Open AccessMunicipal Waste Disposal Strategy by Fuzzy TOPSIS Method
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M Ramachandran,
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Vishal Fegade,
N. Shankar Ganesh,
M. S. Chaudhari,
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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of engineering and advanced technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2249-8958
DOI - 10.35940/ijeat.f9527.088619
Subject(s) - municipal corporation , garbage , metropolitan area , municipal solid waste , business , corporation , ranking (information retrieval) , municipal or urban engineering , environmental planning , waste management , operations management , engineering , environmental science , civil engineering , computer science , geography , finance , archaeology , machine learning
Municipal solid waste is a major challenge for the metropolitan city. Improper handling of municipal solid waste will create the city unsuitable for living.in this paper, we are discussing about the Indore Municipal Corporation strategy to make the city, one of the cleanest city in India. For this purpose, the 5 selected methods are assigned ranks using Fuzzy TOPSIS method by taking opinion from decision makers and averaged for further analysis. On the basis of reviews 6 main problems created in the city due to municipal waste management ( Dust, Fouling, Emission level, Spreading of Diseases, Open defecation ad Improper segregation) are taken into considerations and 20 decision maker’s opinion is taken on measures taken by Indore municipal corporation for reducing problems created in the city due to municipal waste management are Abolishing cattle, Making more number of urinals, D2D garbage collection, General public awareness, Mechanized road sweeping n jet washing and Using twin bins for source segregation. In this paper the Evaluation shows that open defecations ranking one among all the problems which is greatly reduced by various measures taken by the Indore municipal corporation followed by spreading of disease and improper segregation.