International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering Volume 4, Issue 3, 2017 Available online at www.ijiere.com International Journal of Innovative and Emerging Research in Engineering e-ISSN: 2394 - 3343 p-ISSN: 2394 - 5494 Critical Analysis of Solid Waste Management in Bharuch City, Gujarat, India Mr. Mihirkumar D. Patela, Mr. Nayankumar P. Sonib and Miss. Dhwani J. Prajapatic a Student, Civil Engineering Department, SVMIT, Bharuch, India.
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[email protected] ABSTRACT: In the developing country like India, the current scenario is more focused on urban development by following the existing global trends of smart city development. Along with the development of smart cities development of clean cities is the foremost requirement. In small cities like Bharuch, solid waste management is a burning issue and hence in this project, improved solid waste management for Bharuch is studied, analyzed and a SWM model for Bharuch will be proposed considering smart city aspects Keywords: Waste Management, Solid Waste, Bharuch, Bharuch Nagarpalika, Waste Disposal, Waste Storage, Landfill I. INTRODUCTION Urban occupations generally generates higher income whether in factories or in the service sector or in small business. Higher incomes increase level of consumptions. The impact on this generation in the urban area, is a mixed effect of the proportionate increase in the urban population, improved levels of income and drastic changes in the pattern of the consumptions. 72% of Indian population lives in small-scale towns and villages.[Source: census 2011 ] Municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, in terms of kg/capita/day, is showing an increasing trend.