An Assessment to Solid Waste Management System in the Rajshahi City Vodra Railway Slum Through Community Participation

Akanda Md. Raihan Gafur; Farhana Mahzabin; Hafiza Nazneen Labonno; A S M Mahmudul Hasan Rifat; Mst. Nazneen Sultana

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An Assessment to Solid Waste Management System in the Rajshahi City Vodra Railway Slum Through Community Participation

Akanda Md. Raihan Gafur, Farhana Mahzabin, Hafiza Nazneen Labonno, A S M Mahmudul Hasan Rifat, Mst. Nazneen Sultana

Published in International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 10, Issue 2)

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Better life is the first requirement of every people and for this a healthier environment is needed. Municipal solid waste is a serious environmental hazard and social problem in Bangladesh. But the Rajshahi city dwellers are not lucky for this because Municipal authorities acknowledge the importance of adequate solid waste collection and disposal as well as resource recovery. Therefore solid waste is indiscriminate by dumped on dumped in open spaces, streets, and drains, clogging the drainage system which causes serious health risks and degradation of the living environment. It has been found that about 170 tons of solid wastes of different types are being generated daily in Rajshahi. This paper aims to review the recent solid waste scenario in Rajshahi City Corporation. Finally, this paper will propose some probable measures for its management. Participatory Rural Appraisal approach (PRA) is applied to involve community people in solid waste management. This study to identify the existing condition of the solid waste management system by Resource map, Mobility map PRA tools and find out the problem by pairwise ranking matrix, cause-effect diagram PRA tools. There is also finding out possible solutions to a solid waste management system by SWOT analysis and Dream map. Findings from the study show that the Municipality, which is the sole provider of the solid waste management services neither performed this service efficiently nor fully involved the community to support it. This study thus underscores the importance of community participation by bringing together the Municipality and the local community in the participatory forum to discuss solid waste management problems and suggest appropriate solutions.

Published in	International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy (Volume 10, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepp.20221002.12
Page(s)	22-30
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Municipality, Community, PRA, Solid Waste, Environment, SWOT, Management

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Akanda Md. Raihan Gafur, Farhana Mahzabin, Hafiza Nazneen Labonno, A S M Mahmudul Hasan Rifat, Mst. Nazneen Sultana. An Assessment to Solid Waste Management System in the Rajshahi City Vodra Railway Slum Through Community Participation. Int J Environ Prot Policy. 2022;10(2):22-30. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepp.20221002.12

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Akanda Md. Raihan Gafur

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Farhana Mahzabin

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Hafiza Nazneen Labonno

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
A S M Mahmudul Hasan Rifat

Department of Environmental Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mst. Nazneen Sultana

Department of Economics, National University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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