Newsletter Issue : 21 Hyderabad

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Feature Article

Sincerely,

Dr. T.K. Sreedevi

City Sanitation Plan - Holistic Planning Approach

Dear readers,

Inadequate access to clean water and basic sanitation presents

one of the most significant service delivery challenges related

to poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Because

access to services is so low, and the public health imperative is

so urgent, a much stronger focus is needed on sustainably

scaling up access to environmental sanitation services and

infrastructure.

Environmental sanitation goes one step further than the

traditional notion of “sanitation” which is limited to the

immediate aspects surrounding human excreta and/or the

provision of toilets. A holistic approach to achieving a sanitary

urban environment considers all aspects related to hygiene,

notably those aspects directly linked to human health and

quality of life. Sanitation services in cities are to be developed

based on a common set of principles that are comprehensive.

The entire city shall have sanitation services suited to its needs,

allowing all residents to enjoy the benefits of improved

sanitation.

The comprehensive policy framework National Urban

Sanitation Policy (NUSP) 2008 recognizes the city sanitation

plan as an instrument for comprehensive sanitation planning. It

incorporates a paradigm shift and follows integrated concepts

in the design and implementation of sanitation strategies. A

citywide sanitation plan includes the vision, missions, and

goals of sanitation development as well as strategies to meet

the desired goals of sanitation.

I am pleased to present the twentieth issue of Urban Bytes. In this edition, the featured article focuses on the process and key features of the City Sanitation Plan.

The newsmaker section covers the meeting held with the visiting Japanese delegation between 21st-23rd November 2017 meeting on solid waste management in ULBs of Telangana and the inauguration of the fecal sludge treatment plant at Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation by the Hon'ble Minister Sri.K.T. Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister, MA&UD Department, Govt of Telangana.

The events section highlights the visit of the Japnese delegation to the solid waste treatment facilities in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the National Level ‘workshop of Accelerating Implementation of Urban Mission held on 24th November 2017 at New Delhi ’ .

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This also includes mapping the existing condition using valid empirical data, which will serve as a foundation for devising the most effective

strategy. The comprehensive document describes the short, medium and long-term measures for the issues related to governance, technical,

financial, capacity enhancement, awareness raising and pro-poor interventions to achieve the vision as envisaged in NUSP to create

community driven, totally sanitised, healthy and liveable cities and towns.

Cities need to prepare a framework adapted to its needs and local situation that should be followed when planning, implementing and

evaluating a City Sanitation Plan. A citywide sanitation plan covers technical aspects, including strategies and programmes for the

development of (a) access to toilets (b) domestic wastewater (c) solid waste management and (d) storm water drainage including (e) water

supply services. Non-technical aspects, including strategies for the development of non-physical aspects such as (a) community awareness

and participation, (b) policy and regulation, (c) institutional capacity, (d) private sector engagement, (e) NGO engagement, (f) financing and

tariffs, and (g) monitoring and evaluation.

Each city is different, city sanitation services should be developed based on a common set of principles. Services must be comprehensive and

continuously accessible to all residents. The entire city should have sanitation services suited to its needs, allowing all residents to enjoy the

benefits of improved sanitation. Following that cities need to use as the basis for developing more in the stepwise approach Comprehensive

sanitation plan.

Five Strategic dimensions of City Sanitation Plan

Inclusiveness To ensure complete sanitation &absence of health in azards in the un-served areas Gender aspects

Technology

To ensure that the required infrastructure foreffective sanitation is in place

Improve capacity to plan,implement,operate,maintain &monitor the sanitation infra-structure

Capacity Enhancement &Awarencess

Financial sustainability

Finances

Enhanced service delivery of the existing infrastructure

Ensure accountability,transparency

Governance &Institutional Strenghtening

Efficientmonitoring & evaluation

Engage stakeholder groups, including women groups, in sanitation planning, in line with their respective capacities by constituting City Sanitation Task Force (CSTF).

Promote awareness of health and hygiene behaviour while creating demand for better sanitation services.

Enhance synergy among the actors in sanitation development, including municipal government agencies, the private sector, NGOs, and others.

Assessment of the demand and supply gaps & identify keys issues.

Identify interventions that are suitable to user needs and prioritize actions based on availability of resourcesshort, medium & long term

Encourage the development of community-based sanitation services, especially in areas where public and private services.

Identify funding from sources other than municipal government, such as from the national and provincial governments, donor agencies, the private sector and the public.

Create enabling institutional and regulatory frameworks to accelerate sanitation services.

Baseline information of the city and the status of basic services water supply sanitation, Solid Waste Management, Storm water, access to Toilets.

Endorsement of city sanitation plan by the city sanitation task force & council approval.

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News Makers

Nevertheless, the swachh bharat mission launched in 2014 by the Govt of India has prioritized access to toilets, solid waste management

including IEC and capacity building with overall goal of achieving open defecation free and cleaner cities by 2nd October 2019. The ministry

has also launched Smart Cities and Atal Mission for Rejuvenation Urban Transformation (AMRUT) Missions which aim at improving service

delivery through improved urban planning including sanitation. Today, many cities have successfully achieved the open defecation free

status. However, cities adopt city sanitation plans as a planning instrument for identifying critical areas of service gaps, capacities,

governance, infrastructure and develop appropriate actions that are to implemented over a time period for a sustainable health and

environment outcomes.

The C&DMA had entered into a Note of Cooperation with German International Cooperation GIZ under the support for National Urban

sanitation Policy (SNUP) program in 2014. SNUSP Phase-II Under the the comprehensive city sanitation plans have been prepared for 10

ULBs in Telangana through the capacity building of German International Cooperation (GIZ). As a next step, the & hand holding support

Director Municipal Administration intends upscaling the process of city sanitation plans to the other ULBs of the state.

Inauguration of Fecal Sludge Management plant at Warangal

Meeting with Japanese Delegation

On 19th November 2017 Sri.K.T Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister, MA&UD inaugurated the Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) built at

Ammavaripeta along with Sri Kadiyam Srihari, Hon'ble Deputy Chief Minister, and Sri.N.Narender, Hon'ble Mayor, GWMC. The Greater

Warangal Municipal Corporation (GWMC) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on

Thursday to set up a faecal sludge treatment plant (FSTP) at Ammavaripet in the city.The 15

KLD plant was being built under the supervision of ASCI with a grant of Rs 1.2 crores from

Bill & Mellinda Gates Foundation (BMGF). The FSTP is the first such treatment plant to be set

up in India and maintenance is totally eco-friendly. The plant has been entrusted to

Bengaluru based company Tide Technocrats. The plant is thermal based technology and the

byproduct bio-charred compost generated by the plant could be used as soil fertiliser. The

residual water can be used to water a garden adjacent to the plant and will be no effect on the

agriculture crops in the surroundings. Dr. T.K.Sreedevi, IAS, DMA, Sri Amrapali Kata,IAS

Warangal Urban Collector , Elected representatives and officials from GWMC, ASCI were

On the invitation by the Sri.K.T. Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister MA&UD, Govt of Telangana, a 10-member delegation from Japan comprising of

delegates from Clean Authority of Tokyo (CAT 23), JETRO and TAKUMA company visited Hyderabad between 21st -23rd November 2017 and

held discussions with Sr.K.T. Rama Rao, Hon'ble Minister, MA&UD Department and senior

officials of Government on setting up of advanced incineration plants for treatment of

municipal solid waste management. Detailed presentations on the current status, issues and

challenges to waste Management in Urban Local Bodies of Telangana was shared with the

visiting team members. The visiting Japanese delegation also presented the various the

waste management practices in Japan / Tokyo and the experience of the advance

incineration plants in Japan. Sri. Navin Mittal, IAS, Secretary, MA&UD Department, Sri. B

Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS, Director General, EPTRI, Dr.T.K.Sreedevi IAS, DMA, Sri.P

Sathyanaryana Reddy, IAS, Member Secretary, TSPCB and other senior officers from GHMC

and C&DMA were present.

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Co-ordinator :Dr. G. Venkatesham

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Events

On 22nd November 2017 the Japanese delegation visited the the transfer station at lower

tank bund, 11 MW RDF power plant processing plant at Bibinagar and the Integrated waste

management facility at Jawaharnagar to study the existing practices of waste management.

The team also visited the TSPCB office and the laboratory to understand the facilities

On 24th November 2017 a workshop ‘Accelerating Implementation of Urban Missions

PMAY(U) and SBM(U)’ at Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra, Chankyapuri, New Delhi. The workshop

was inaugurated by Sri Hardeep S Puri, Hon'ble Minister for Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt

of India. Sri Durga Shankar Mishra, IAS, Secretary, Housing and Urban Affairs, Government

of India, Sri. Sameer Sharma, IAS, Joint Secretary, Housing for All and Sri. Vinod Jindal,

ICoAS, Joint Secretary, SBM, Mission Directors and senior officials from various states

across India were present in the workshop.