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CHAPTER – III
3.0 PROFILE OF EXISTING DUMPING GROUND
3.1 LOCATION
Govind Nagar dumping ground (30o06’07.2”N, 78o17’24.0”E) at Purani Chungi,
Haridwar Road is located very close (about 500 m.) to the RNN office. Ownership
of the dumping ground is not with RNN. The survey numbers of the dumping
ground land are yet to be known.
3.2 SITUATION ANALYSIS
A Team of Professionals from TCE made site visit (on 18-03-2019 & 26-03-2019)
to understand the features of the dumping ground. Visits were aimed at collecting
information, discussions with field personnel of RNN, understanding the topology
and geology of the dumping ground and drainage pattern in and around the
dumping ground.
The salient features of the Govind Nagar dumping ground are summarized below:
1. The Site has been used as MSW disposal Site for Rishikesh from 1980’s. The site is
located at the centre of the town amidst thickly populated area. Major settlement is
observed in north-east and north-west side of the site. River Ganges flows at about 50
m. from the dumping ground in the southern side. Few small-scale commercial
establishments were observed to be within/ intruding into the dumping ground at north-
west and south side.
2. The waste has been dumped indiscriminately on fairly even ground with maximum
waste height of about 3-4 m in an area of about 4 Hectare. However, the exact
footprint of waste dump could not be verified in absence of land records/ physical
boundary demarcation. The fire/ smoke was observed at some part of the dumpsite.
Water from borewell, which is within the dumping ground is being used for
extinguishing the fire. Out of the three entry points to the dumping ground, entry points
at north and south-east sides are provided with gates and metal sheet barricading.
3. About 60 tons of waste is being transported and dumped at the dumping ground by
RNN. About 15 persons at the dumping ground, manually sort glass, cardboard, paper,
metal and plastics, etc. from the fresh waste that is being dumped on daily basis.
These sorted wastes are bailed separately and sold in the market.
4. The dumping ground has been an outfall (discharge point) of the open drains carrying
sewage/ sullage from the surrounding, creating water logging and extremely
unhygienic conditions in and around the site. Two drains each from Bankhandi area
Govind Nagar are discharging into the dumpsite. These drains are further meeting at
common point and then the final discharge takes place outside the dumpsite at south
side.
5. Puddles of leachate were observed at few locations of the Site.
6. The Site has no impervious barrier / geo-membrane laid at the bottom, and there is no
cover at the top.
The below satellite imagery depicts the prevailing site conditions at the dumping ground
in Figure 3-1 and 3-2.
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