up the pits of 30cmdeep (pit 1, 2, 3 and 4) and the 60cm deep pits (pit 5, 6,7 and 8) were filled in 24days. While filling waste every day, the wet waste which (included cooked food) was put first and then the dry waste (mainly vegetable and fruit peels). This helped in reducing the foul odour to a certain extent which otherwise generated. Apart from this, a layer of cover soil of 1-2cm thickness is placed on top of the waste to contain the odour. After filling up each pit, the substrate was left to degrade naturally. Turning of waste is done at regular intervals so that it helps in aerobic digestion of the waste thereby accelerating the decomposition.