Solid waste management at Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi temples in the Shiwalik foothills, during Kumbh Mela at Haridwar (Uttarakhand)

The present study deals about solid waste generation over the Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi hillock at Haridwar during the Kumbh festival of 2010. Total amount of solid waste generated for seven days of collection was 7615.0 Kg and 4992.7 Kg at Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi temples, respectively. The composition of solid waste was about 64.7% biodegradable waste and 12.3% non biodegradable and 23.0% miscellaneous waste at Mansa Devi hillock. On the other hand Chandi Devi hillock had 62.1% biodegradable, 12.3% non biodegradable and 25.6% miscellaneous wastes, while during normal non festive days 62.7% biodegradable, 10.2% non biodegradable, 27.1% miscellaneous solid waste was found at Mansa Devi and 62.2% biodegradable, 13.4% non biodegradable and 24.4% miscellaneous was found at Chandi Devi hillock. (Sudhanshu Kaushik* & B. D. Joshi. Solid waste management at Mansa Devi and Chandi Devi temples in the Shiwalik foothills, during Kumbh Mela at Haridwar (Uttarakhand). Rep Opinion 2012;4(8):39-42). (ISSN: 1553-9873). http://www.sciencepub.net/report . 9