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Ra Solid Waste Management (brief). Sa ‘ara na yadra. INTRODUCTION. The Ra Province consists of 4 major tikina Rakiraki Nakorotubu Saivou Nalawa. Within the 4 major Tikina's Villages : 93 Settlements: 62 Pri.Schools : 42 Sec.Schools: 5. Population. Fijians: 17,651
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Ra Solid Waste Management (brief) Sa ‘ara na yadra
INTRODUCTION The Ra Province consists of 4 major tikina • Rakiraki • Nakorotubu • Saivou • Nalawa
Within the 4 major Tikina's • Villages : 93 • Settlements: 62 • Pri.Schools : 42 • Sec.Schools: 5
Population • Fijians: 17,651 • Indians: 12,239 • Others: 193 Total30,083 (1999 CENSUS)
Health Services • Hospital • Rakiraki District Hospital • Ra Maternity • Nursing Stations • Vunitogoloa Nursing Stations • Tokaimalo Nursing Station • Dobuilevu Nursing Station
Cont’d • Health Centers • Nanukuloa Health Centre • Nasau Health Centre • Namarai Health Centre
Medical Solid waste Management Incinerator – Malfunction
RRLA Garbage Service General Waste Ra Hospital
Ra Health Office Garbage Services • Ra Rural Local Authority Sanitary Service • Garbage Services • 1. Areas Serviced: • Penang, Vaileka, Korowaqa, Nacovi / Naqoro, FSC, Nananu-I-Ra Island / Volivoli • 2. Total No. of Bins: 874 • * Penang – 113 • * Vaileka – 294 • * Korowaqa – 62 • * Nacovi / Naqoro – 183 • * FSC - 75
Hotel • Number of hotel developments: 14 • Garbage Serviced RRLA : 13 • Not Serviced : 1 93% have Satisfactory solid waste disposal & 7% have Unsatisfactory Solid Waste Disposal
From 1998 to 2006 – there is an increasing number of bins from 557 to 874
RA RURAL JURISDICTION MAP URBAN CENTRE RRLA BOUNDRY
Waste Management • Garbage Service Area Coverage : 3% - Burn & Bury : 97% 97% unsatisfactory garbage waste disposal and 3% have satisfactory waste disposal
Conclusion • Medical solid waste disposal system is improper and unsafe • Most of the settlements and villages have unsatisfactory solid waste management (97%) • Only a very small area have garbage service (3%) • There is a high demand for garbage service • Ra district solid waste disposal system needs to be improved drastically