Advanced Locality Management (ALM)

Advance Locality Management (ALM) is a partnership between MCGM & Citizens for sustainable environment friendly waste management programme for the neighborhoods buildings. ALM is initiated in 1998 with 658ALMs in all 24 wards of Mumbai.

Formation of ALM:
	The citizens' committee is selected from representative of building or lane
	Newly formed ALM committee applies in the given format & gets registered with the ward office.
	Main focus of work is participate in waste management in local area.

ALM as a volunteer service:
	Citizens organize meeting in neighborhood to create awareness
	Take steps to prevent public nuisance due to overflowing bins, littering in the neighborhood
	Organize waste pickers services, collection and processing of dry waste.

Support of MGGM as a partner
	MCGM supports the ALMs by appointing nodal officer
	Conducts monthly meeting with representatives of ALMs atthe ward level to resolve civic issues.
	MCGM also provide technical know how about composting & waste management
	No financial support, but incentives are given toALM's in terms of privilege Cards & award.

ALM formation and transformed neighborhood:
	ALM neighborhoods have clean bin free streets.
	Garbage and bin street with proper sanitation and hygienic.
	Clean drains & nallas
	Better organized citizens and are more focused to there neighborhood civic issues

Awards and Felicitation
	Best Practices from Green Leaf Award Exnora & Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
	ALM concept has been replicated in Delhi, Bangalore & Srilanka
	Delegates from Japan, South Africa, Nepal & Srilanka have appreciated concept of ALMs
	ALM concept is recognized by City ManagementAssociation.
	Organization such as World Bank, UNDP, CEE, UNICEF & UNEP have appreciated working of ALMs

Slum Adoption Programmes

Mumbai 60% population resides in slum areas due to housing problems. These slums are characterized by unhygienic and poor sanitation conditions. MCGM initiated a cleanliness scheme in 2001 in those slum areas where cleanliness services were not provided by the MCGM. The scheme is popularly known as Slum Adoption Scheme (Dattak Vasti Yojna).

Cleanliness Activities expected by the Community Based Organisations ICBO) under SAP
	Door-to-Door garbage collection.
	Cleaning ot nallas and gutters.
	Cleaning of pathway by lanes internal roads and public places.
	Cleaning of public toilets & improving overall cleanliness in slum areas.
	Encouraging slum dwellers for segregation of garbage.
	Creating awareness among the slum dwellers regarding cleanliness and role of responsible citizen.

Support from MCGM to implement SAP
	To provide financial assistants to the CBO's.
	Overall monitoring and evaluation of SAP.
	Capacity building of CBO's through Training and providing know how to the CBO's
	Encouraging Slum Dwellers to pay charges to the CBO's i.e. @ of Rs.1 01- per family per month.

Outcome of SAP
	Scope of cleanliness services has been enhanced in the non-service areas of slum pockets.
	At present SAP is been implemented through the 419 CBO·s. providing cleanliness services approximately 70 Lacs slum population.
	There is improvement in the overall cleanliness and hygienic conditions in slum areas.
	Awareness increased about the cleanliness in the slum areas.

Awards and Felicitation
	Best Practices from Green Leaf Award Exnora & Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
	Acclaimed by international agencies like UNICEF, WORLD BANK & USAID
	Support provided by UNICEF for training of SAP volunteers