Title: Evaluating financial aspects of municipal solid waste management in Mysore City, India

Authors: Ishwar Chandra Yadav, Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi, Surendra Singh, A.G. Devi Prasad

Addresses: Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 225001, UP, India. ' School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geoscience, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China. ' Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 225001, UP, India. ' Department of Studies in Environmental Science, University of Mysore, Mysore 570006 India

Abstract: Majority of waste management plans are severely constrained by the lack of resources to finance these services. In developing countries, collection and transportation of waste are the most costly Solid Waste Management (SWM) activities. Safe disposal invariably receives less attention. Mysore City, one of the largest cities of Karnataka (India) with a population of around 0.8 million, is facing acute shortage of funds to run SWM activities. Present paper analyses the current financial aspects of Mysore City municipal SWM based on empirical studies as well as authentic data obtained from Mysore City Corporation (MCC). The study revealed that the financial allocation for SWM is inadequate and MCC is running in deficient finance.

Keywords: Mysore City Corporation; India; expenditure; fiscal year; MSW finance; municipal solid waste; waste management; handling rules; pourakarmika; resident welfare associations; KUIDP; Karnataka Urban Infrastructure Development Plan; self-help groups.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2010.038009

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2010 Vol.13 No.3/4, pp.302 - 310

Published online: 08 Jan 2011 *

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