Solid Wast Mizoram Case Study

Abstract: Mizoram is one of the most urbanized states in India. The higher rate of urbanization brings about a challenging task to the service delivery agencies. Sanitation effort has started under the Mizo District Council (MDC) and activities were gradually intensified with the Union Territory and State Government and now ultimately driven by the urban local body, i.e. Aizawl Municipal Corporation backed by the 74th Constitution Amendment Act (CAA). Solid Waste Management (SWM) in Aizawl, since 2009 has been managed through modified public – private partnership mainly based on a quantum of people’s participation. Local Councils are engaged in the collection and disposal of waste. Urban governance is facing numerous challenges in solid waste management system – due to its topography, only 80.44 per cent of households have participated in the PPP mode and the rest 16.73 per cent are out of its purview. Hence, the question is how far has Solid
Mizo categorised as Scheduled Tribe (ST) make up 94.6% of its population. The state is characterised by remoteness along three dimensions and these have played an important role in shaping its development trajectory and its identity (Kamath & Wainganka, 2015). The first is physical remoteness due to its topography consisting of thick forests, steep slopes and heavy rainfall. The second is remoteness engendered due to poor infrastructure with only a single major road transport link to the Indian Union via National Highway 54 that connects the capital city of Aizawl to Silchar in Assam, Shillong in Meghalaya in the north, Churachandpur in Manipur in the northeast, and Agartala in Tripura. The final dimension is remoteness in terms of imagination, situated as it is at the edge of the nation. It is the southern most of the Northeastern states with three quarters of its boundary being an international one, shared with Myanmar and