Noida Sanitation Issue

Lack of Sanitation in NOIDA 

Noida the show window of the state of Utter Pradesh, is facing serious sanitation problems. Every day Noida generates 300 tons of Municipal Solid Waste, out of which 65% is organic waste, 20% is recyclable waste and the remaining 15% is inert waste (Waste such as chip packets, mud, construction derbies).

“Sanitation” is one of the most pressing issue’s faced by the city of Noida today. While driving around in the city you will find numerous dumps, outside residential areas, market places and industrial areas. Noida development authority is responsible for collection of waste from residential, commercial and industrial areas located within Noida, but as of now mostly the unorganized sector comprised of rag pickers and young children shoulder this responsibility. To add fuel to the fire Noida authority has no official landfill site where inert waste can be taken and dumped in a scientific manner. This adds to the problem of illegal waste dumps that we see all over the city.  

I wonder how Noida Authority failed to foresee this. In spite of few Private companies like “Eco Wise Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.” Which is working hard to improve the environmental condition in Noida for last five years. The initiative from the government and the private sector is missing.

Recently an article printed in the “HT Live Noida” of Hindustan Times also discussed about the sanitation problem in Noida. According to them these are the problem faced in Noida.

1.   

    Ssanitation :- Garbage is strewn everywhere on the roads, on the pavements, even covering the vacant plots, big market areas like sector-18 market.

2.       Dumped Material :- None of the roads internal or external, are free of heaps of construction material, bricks, cement & iron rods are dumped everywhere.

3.       Roads & Drains :- Most internal roads have not carpeted.

4.       Slum Cluster :- The number of slums has increased so much so that now an entire basti has been established here.

It is time the government starts thinking beyond the commercial angle & working towards environmental development of the city.