSPCB
 The Water (Prevention and Control of
Pollution ) Act, 1974
 The Air (Prevention and Control of
Pollution ) Act, 1981
 Rules under the Environment
(Protection) Act, 1986

2.  The Hazardous Waste (Management
Handling and Transboundary
Movement) Rules,2008
 The Bio Medical Waste (Management
and Handling ) Rules, 1998
 The Municipal Solid Waste
(Management and Handling) Rules,
2000.

3.  The Batteries (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2001.
 The Plastic Waste (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2001
 The E-waste (Management and
Handling) Rules, 2011

4. THE MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES
(MANAGEMENT & HANDLING) RULES,
2000
 Came to force in 3rd October, 2000
 Municipal Authority is responsible for
◦ Collection
◦ Segregation
◦ Storage
◦ Transportation
◦ Processing
◦ Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste

5. RESPONSIBILITIES
 MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY
◦ Every Municipal Authority within the territorial area
shall be responsible for the implementation of
provisions of these rules
◦ Shall make application in Form I, for grant of
authorization form the State Board for setting up a
waste processing & disposal facility
◦ Shall furnish an annual report in Form II to the
Secretary Urban Development or to the District
Magistrate

6.  DISTRICT MAGISTRATE
◦ Shall have the overall responsibility for the
enforcement of the provision of these rules
within the territorial limits of their jurisdiction

7.  CPCB / SPCB
◦ The State Board shall grant authorization
for setting up a waste processing facility
including landfill after considering the
views of
 State Urban Development Dept
 Town & Country Planning
 Air Port or Air Base Authority
 Ground Water Board
 Forest Dept

8. ◦ The State Board shall issued
authorisation within 45 days, stipulating
compliance criteria and standards
specified in Schedules II, III & IV, including
other conditions, as may be necessary
◦ State Board shall monitor the waste
processing and landfill site twice a year
for Water quality and Ambient Air quality
for the parameters specified in Section 23
& 24

9. PROCESSING OF MSW
 Bio-degradable waste
◦ The Bio-degradable waste shall be
processed by Composting, vermi
composting, anaerobic digestion. It shall
be ensured that the compost shall comply
with the standards specified in Schedule
IV
 Mixed waste
◦ Mixed waste containing recoverable
resources shall follow the route of
recycling. Incineration with or without
energy recovery including pellatisation

10.  Non-biodegradable / Inert waste
◦ Landfilling shall be restricted to Non-Bio-
degradable waste, inert waste & other
waste not suitable for recycling or
biological process. Land filling shall also
be carried out for residues of waste
processing facilities
 Segregation
◦ Means to separate the MSW into the
groups of Organic, inorganic, recyclables
and hazardous waste

11. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
SCENARIO IN GOA
 Total 433.43 tons per day of municipal solid
waste is being generated in the State of Goa
 Municipal areas - 218.1 tons per day
 Panchayat areas - 215.33 tons per day
 Seven municipalities have installed garbage
treatment plant out of which six have
established landfill sites.
 Garbage Treatment Plant at Sonsodo is
operated by M/s Fomento Green for Margao
Municipal Council where the unsegregated
mixed waste is separated mechanically. The

12.  Two Baling machines provided to CCP
 2 sites identified (Kakoda & Karapur) for
storage/ segregation/ baling of plastic
waste collected
 Highway cleaning drive was carried out
for 3 days by various Govt. Departments
& Corporation.
 Presently the collection of non
biodegradable waste along the National
Highways is being carried out by GSIDC

13.  Ban on manufacturing, sale and use of
the plastic having thickness less than
40 microns and bags which do not
have the name of manufacturer,
thickness and registration number
printed on them
 Proposed baling machines for
municipalities, NGO’s etc.

14. Baled Plastic

15. Proposed MoU with M/s Vasavadatta
Cement Works, Sedam, Gulbarga
• M/s Vasavadatta Cement has installed
a hot disc reactor for incineration of
plastic waste, MSW and tyres etc.
• M/s Vasavadatta Cement has
submitted a request to enter into an
MoU with the State Government (on
similar terms as signed with ACC
Wadi) for disposal of non recyclable
waste.

16. HOT DISC REACTOR

17. Drive for collection of non-biodegradable waste
along the NH-17
 The Monitoring Committee has commenced the
drive for collection of non-biodegradable waste
along the NH-17 from Patradevi to Pollem
 The collection drive is carried out through six
Departments/ Corporation
GTIDC – Patradevi to Green Park
Department of Forest – Green park to Mandovi
bridge
GSIDC – Mandovi bridge to Cortalim circle

18. Department of Agriculture – Cortalim circle
to Margao
PWD – Margao to Balli
Department of Tourism – Balli to
Canacona

19. 4-BIN SYSTEM

20. RURAL GARBAGE DISPOSAL
SCHEME, 2005/2007
 Collection of Garbage and its proper disposal
is the prime responsibility of the Sarpanch
and the Secretary.
 The Village Panchayat has to collect and
segregate the garbage into Wet
(biodegradable) and Dry (non biodegradable)
components.
 Wet garbage shall be transported, stored and
treated by composting or vermi composting
on the garbage disposal sites maintained by
the designated Village Panchayat

21.  Non biodegradable garbage shall
disposed off by the designated Village
Panchayat in consultation with DSTE
and the GSPCB.

22. THANK-YOU