The Cleanest Cities Of India | Ep-5 | Karad's model to manage sanitary waste, diapers and napkins

Executive Producer: Arnab Pratim Dutta
Managing Producer: Joel Michael
Camera & Editing: Joel Michael, Adithyan PC, Midhun Vijayan & Aishwarya Iyer
Voice Over: Aishwarya Iyer, Tushita Rawat
Motion Graphics: Sunny Gautam
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Over 12.3 billion disposable sanitary pads are generated every year in India. That’s an average of 35 million pads per day.
And forget about processing this waste, almost 50% is not even getting collected.
According to data on menstrual waste management from the MDWS, 28 per cent of such pads are thrown in the open and 15 per cent are burnt openly. *Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
But a small City in Satara District of Maharashtra has become a role model of Sanitary waste management for the entire country. In Karad, 100 per cent of sanitary waste and biomedical waste is segregated, collected and processed separately.
This is easier said than done. Especially in a country where the topic of sanitary waste carries social stigma.
Situated on the confluence of Krishna and Koyna River, Karad always had a rich legacy when it comes to waste management practices. Towards the late 90s, the rise in the percentage of plastic and unsegregated collection of waste turned the city’s processing site into a landfill. Karad was also slowly turning into a medical hub which in turn generated biomedical waste. The unsegregated household waste got mixed with biomedical waste creating all sorts of problems for the municipality.
But Karad wasn’t willing to drag its proud legacy to its drains. And so, the authorities along with the people of Karad decided to get their city back on track.
Despite being a small city, the Karad Municipal Council along with the hospital association formed a unique biomedical waste processing facility with a capacity of 30kg per hour.
Sanitary waste segregation was always a challenge in India due to the taboo associated with it. Karad was no different. A good percentage of the Sanitary waste ended up clogging the city’s drains and public places.
The Municipal Council also encouraged schools to set up Sanitary pad dispensary machines and Sanitary waste disposal systems. After a two-month-long exercise,100 per cent of households in Karad started giving sanitary waste separately for collection. The administration then made an agreement with the biomedical waste treatment facility at Kharad colony, to process the Sanitary waste without any additional cost to the KMC.
Today, Karad has ended up being a flag bearer of Sanitary and biowaste management in India.
The city also has reclaimed the landfill plot by cleaning around 59,000 tonnes of legacy waste using methods like biomining. Authorities of Karad are planning to make their waste management systems better with modern technologies.
Effective collaboration between agencies and shared responsibilities has indeed been the USP for Karad’s success with a cycle of people and KMC working in synergy has resulted in creating a city they can proudly call clean.
Down to Earth is Science and Environment fortnightly published by the Society for Environmental Communication, New Delhi. We publish news and analysis on issues that deal with sustainable development, which we scan through the eyes of science and environment.

[@arunkulakarni8476]

Yess ! I am from KARAD & I am proud of my Clean n Green City ! K A R A D

[@virendrasinghsisodiya1633]

Proud for changing India, where girls are not ashamed for sharing their personal issues 🤘🤘🤘 well-done team india 🤘🤘

[@yklohana]

A couple of days back, I with my group we went to Boregaon, Satara for trekking (40km away). While descending, we collected full size bag of plastic waste from the mountain path which some idiots had thrown in places where Municipal Bodies couldn't reach, and which affects environment. Our social group is also working on developing 25km, one way track of trekking in Karad by marking the guiding routes through mountains and forests and maintaining the route, doing plantation and providing water for birds The point is, People in KRD are aware and are expanding their efforts beyond our boundaries.

[@Antony8474]

💓

[@sanjayr7977]

I am very impressed with this new attitude sweeping across India. Best wishes from South Africa.

[@TheStudyShackbySanketManiyar]

Hey! I am from Karad, and I must say, I feel so bad visiting Delhi or Mumbai looking at all the garbage on streets... Karad is very very clean, the whole city is sweeped twice everyday by cleaning staff... Also, I'd thank you for acknowledging our city, it's literally the first time I've seen a video about Karad on KZbin

[@yaminibhamare1148]

Yes bro, our Nashik is equally clean.

[@letra9372]

I'm from karad too.

[@vks9906]

Good job bro as a city.

[@TheStudyShackbySanketManiyar]

@@letra9372 where in Karad?

[@N0Xa880iUL]

Respect to Karad!

[@indramaniarora7901]

Kudos to the girl who confidently shared her issue on camera. That was unthinkable before. I bet the education system and school has a huge role in it 🙌🙌

[@shankarnarayanan3316]

I believe this is all our Social responsibility. Kudos to Karad and its people. Karad is a torch bearer of India.

[@HalakFulak]

BEING KARADKAR!! ALWAYS PROUDFUL EVERYTIME!! कराड मधील प्रत्येक नागरिकाने याकडे एक सुजान नागरीक म्हणून बारीक लक्ष दिले पाहिजे. बाहेरून येणाऱ्या पर्यटकांना देखील याच महत्व समजावलं पाहिजे. रस्त्यावर कोणीही कचारा टाकल्यास तमाम नागरिकांनी संबंधित व्यक्तीला घेराव घालून स्वच्छतेच्या सूचना करून योग्य ठिकाणी कचरा टाकण्यास सांगण्यात यावे. आपलं कराड स्वच्छ कराड.

[@autoaffair2401]

Proud to be a KARADKAR ❤️ MH50❤️

[@Sagar-wn1po]

Please release such videos in Hindi too. Lots of people in north india can learn from such videos if it is in Hindi.

[@D2E]

We are trying to create more videos in hindi. We will take these issues too.

[@Sagar-wn1po]

@@D2E thanks for replying. Let me know if you have any vacancy. I can even write hindi subtitles.

[@crieff1sand2s]

Another great wee video..... 👍

[@AtulKhot-s2u]

Proud to be from karad

[@shubhneet-fi1dx]

Wow...,,,👍👍..Role model for other cities

[@Saurabh.Patil.Sp24]

Love from karad 👍💖😎

[@mirjunaid3456]

Awesome short documentary

[@urvashisolanki5581]

Yesss pune is also goodd

[@N0Xa880iUL]

No

[@ritukiran]

Great job!

[@varrr1730]

Yes i am from karad & i love ❤ my city because its very clean & peaceful😊😊

[@roopa4950]

Women's should switch to menstrual cup to avoid generating waste.

[@feisty_jali]

That would be ideal given the situation but a lot of stigma is associated with menstrual cups. Also given the unsanitary conditions of our public restrooms that’s asking for a UTI.

[@N0Xa880iUL]

​@@feisty_jali 👍

[@kavilphilip]

An Early starter(before 2000) , congratulations to KMC and socially responsible team. 👏🏽

[@anurag01a]

Respect

[@AtulKhot-s2u]

Proud to be Karad

[@triptistravelouge5009]

Feel really very proud to be a citizen of karad, but this is incomplete information. Biogasification and windrow composting also done at solid waste management plant of karad and it plays major role cause methane gas is generated from biogas, it is stored and reuses in kitchen and generating electricity and manure generated from windrow composting, is to be sold in market .

[@niranjan3423]

Neighbour city Malkapur is exactly opposite to Karad. 🥺😭😭😭. 1) To buy new water meter, 20000₹ required. 2)Underground drainage is not properly built, after every 6 months chambers get blocked. Municipality staff do not inspect them after certain time regularly. Every time citizen have to call local municipality Member(Nagarsevak ), then he will call municipality staff. 😏😏😏😏3)Also underground drainage scheme is in process since last 5 years. When will it complete, no one knows? ☹️ Drainage water directly goes to river.

[@roman5782]

Malkapur should have been merged with Karad instead of making Malkapur a separate nagar palika.

[@shambhurajchavan7120]

Actually, Malkapur is more developed & Cleanest city than near's Karad. 1) First solid waste management is done in Malkapur, than in Karad 2) Also, Malkapur is Solar city. Their municipality provide them Solar (to every home)

[@ajaypatil6588]

I ❤️ KARAD

[@kirtidesai8484]

Proud to be from Karad

[@unitedminds5633]

Thank you 🙏

[@socialistsolidarity]

Of course it's easier to educate people about waste management and personal hygiene when you have a population of 100,000, but, how do you do that with cities with over 1 million inhabitants in India?

[@TheStudyShackbySanketManiyar]

Every city can do that, in Karad, people were not "educated"... In Karad, the Municipal Council spread a message into the people that if we win Swacch Survekshan, we'll get a 20 crore rupees prize, so we'll have good roads in the city. After we won it, the first thing we did id, we made 5 fountains in the 5 important Chowks of the city- a signal to the people that we have money... most roads in our city are in very good condition, again bcoz our Municipal Council has a lot of money & we have BJP ruling here...

[@N0Xa880iUL]

​@@TheStudyShackbySanketManiyar Genius

[@namrata08797]

❤❤❤❤❤ my beautiful hometown

[@kishandev7234]

Jai KARAD.

[@sachinpawar4602]

Proud to be KARADKAR I ❤️ KARAD

[@SuperAnirock]

My Home Town.....

[@Someone-xc7oc]

@SuperAnirock bhai m Karad aa rha hu central government ki job k liye....rehne k liye kaisa h tumhara city or...flat or food easily mil jata h kya

[@karadnagarparishad1120]

👏👏

[@ishwari8173]

'50 MH'❤️'Karad'

[@rgt717]

Not a single north indian city in this series.

[@shariquehassan5247]

I want to request DTE to please show us about the Sukhet model of Bihar.....Why there is no video from Bihar.....I know that Waste Management is not taking place properly in Bihar but I read an article where i found that Our PM has praised this Shukhet Model of Madhubani district of Bihar. Please if possible make one video on it it will be a source of motivation for other districts of Bihar. Please it's a request, Thank you....

[@kittu519]

Please do episode on city TIRUPATI -andhra pradesh

[@monalimitra3712]

Is it a super clean city??

[@AtulKhot-s2u]

Proud to be Karad