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181environmental pollution goes unabated. A pilot scheme was initiated sometime back to takecare of bio-degradable wastes, applying process of vermicomposting. The said scheme atpresent is lying non-functional. Sankarpur is comparatively a new area emerging as atourists‟ destination. Sankarpur suffers from total absence of any solid waste management tohandle the daily refuge generated by tourists as well as by the local residents. As a result, thebeach area is getting continuously polluted. In order to address the problem confronted bothat Digha and Sankarpur, a solid waste management system has been planned to becommissioned for both the areas. The system of solid waste management for both the townswill be created in the same manner.208. The proposed management system consists of primary sorting of the solid waste atthe points of generation, collection and transportation of sorted refuge, putting thebiodegradable materials into process of vermicomposting, recycling of the nonbiodegradable but reusable refuge components and finally disposal of non biodegradableremnants through engineered sanitary land filling system. Towards sanitary land filling, onesuitable site common to both Digha and Sankarpur has been identified. The proposed site forsolid waste disposal at Padima mouza of Digha lies beyond the Coastal Regulation Zonewithin land ward side. Therefore, no CRZ compliance is necessary.209. The primary segregation of waste at sources will be undertaken in dwelling houses,hotels and commercial establishment in three categories namely, organic waste, inorganicnon recyclable waste and inorganic recyclable wastes by depositing each category of wastein different colour identified containers. Similarly, waste generated in community use will becollected in separate bins meant for organic waste and inorganic waste. The street waste willalso be collected in community bins .The segregated wastes will be collected and transportedin containers by pedal tricycles to primary transfer stations (PTS) to be located in nine placesfor which the Digha town will be divided into nine segments. The wastes from the containersof each tricycle will be transferred to bigger containers at PTS whence the wastes will betransported by prime movers to the disposal ground. The solid wastes on reaching thedisposal ground will be finally treated for safe disposal in the following three processes :i) Compostingii) Secured Land Fillingiii) Recycling210. The organic solid will be put to composting by two different process viz.vermicomposting (50% of organic waste) and windrow composting (50% of organic waste)under one composting shed. The recyclable non-organic will be disposed of through agency