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Micro-Pocket Planning
A micro-pocket is the smallest work area and the basic sanitation unit in a ward
for maintaining sanitation and handling of solid waste in primarily residential
areas. A continuous area containing between 300 and 350 waste generating
units made of households, shops and petty commercial units can be demarcated
as a residential micro-pocket.
Refer Fig. 2, a ULB has been demarcated into three large packages. Packages
1 and 2 are outsourced, while the one is managed by ULB with their own staff.
Within the Packages 1 and 2, there are multiple wards which have been further
broken down into micro-pockets (Fig. 3).
Fig. 4 Indicative Micro-pocket and package demarcation in a ULB