Sustainable Solutions for Waste Management in Aizawl: An Evolutionary Perspective

Abstract

A waste is viewed as a discarded material, which has no consumer value to the person abandoning it. The World Health Organization (WHO) refers to the term ‘solid waste’ applied to unwanted and discarded materials from houses, street sweepings, and commercial and agriculture operations arising from mass activities. Keeping cities clean and environmentally friendly has been one of the greatest challenges in urban governance in urban areas. This paper investigated the process of evolution of Solid Waste Management in Aizawl, the capital of the state of Mizoram and the twenty-third state of the Indian Union. It is descriptive and is based primarily on secondary sources. It has made an enquiry into the management of solid waste from the year of inception of the Local Administration Department in 1973 up to the initiation of the Public-Private Partnership under the Urban Development and Poverty Alleviation (UD&PA) Department and Aizawl Municipal Council and later on under the Aizawl Municipal Corporation.