Thane Municipal Corporation
India Mayor: Naresh Ganapat Mhaske-
Population 1886941
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Area 147.0km 2
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GDP N/AN/A
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Targets by N/A N/Aemission
Slums: about 76,000 LPD of Solar Assisted Water Heating Systems installed in newly constructed building for urban poor population residing in slums under Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) Scheme under JnnURM
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Efforts are being taken in structuring and developing an ESCO (Energy Service Company) project for about 10,000 street lights to improve the illumination level ensuring large scale energy efficiency. It will result in modernization/augmentation with better operation and maintenance of street light service reducing the energy burden.cost on Thane Municipal Corporation.
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Pollution Control Cell has a full fledged laboratory for Air and Water monitoring and mobile laboratory for onsite monitoring which is well equipped with instruments. Pollution Control Cell monitors Environmental Status of TMC area with awareness activities.
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Use of Solar Water Heating (SWH) System made mandatory by the amendment in Development Control Regulations of Municipal Corporation. SWH was installed in Municipal buildings (maternity homes, staff quarters, etc.). Total SWH installations of about 36,500 LPD
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Thane Municipal Corporation is installing Solar power based Air Conditioning plant (160 T) for a hospital and medical college.Diesel fired boiler shall be replaced by agro residue based briquette and methane gas fired boiler from the biomethanation plant.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has installed Solar PV system for lighting at various municipal buildings. in last 2 years 10 kWp capcity system has been installed.
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The project shall provide the missing link between the various Mass Public Transport Proposals planned by TMC as well as MMRDA. It will also provide excellent interchange facility for intra-city and intercity transport. Adequate Parking
facility can also be developed in the scheme.
The Thane Municipal Corporation intends to extend the said dedicated corridor on HCMTR route (Phase II). A transport Hub for interchanging the various other
planned IPT modes is to be planned at Teen Hath Naka. Further, the technology of
transport (BRT typologies/ Rail alternatives) is also to be determined.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has replaced conventional garden lights with energy efficient 15 W LED lights which resulted into about 50% energy savings. More than 200 such fixtures have been installed in last 2 years.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has replaced 150 W Sodium-vapor street lights into 100 W Sodium-vapor lamps with better luminous quality. More than 600 such lamps have been replaced in last 2 years.
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The inefficient reciprocating chillers having efficiency 1.8 kW/ton are replaced with Screw chillers having efficiency 0.8 kW/ton. This is unique demand shifting project for shifting demand from peak load period to lean load period providing Thermal Storage System. Installed at 2 auditoriums of TMC.
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As a part energy saving, Thane Municipal Corporation has provided more than 170 numbers of microprocessor based 3 phase cyclic switching units in streetlight panels for precisely switching ON/OFF of street lights considering seasonal changes. Also, this item has been included in regular maintenance schedule of street lighting.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has replaced 310 conventional street lights with energy efficient LEDs. The 250 W lamps were replaced by high lumen output 150 W lamps and 150 W lamps were replaced by 70 W lamps. It resulted into 47% of energy savings.
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15 T capacity Bio- Methanation plant to treat Municipal Solid Waste; has been commissioned by Thane Municipal Corporation. During the modification work the riser and churner machine load is reduced to 16 HP from 100 HP. The plant produces 600 m3/day Methane which is being fed to 50 kVA biogas Genset to produce electricity.
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30km length of the street is to be covered under this project initially.
Aim: To build pedestrian friendly green footpaths with railings. This project will support citizens to make more use of footpaths minimizing fuel consumption because of traffic.
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1) Green power generated and utilized at consumer end
2) Transmission, Distribution and conversion losses can be minimized
3) Surplus power exported to grid, storage batteries can be eliminated
4) Cost per unit generation can be substantially reduced
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Thane Municipal Corporation in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute organized Environmental education program to create awareness among the students and teachers on Urban environmental issues through interactive, competitive and activity based learning modules.
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136 kWp Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) system to be installed at verious locations of Thane Municipal Corporation.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has provided & maintained proper capacitor banks at many H.T. connections and also provided Automatic power factor controllers.
As per the recommendations of Energy Auditor, power factor correcting capacitors have been installed near load center.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has modified conventional tube lights and ballast with energy efficient Tri phosphor T-5 tube lights and electronic ballast . This has resulted into better luminous efficacy as compared to conventional tube light fixtures. More than 2000 such tubes have been installed in last 2 years.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has installed a wind- solar hybrid system at Solar Energy Center in Thane
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Thane Municipal Corporation is continuously carrying out energy audits for various projects and facilities like City Hospital and Medical college. auditoriums, water pumping stations in the city. These audits are allowing municipal corporation to assess different services for energy efficiency.
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One of the major source of pollution of water resources in Thane is the annual ritual immersion of idol of Lord Ganesha. Most of the idols are prepared by plaster of Paris which contain Gypsum, Calcium, Sulphur, Phosphorous and Magnesium while the color contains toxic compounds of mercury, lead and cadmium. In order to prevent the pollution of these water bodies Municipal Corporation made innovative arrangements of creation of artificial ponds near the lakes.
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TMC has published CD on Lake Conservation for Public Awareness. Water purification and
softening plant of Bore well at Kalwa Ganapati Ghat, near Creek is implemented. Weather
Monitoring Machine is installed for measuring different elements of the climate like Temperature, wind speed, Wind direction, Rainfall, Humidity etc. Thane Municipal Corporation has installed 6 LED boards for displaying different environment
related messages and different projects of TMC for citizens, on experimental basis.
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The project has ensured well planned traffic integration and
dispersal system in and around suburban station area including interchange. It has also addressed the issues of parking management, traffic movement around the station and general improvement to the environment lowering air pollution and fuel consumption.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has installed energy efficient ceiling fans with service value more than 4 which consumes 50 Watt power in place of conventional 80 Watts. More than 1000 such fans have been replaced in last 2 years.
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Thane Municipal Corporation is taking initiative to reuse the plastic waste. Efforts are being taken by TMC to aware people regarding dry and wet waste segregation. Also, 5% rebate has been provided on property tax whoever Reducing, Reusing, Recycling waste of 50%.
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Thane Municipal Corporation has established a dedicated Disaster Management Cell with the primary aim of securing lives and protecting infrastructure in the city which will reduce the environmental impact of the disasters. This cell has also helped to minimize the resource consumption required to deal with disasters by taking many precautionary measures.
Read More Read LessThane Municipal Corporation has made mandatory implementation of Rain Water Harvesting Systems for new buildings and providing rebate about 5 % for the old buildings which will implement this system. As a result of this initiative more than 450 new buildings have established their Rain Water Harvesting Systems minimizing pressure on water resources during 2009-2012.
Read More Read LessA sewage treatment plant of 120 MLD capacity based on C-Tech technology is
operational at Kopari. This treatment is automatic for which SCADA system is used. This has
saved the manpower for operation and maintenance. The treated water coming out of this
plant has lowest COD, BOD and TSS which has helped in reducing the pollution of Thane
Creek and conservation of aquatic life. This treatment facility has reduced the load on natural water resources along with energy conservation.
1. Redesigning of Raw water Pumps for reducing head by lowering the depth of existing pipeline at Break Pressure Tank (new BPT constructed at lower level (9m) to reduce the head on the pumps. Originally 600 hp 2 pumps were delivering 120 MLD where as now 600 hp 3 pumps are capable to deliver 240 MLD)
2. Lowering of head on Pure water pumps by redesigning the Pure water Pipeline and the discharging point at M.B.R
3. Maintaining Power Factor at Pise and Temghar at or above 0.99
4. Existing pumps replaced with new modified duty condition pumps by utilizing available motors.
5. System Automation with SCADA system from Raw water lifting up to the distribution Reservoirs
6. Recycling of filter bed back wash reject (6 to 10 MLD)
Thane Municipal Corporation has made rules for mandatory installation of Rain Water Harvesting Systems for all the new buildings. Also corporation is providing 5% rebate on property tax for the existing buildings implementing Rain Water Harvesting Systems. In last two years more than 400 new buildings and 10 municipal buildings have installed this system.
Read More Read LessThane Municipal Corporation partnering with Ministry of Environment and Forest, State government has used Bioremediation technique for lake conservation. The overall project included public participation and making lake as a hub for economic activities, thereby providing an indirect source of livelihood for local people.
Read More Read Less1) Encroachments in Nalla are removed.
2) Obstructions due to various utility services in the flow of water are removed.
3) Due to systematic disposal of storm water from catchments to creek, water logging & flooding situations in last year is reduced. i.e. before project there were 89 water logging spots which are reduced to 12.
4) Annual maintenance for repairing Nalla walls is reduced & hence O & M expenditure is minimized.
5) As flooding in the city area is reduced, cost for maintenance of asphalt road is decreased.
6) Health & properties of the citizens are protected as water logging & flooding is decreased.
Mayor Naresh Ganapat MhaskeThane Municipal Corporation, India
