NEW DELHI: The Centre has permitted the motion plans of three states – Rajasthan, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh – and the Chandigarh for remediation of legacy municipal waste at dump yards throughout 171 municipal areas together with Jaipur, Jodhpur, Nizamabad, Karim Nagar, Nellore and Guntur. 5 different states – Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Odisha and Chhattisgarh – are finalising their plan and can submit them within the subsequent couple of weeks, officers mentioned.
The Centre is offering monetary help to the state governments for a number of duties together with the remediation of all legacy wastes within the subsequent two years as part of its plan to make city areas rubbish free beneath the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, which the federal government launched on October 1 final yr. It has set the goal to remediate 16 crore tonnes of legacy waste dump websites occupying practically 15,000 acres throughout city areas.
Housing and concrete affairs ministry officers mentioned proposals for such works in 24 city native our bodies (ULBs) with an funding of Rs 250 crore have been permitted in Rajasthan and within the case of Telangana, the ministry has given the inexperienced sign for comparable works throughout 123 municipal areas which would require funding of Rs 179 crore and unencumber round 850 acres. In case of Andhra Pradesh, plans for twenty-four ULBs have been permitted with a complete price of Rs 250 crore that assist unlocking round 463 acres.
The method acquired expedited just lately when the ministry officers held rounds of discussions with states. “Our strategy is for a complete roadmap to make sure scientific processing of municipal waste and no single use plastic reaches the dump yards,” mentioned an official. The official added stat-es want to organize motion plan retaining in thoughts the estimated inhabitants progress within the subsequent 5 years.
Officers mentioned greater than 4,000 ULBs have issued notification for ban on single use plastic and the remaining 700 will full the method and begin enforcement most by this June. To make sure single-use plastic reaches dump yards 2,500 materials restoration amenities (MRF) have been arrange throughout 1,300 ULBs.
The Centre is offering monetary help to the state governments for a number of duties together with the remediation of all legacy wastes within the subsequent two years as part of its plan to make city areas rubbish free beneath the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0, which the federal government launched on October 1 final yr. It has set the goal to remediate 16 crore tonnes of legacy waste dump websites occupying practically 15,000 acres throughout city areas.
Housing and concrete affairs ministry officers mentioned proposals for such works in 24 city native our bodies (ULBs) with an funding of Rs 250 crore have been permitted in Rajasthan and within the case of Telangana, the ministry has given the inexperienced sign for comparable works throughout 123 municipal areas which would require funding of Rs 179 crore and unencumber round 850 acres. In case of Andhra Pradesh, plans for twenty-four ULBs have been permitted with a complete price of Rs 250 crore that assist unlocking round 463 acres.
The method acquired expedited just lately when the ministry officers held rounds of discussions with states. “Our strategy is for a complete roadmap to make sure scientific processing of municipal waste and no single use plastic reaches the dump yards,” mentioned an official. The official added stat-es want to organize motion plan retaining in thoughts the estimated inhabitants progress within the subsequent 5 years.
Officers mentioned greater than 4,000 ULBs have issued notification for ban on single use plastic and the remaining 700 will full the method and begin enforcement most by this June. To make sure single-use plastic reaches dump yards 2,500 materials restoration amenities (MRF) have been arrange throughout 1,300 ULBs.