CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to launch 'Clean Andhra Pradesh' initiative on Gandhi Jayanti

On the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy will launch the "Clean Andhra Pradesh" (CLAP) initiative. During the launch of CLAP, Chief Minister Reddy will flag off 2,600 garbage collection vehicles.

The Andhra Pradesh government informed that the Clean Andhra Pradesh (CLAP) - Jagananna Swachha Sankalpam, aims to ensure a robust sanitation system in motion spanning from urban to rural localities in the state. Right from collection to treatment of waste, the CLAP aims to achieve total source segregation of garbage, mechanised door-to-door collection with community participation, onsite waste treatment, complete treatment of waste generated, and to encourage home composting, the Andhra Pradesh government said.

3-bin system to segregate waste

For primary segregation of waste at a domestic level, a 3-bin system (Green, Blue, and Red to each Household) is being deployed and the procurement and supply of 1.20 Crore household bins at an estimated cost of Rs 72 crore for around 40 Lakh households are underway. "Door-to-Door collection of waste, 3,097 Diesel Auto Tippers are set to be deployed in grade 1 and above category Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) as part of phase one of this initiative and 1,800 electric vehicles (auto-rickshaws) will be introduced in grade 2/3 category ULBs and Nagar Panchayats," the Andhra Pradesh government said.

Both the diesel auto tripper and electric vehicles will be equipped with wet, dry, and domestic hazardous waste partition bins with a hydraulic lift and a microphone for the announcement of IEC activities for public awareness. For the transportation of garbage and waste in gram panchayats, 14,000 tri-cycle rikshaws are being distributed, and 1,000 auto rickshaws are being distributed to villages with a population of 10,000 or above.

231 Garbage Transfer Stations to be set up at a cost of Rs 220 crore

For the intermediate storage of segregated waste, 231 Garbage Transfer Stations, estimated to have a cost of Rs 220 crore, will be set up in 124 ULBs, where primary waste collected from households is transferred, compacted, and then transported out to treatment plants. A green belt of 20 feet will be developed around every Garbage Transfer Station to improve the ambience. Furthermore, for the safe disposal of masks and sanitary napkins, 6,417 incinerators are to be distributed at all gram panchayats.

For processing solid waste generated comprehensively, construction of 4,171 Integrated Solid Waste Management plants (ISWM) is underway, in addition to those that are already set up. These ISWM plants will be equipped with facilities to treat wet and dry waste through a bio methanation plant/compost plant and MRF centre, all at one location. For the curbing of the mosquito menace to control the spread of vector-borne diseases, 10,628 thermal fogging machines are being distributed.

In order to eliminate open defecation, 1,500 community toilets (CT) and public toilets (PT) are set to be constructed at high footfall areas like bus stands, railway stations, government hospitals, ward secretariats in all the ULBs across the state and to maintain the sanitary conditions of the CTs, 10,731 high-pressure toilet cleaning instruments have been allocated.