Welcome to Jury Members THE EUROINDIA ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE CITY AWARD (ESCA)

1. Welcome to Jury Members THE EUROINDIA ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE CITY AWARD (ESCA) The EuroIndia Centre Presentation by : Vijayawada Municipal Corporation

2. Vijayawada – City Profile 2

3. Vijayawada – Geographic Location Vijayawada 3

4. About Vijayawada: • Known as the political capital of the State, Vijayawada is located on the banks of the sacred Krishna River and is bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budemeru River on the North. • Some parts of the City are covered by a low range of hills, while the other parts are covered by rich and fertile agriculture lands with three irrigation canals criss-crossing them. • The discovery of pre-historic remains belonging to the Stone Age along the banks of Krishna River, from Machlipatnam to Nagarjuna Sagar, proves that this part of the river valley had human settlements even during the stone age of Indian history. Contd., 4

5. Contd., • Legend has it that Vijayawada was established by Arjuna around the Malleswara Temple and Indrakiladri Hills, in commemoration of Lord Siva’s blessings on him and thus the name Vijayawada or the “the City of Victory”. • Another legend says that Vijayawada took its name from Durga’s VIJAYAM or TRIUMPH over the Demon. According to this legend, Vijayawada thereby symbolizes the victory of Goddess Durga over the Demon King Mahisasura. • Situated along the Madras-Howrah and Madras- Delhi Railway route, this is the largest railway junction of the South Central Railway region. The City is also connected to by road and by air. • This locational advantage and access by road, rail and air, has made it one of the largest transit and trading centers in the State and South India. In the recent past, its prominence as a major trading and business centre has earned it the title of, “The Business Capital of Andhra Pradesh”. 5

6. Vijayawada Municipal Corporation: • The Municipality of Vijayawada (Bezawada) was constituted on 1st April 1888 with an area of 30 sq km and was upgraded as a selection grade municipality in the year 1960. • The municipality was upgraded to a corporation in 1981. Contd., 6

7. Contd., • With the merger of Gunadala, Patamata and Bhavanipuram village panchayats and two villages Payakapuram and Kundavari Kandrika into a corporation in 1985, the total area of the corporation rose to 58 sq km. • The city is divided into 59 political wards. An elected body headed by the Mayor performs the Administration of the Corporation. • The Commissioner acts as the executive head and and is responsible for the daily administration of the Corporation, which has over 5000 employees. • The population is more than 10.50 lakhs and it is today the third largest City in the State. 7

8. Water Supply: • VMC is the fore runner in the state in supply of drinking water. • Everyday 39 MGD of protected water is supplied to the residents of Vijayawada from the KL Rao Head Water Works on the upstream of the Krishna Barrage, and the Ramalingeshwar Nagar 10 MGD Plant. • 13 localized boosters supply another 10 MGD of bore water. • There are 59 water reservoirs with a storage capacity of 620.50 lakh gallons. • Approximately 150 LPCD is supplied (per capita) Contd., 8

9. Contd., • The water supply wing employs about 375 staff, who maintain over 350 km of transmission and distribution network with over 94,000 domestic HSCs and 7500 metered Group Housing and commercial/ industrial connections, and over 4500 public stand posts. • Household connections are unmetered and the monthly tariff is Rs 80 for general connections and Rs 50 for those Below the Poverty Line. The Non Revenue Water is about 40%. • SCADA Project: It provides factual information of the field parameters like Flow, Level, Chlorine to the Controlling Authorities for better controlling of the field operations. • Improves the quality of service • Uniform distribution of water • Improves overall plant efficiency • Reducing the water wastages 9

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11. Under Ground Drainage: • In Vijayawada, Under Ground Drainage was constructed in 1967-68 an 35% of the area was covered under this project. • The entire One Town (old City) and all major slums are going to be covered under JnNURM Project. • There are 3 STPs with a combined treatment capacity of 60 MLD. • 90 MLD treatment capacity with inclusion of STPS at Ajith Singh Nagar, Autonagar, Ramalingeswara Nagar and Jakkampudi will be added shortly. • Corporation has undertaken the expansion of the Under Ground Drainage for the whole city with JNNURM funds of Rs 271.48 crores. • At present 43,217 UGD connections are given in the city and aimed towards 80 % UGD connections after implementation of JNNURM schemes, which may minimize water pollutions into the canals and river Krishna. • Major components of the projects undergoing, • Collection Network of 410 Kms • Sump-cum-pump houses – 8 Nos • Pumping mains 16.80 kms • Pumpsets – 8 Nos • Aiming towards “ZERO” water pollution in the water bodies viz., Canals, River Krishna and Budameru by 2021. 11

12. Sewerage 12

13. Energy saving project for Street Lighting on ESCO Basis: • Date of starting of the project: July 2007 • Date of completing the project: November 2008 • The project is operational from November 2008 to till date. • This is the first successful ESCO project for Municipal Street lighting for Municipal Corporations in the state. • All the investment is made by ESCO (REAL ENERGY) and the savings due to reduction in Energy bills are shared by ESCO and VMC for a BOOT period of 5 years. • The total number of lighting installations are around 28,000 (ranging from 40 W to 400 W). • Replacement of existing Electromagnetic chokes and tubes with Electronic chokes and High Lumen Tubes. • Street Lighting control panels (450 nos) were fully automated with Remote Monitoring using GSM. Contd., 13

14. Contd., • Computerised control of voltage and lighting level during night. Automatic switch on and off. • Remote energy metering and failure report by SMS. • Average annual energy consumption before implementation of ESCO: 12 Million KWH. • Annual power bills before implementation of ESCO: Rs 462 lakhs • Energy savings per year after implementation of ESCO: 4.8 Million KWH • Annual savings: Rs 225 lakhs • Approx. Quantity of Green House Gas emitions prevented: Around 4000 tones of CO2 per year. • O&M cost per annum: Rs 65 lakhs 14

15. Solid Waste Management: • Date of starting the project: 2002 • Date of completing the project: 2004 and is in operation since then. • The city is divided into 52 sanitary divisions and about 3500 staff of which 50% are from 74 DWCUA groups, have taken up the task of cleaning the roads everyday. • VMC is one of the pioneers in developing and adopting SWM technologies and has taken up these projects on PPP – Excel Plant, Shriram Energy and Biomethanization Plant. Contd., 15

16. Contd., • The total waste generated is about 700 MT of which 550 MT is recycled into manure and used to generate power, through these three plants. • The Shriram Plant, commenced on 2004, takes 225 mt of MSW and generates 6 MW of electricity. • The bio-methanization Plant designed to run with vegetable and animal waste, and commenced on 2005, produces 3255 KWh electricity besides manure. • The VMC vehicles supply the SW to these three Plants and to the landfill through closed dumper bins. • VMC is presently setting up a scientific landfill in the outskirts of the City, so as to service the solid waste disposal needs of the City for the next 20 years. 16

17. Details of Benefits Accrued • 100% door to door collection is achieved by employing sanitary workers equipped with tri-cycles and dumper bins. • More than 250 Residential Welfare Associations (RWAs) are involved in MSW. • 14 Nos Vermicompost units working, generating 20 tons of vermicompost. • 50% of expenditure of DWACUA workers salary will be born by the RWAs. • User Charges being collected • Play schools opened for Sanitary wokers children as a welfare scheme • Universal Health Insurance has been covered to all Sanitary Workers. • ESI & EPF of around 3.25 Crore is being contributed • All the roads in the city are litter free • Pilot project is taken up to clean water bodies / canals by engaging motorized boats • Rainwater harvesting made mandatory for getting approval of building plan. • Special drives taken up for promoting rain water harvesting for all apartments and individual houses. • Transfer stations equipped to transfer MSW from dumper bins to bulk transfer vehicles is being used to convey MSW (9MT and above collected from Transfer station to land fill site) • The application of Vijayawada City considered for International Award to the Environmentally Sustainable City Award (ESCA) instituted by the Euro India Centre. Out of the 28 Cities, Vijayawada City has chosen among the top 6 Cities. 17

18. Walkers Tracks / Gardens: • Vijayawada Municipal Corporation has undertaken a stupendous programme to conserve and maintain the ecological balance of the area under its jurisdiction. • VMC has made such rapid studies in this direction and have developed Walking tracks and Gardens at various locations in the city. • These have been appreciated by citizens as well as environmentalists. • Removing the encroachers from canal bunds was done by VMC in a phased manner and these bunds are developed into walkway gardens. • There are about 60 parks in the city and they were developed with minimum cost and maintained well. Contd., 18

19. Walkers Tracks / Gardens: 19

20. Proposed Initiatives • Reduced Carbon Footprint • Special efforts have been made to double the existing capacity of Sriram Energy Plant • Measures taken to triple the existing capacity of Bio-Methanization plants • Connecting Sriram Energy Plant, Bio-methanization plant and the 10 STPs for collection of Methane Gas to the CNG grid • Thus, the methane generated shall be used by the VMC vehicles. • VMC can earn carbon credits • The process shall be helpful in the reduced / zero usage of fossil fuels. • This is the Road Map on Solid Waste Management for the city, and to enlist the city as Green City on the World Map. 20

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22. Proposed Initiatives Contd.. • Recycled Plastic PVC Unit • Segregation of bio-degradable material at source by rag pickers / para public health staff • On an average two workers working per bin, thus by generating their livelihood. • Plastic waste (milk and water sachets) thus collected is being reprocessed and used in manufacturing PVC pipes in the city. The unit is established by a private entrepreneur. • Process initiated to establish an unit to recycle plastic waste and convert it into fuel. 22

23. Proposed Initiatives Contd.. • Bio Mining • Old/ Closed landfill sites are being used for segregating bio fertilizers and non-degradable materials such as plastic under PPP mode. • The segregated recyclables are used in the production of organic manure • Benefits: • Profitable usage of the decomposed solid waste • Since the process is taken-up under the PPP mode, it is a win – win situation both for the Waste Processing Unit and VMC. • Prompt clearing of the sites used for waste disposal, thus by minimizing pollution • Controlling disease causing agents • Employment generation for the un-educated and un-skilled • Manure and other material produced is used for greenery and as bio-fuels. 23

24. Proposed Initiatives Contd.. • Eco Parks • Initiatives for creating of eco parks on Indrakeeladri and Gunadala hillocks, which are part of the city are at an advanced stage • This provides in developing greenery, parks and other planned revenue generating green enterprises • Helps in eco-tourism development • The parks shall cater for Family Entertainment Center with an Amusement Park, Corporate Leisure & Meeting Place, Trekking, Spiritual Center, Yoga & Fitness, Indoor Games, etc., 24

25. Public Awareness Initiatives • Dust bins are supplied free of cost to all schools and residential units for segregation of waste at source. • NO Plastic ralleys, public meetings, Audio/ Video advertisements etc., are being carried out on a regular basis to bring awareness among general public and school children alike. • Services of RWAs are being utilized for public awareness in their respective localities. • Planned cleaning of water bodies such as canals, Krishna river and Budameru (seasonal rivulet and natural drain) 25

26. Actions initiated to reduce air pollution in the city: A. Construction of 6 BRTS corridors proposed under JNNURM – Rs 450 crores: Contd., 26

27. BRTS 27

28. Contd., • B. Development of Green Belt at 61 locations: • Arrangement of Mist chamber at APIIC Nursery. • Greenery development beside Old Rajeev Nagar School (58th Division). • Greenery under flyover bridge in Singhnagar. • Development of park in Ajitsinghnagar near Shadikhana in 55th Division. • Development and renovation of greenery at T.V Raghavaiah & B.R. Ambedkar park. • Development of greenery at Vivekananda School in 54th Division. • Development of greenery at Kabela in 29th Division. • Greenery Development near Autonagar STP. • Greenery development at sump cum pump house in Devinagar. • Greenery development at sump cum pump house in Pakeergudem. • Development of Greenery in Madhuranagar Reservoir premises etc. Contd., 28

29. Contd., • C. Introduction of CNG Vehicles (Buses & Auto): • Under JNNURM, CNG vehicles were procured for public transport system. More than 50% of the autos were replaced with CNG autos and targeted to replace 100% within 3 yrs time. • D. Encouragement of non motorised vehicles and cycle tracks: • VMC encourages non motorist transport and separate cycle tracks are provided in BRTS routes. 29

30. Contd., E. Green Bus Shelters: Construction of Green Bus Shelters with locally available bamboo and recycled plastic and building materials. 30

31. Accolades and Awards: • Won Best City Award - 2010 for All round development under JNNURM Scheme • Won Best City Award – 2009 for Improvements in Solid Waste Management and Pro-Poor Reforms under JNNURM Scheme. • Won National Urban Water Award in the year 2009. • CRISIL has bestowed Best Practices Award for the “Siti e - Governance “ Project. • CSI Nihilent runner – up award was conferred by Ministry of Information and Technology. • Finalist in Stockholm Challenge Award. • First Municipal Corporation in the state to receive ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management System. 31

32. Highlights: • The City is the only second one in the entire country and the first to fully cover the City with Energy Saving technology in street lighting. This intervention is expected to yield savings worth Rs 6.25 Cr over the next 5 years and Rs 1.7 Cr annually hence forth. • VMC has outsourced its entire fleet of sanitation vehicles, which is expected to generate savings worth Rs 4.09 Cr over the coming three years. • VMC has also introduced the Global Positioning System (GPS) based monitoring of all its vehicles. This has enabled accurate monitoring of all the sanitation vehicles and water tankers, thereby reducing the huge fraudulent claiming of bills by vehicle contractors. • Rationalization of Dumper Bins as per the local requirements and equitable distribution of the same. 32

33. Transfer Station @Auto Nagar 33

34. Vermi Compost Plant at Mutyalampadu 34

35. Door to Door Collection Push Cart TriCycle 35

36. Mechanized Vehicles - Solid Waste Management 36

37. Dumper Bins Dust Bins provided free of cost 37

38. Road side Litter Bins Scientific Land Fill 38

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