Solid Waste Management in Ratnanagar Municipality -1 Chitwan District
Files
Date
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Rural Development ,Saptagandaki Multiple Campus, Bharatpur, Chitwan
Abstract
The thesis entitled "Solid Waste Management in Ratnanagar Municipality -1 Chitwan
District" highlights the situation of solid waste management practices in study area.
General objective of this study is to analyze the situation of solid waste management
in Ratnanagar municipality ward no 1. Specific objectives are to examine the current
solid waste management system in the study area. Both analytical and descriptive
research design were used to complete of this study. Quantitative data were analyzed
by using analytical research design and qualitative data were analyzed by using
qualitative research design and find out the situation of solid waste management
situation of the study area. Ratnanagar municipality ward no 1 is Tandi Bazzar area is
the sample site of this study. Total population of the wards is 4999 (CBS Report,
2011). In main highway lines there are 201 households among them 25% households
(50) were taken as sample household. From each household single individual was
taken for interview by busing random sampling method. The present study was based
both primary and secondary data. Secondary data were used in literature review and
that were collected through library study method and books, article, journal, previous
thesis are used as the main sources of secondary data. Primary data were collected
from the field by using various data collection techniques such as questionnaires and
observation.
Solid wastes are a growing environmental problem in the study area. Increase in
population along with the rapid urbanization has led to the increase in waste
generation rate in the study area. Furthermore, change in living standard of the people
and change in food habit have increased the rate of inorganic waste. All these have
added to the problems in solid waste management which is a global issue. The major
sources of solid waste in Ratnanagar municipality are municipal, domestic,
commercial and agricultural, which consists of both organic and inorganic. The total
waste generated in Study area has been increasing day by day.
The citizen should be encouraged by the authority for the segregation of wastes at
household level. They shall promote recycling or reuse of segregated materials. Waste
minimization efforts should be motivated at the primary and secondary levels of waste
collection. The citizen should be encouraged by the authority for the segregation of
VII
waste at household level and for composting of waste for stabilization of wastes. The
concerned authorities should adopt suitable technology, a combination of such
technologies to make use of wastes so as to minimum burden on landfill. Landfill
should be restricted to non-biodegradable and other wastes that are not suitable either
for recycling or for biological processing. The concerned authority has to appoint
more employees in order to extend their service area. Community participation should
be increased and local NGOs should be mobilized in solid waste management. Gap
between staffs within the municipality should be omitted so that ongoing event inside
the municipality could be easily known and should take responsibility on the people’s
work inside municipality i.e. institutional strengthen should be establish.