EFFICIENCY OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL IN CHENNAI, INDIA

MSW collection would improve the efficiency of the garbage collection and disposal system of Chennai

My hypothesis is that proper allocation of manpower and vehicles to each zone , if implemented right by the Corporation of Chennai and the Neel Metal Fanalca , will significantly increase the efficiency of MSW collection and disposal in the city . My study would help the Corporation of Chennai and the Neel Metal Fanalca to improve the MSW collection and disposal in the city of Chennai

The city has been dubbed as The City Beautiful (COC website . To

br preserve its status as a place of beauty , the city government and its people should then act fast to solve the problems caused by the mounting volume of MSW continuously generated therein REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Municipal Solid wastes at National level

India is one of the largest countries in the world whose multifaceted socio-economic progress occurred in the last 50 years since its independence in 1947 (Gupta , et .al , 1998 . Indian population is second largest in the world with 856 million in 1991 (Gupta , et .al , 1998 ) and 1 ,027 million in 2001 (COI , 2001 . The country has an average annual growth rate of 1 .3 (Gupta , et . al , 1998

The growth of the nation is shown by its rapid industrial and economic growth both in the public and private sectors . This has contributed to the changing of the general lifestyle of its people . Soon enough , they have begun to espouse an urban lifestyle (Jha et . al , 2007

This drastic change in the lifestyle of the people of India triggered an increase in the production and consumption of all sorts of products . It further spawned additional economic activities - new or innovated products and services - that led to an overall great rise in the volume of wastes generated by...