ROUTE OPTIMIZATION OF COMMUNITY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SELECTED WARDS OF BANGALORE CITY USING GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS)

Abstract

Community solid waste management is an important issue in India due to the inherent challenge it is posing as urbanization is on the rise. Currently in India as well as in many urban cities and its activities the population growth has resulted in an increased community solid waste generation rate. Bangalore is the largest city and business capital of Karnataka state. The population of the city as per the 2011 census is 8,443,675 with the total number of houses 2,101,831 A part from infrastructural development going on for sustainable development MSW management should also be taken care off. In the present study community solid waste management collection, transportation and disposal cost plays an important role about 65-75% of total cost. Hence, in Bangalore city four wards were selected to study the community solid waste management system and also optimizations of routing system, collection procedure, transport and transfer activities. Geographical Information System is a device introduced to plan for waste management and also quickly implemented to overcome community solid waste management limitation. This paper attempts to analyze the existing status of transportation of location of municipal waste along with the various secondary routes followed for the solid waste collection of selected wards of Bangalore under BBMP. In the present study, using Arc GIS, a proper optimizing the waste transportation routes and segregation of waste for efficiency in distance travelled and time taken. The clusters are made by taking the time into account, which may be plus or minus the total working hours for the day. In addition, a simple optimal routing system is proposed to achieve the minimum cost/distance/time efficient collection and transport path for community solid waste management as well as social and environmental implications.