Solid Waste Management and Recycling

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JAAP BROEKEMA CHAPTER 5 TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION; THE CASE OF HYDERABAD’S SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT 5.1. INTRODUCTION Hyder ...

94 JAAP BROEKEMA What are the strengths and weaknesses of the current form of privatisation of solid waste collection? The dis ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 95 In 1998 the MCH acknowledged that the privatisation efforts to date were unsati ...

96 JAAP BROEKEMA After the unit rate was fixed contractors were invited to reflect through advertisements in three daily newspap ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 97 absorption of contract labourers working for a private contractor into governme ...

98 JAAP BROEKEMA The total expenditure on privatised solid waste collection almost tripled after the latest reform. Unfortunatel ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 99 agricultural communities, which can be classified under the forward communities ...

100 JAAP BROEKEMA Starting up business Most contractors started working in solid waste collection with the introduction of the u ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 101 Use of vehicles It is interesting to observe that a large majority (90 percent ...

102 JAAP BROEKEMA The organisation is frequently organising meetings to discuss problems presented by the contractors It also ac ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 103 contractors are expected to participate. Although some contractors argue that ...

104 JAAP BROEKEMA percent for the MCH-workers A large majority of the migrants (including the second generation) is from Andhra ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 105 mentioned. The main reason for those who were working before the introduction ...

106 JAAP BROEKEMA In reality the differences are even more pronounced. The average monthly salary of the interviewed private and ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 107 and kamatans. Despite the fact that the MCH calculates the same amounts for ma ...

108 JAAP BROEKEMA Health problems A majority of the labourers – 68 percent for the MCH workers, 70 percent for the contract labo ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 109 Opinion about contract conditions Almost a third of the contractors stated not ...

110 JAAP BROEKEMA Role of MCH Although the majority of the contractors is content about the way the MCH manages the out-contract ...

TRIAL AND ERROR IN PRIVATISATION IN HYDERABAD 111 contractors expects that the new role of the private sector in solid waste col ...