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Solid Waste Management - Assignment No.1

Sargodha is the 12th largest city in Pakistan with a population of over 659,000 people. It generates approximately 18.39 tons of municipal solid waste per day. The Cantonment Board of Sargodha is responsible for waste management in the city. Primary collection is done by sanitary workers manually sweeping streets and secondary collection uses 1 tractor and 1 trolley, though collection efficiency is only 14%. The main disposal method is open dumping waste along a road outside the city, which creates unsanitary and polluting conditions.

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Solid Waste Management - Assignment No.1

Sargodha is the 12th largest city in Pakistan with a population of over 659,000 people. It generates approximately 18.39 tons of municipal solid waste per day. The Cantonment Board of Sargodha is responsible for waste management in the city. Primary collection is done by sanitary workers manually sweeping streets and secondary collection uses 1 tractor and 1 trolley, though collection efficiency is only 14%. The main disposal method is open dumping waste along a road outside the city, which creates unsanitary and polluting conditions.

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Existing Waste Management Practices in Sargodha

Location and Population of Sargodha:


Sargodha is a city and capital of Sargodha Division, located
in Punjab province, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's 12th largest city
by population and one of the fastest growing cities of the
country. Sargodha is also known as the City of Eagles.
According to census of 2017 the population of Sargodha is
659,862. Given current estimated population parameters
and national per capita solid waste standards, Sargodha
currently generates about 18.39 tons of municipal solid
waste daily and is estimated to have a yearly generation of
6712 tons.

Current Waste Management Practices


Contentment board Sargodha (CBS) is responsible for managing the waste inside the city. The
Cantonment Board renders Sanitation services throughout the Cantonment Area comprising 10
(Ten) Wards

The type of waste generated in Sargodha is given in the pie chart below:
There are mainly 2 types of collection for Solid Waste.
1. Primary Collection
2. Secondary Collection
1. Primary Collection. The primary collection is accomplished by sanitary workers those
carry out sweeping of streets and roads and collect the solid waste from small heaps
with the help of brooms, wheelbarrows etc. and store at permanent and temporary
collection points. Forty percent of localities in Sargodha are fully served, forty percent

partially served while twenty percent are not served. Twenty percent roads in the city
are being manually swept daily. As per standards there should be 56 sanitary workers,
but TMA has sufficient 60 sanitary workers against the sanctioned posts in solid waste
management.
2. Secondary Collection: The secondary collection is accomplished through 1 Tractors 1
trolley. Secondary collection machinery is sufficient for Sargodha has 52 open heaps.
Collection efficiency of secondary waste is 14 % which is extremely low. TMA also must
collect wastes from debris-demolition of building structures; Hospital wastes;
Slaughterhouses wastes; Vegetable Market; Dead animals etc. and those are mixed with
municipal waste.

1. Final Deposition: In Sargodha the disposal of solid waste is mainly done in the form of
open dumping at along jhal chakkian road in Sargodha city. This open dumping is creating
total in-sanitary & unhygienic conditions, degrading the environment of the town, emitting
obnoxious smells, and providing breeding for mosquitoes and flies.

References:

http://www.cbsargodha.gov.pk/en//sanitation-functions
http://pmdfc.org.pk/Content/Uploads/ISWM-Sahiwal-Sgd.pdf

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