ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT: A Study on Tinsukia Municipal Board of Tinsukia District of Assam

Urbanization is now becoming a global phenomenon. The increased pace of urbanization has been posing a challenge to urban environment management. The rapid urbanization has a multiple effect on quality degradation of environment. Waste generation is an inevitable outcome of the development activities. A material becomes waste when it is discarded without expecting to be compensated for its inherent value. These wastes may pose a potential hazard to the human health or the environment (soil, air, water) when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed off or managed. Waste management comprises of purposeful and systematic control of generation, storage, collection (from Municipal dumps, houses, offices and industrial estates), transport, sorting (where recyclables are segregated), processing, recycling, recovery & disposal of waste. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is one of the major environmental problems of Indian cities. We have selected Tinsukia Municipal Board under Tinsukia district of the state Assam for our study. Tinsukia town is the head quarter and largest urban area in Tinsukia district with more than 1 lakh population as per Census 2001. The basic objectives of the study are 1. To examine Satisfaction level of the population regarding municipal activities 2.To examines Pollution in Tinsukia Municipality from Vehicles 3. To examine the nature of the garbage generated by the household in Tinsukia Municipality 4.To examine the impact on the society if there is degrading environmental quality. The sources of data are Both Primary and Secondary. Some simple statistics has been used for analysis purpose