• Smruti Ranjan Panda
• Dr. kamal Kumar Barik
• Dr. Siba Prasad Mishra

Solid waste management and selection of landfills are one of the global environmental challenges faced by administrators, policy makers and stakeholders in developing and developed urban areas, townships, and settlements. The quantum and composition of urban solid waste and e-wastes has increased manifold in the last two to three decades due to population growth, increased economic and commercial activities, modern living practices, widespread use of plastics and electronic items. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing Techniques are advanced potential handy tools for cartography and charting. Burla Township is developed during the 1950s in Odisha, India and the area is adjacent to Hirakud reservoir, hydel powerhouse and one of the educational hubs of Odisha having area 25.4 km², population density 1,837/km² in 2011. The township has faced problems related to management and scientific disposal of solid wastes. To search for a suitable dumping yard, the featured maps were prepared from Survey of India Topo sheets of scale 1:50,000, updated and geo-referenced with the help of satellite image LISS-III. Various shapefiles were created and were converted in to cover form by using Arc GIS 10.1. Maps for demography, geomorphology, lithology, drainage pattern, roadmap are prepared. For the search of a suitable landfill site, all the raster datasets for different layers having different scores were over layered and the scores of each composite class were addressed using raster calculator tool of spatial analyst extension of Arc Map. The output map prepared to show various classes of a suitable site for solid waste dump yard. A moderate topographic area with sloping to strong sloping (i.e. 3-4, 4 -5) ground of Granite gneiss, and 2500 m distance from major drains has been considered as the suitable site for solid waste dump yard in Burla Town.

GIS, Geomorphology, Land-use/Land- cover, drainage slope, solid wastes

"Selection of Solid Waste Landfills for Developing Townships in India: A GIS Based Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.769-783, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901092.pdf

"Selection of Solid Waste Landfills for Developing Townships in India: A GIS Based Case Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp769-783, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901092.pdf