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Solid waste management: chief secretaries asked to appear personally at NGT
By IndianMandarins- 26 Jan 2019
717The
National Green Tribunal has asked chief secretaries of all states and Union
territories to appear before it from March 1 with status reports of their
actions and immediate future plans on solid waste management. It
also made clear that chief secretaries will not delegate their appearance to
anyone else. It directed them to remain present with their reports on different
dates, starting from March 1 at 2pm when Jammu & Kashmir chief secretary
has been asked to appear.However, it will be open to change the date of their
appearance if it is notified in advance. Hearing
a petition seeking compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the
Tribunal directed the chief secretaries to review their solid waste management
actions within a month. It noted
that India generates over 1,50,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day,
with Mumbai being the world's fifth most waste generating city. "Yet,
only 83 per cent of waste is collected and less than 30 per cent is treated.
According to the World Bank, India's daily waste generations will reach
3,77,000 tonnes by 2025. Unless the problem is tackled, its impact on health
and lives of citizens can be devastating. It is high time stern measures are
taken not only by those in-charge of administering law themselves but also by
educating and involving the public at large," a bench headed by NGT
Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said. It
asked all states to display on their websites and portals of their pollution
control boards the progress made in complying with Solid Waste Management
Rules, 2016, Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Bio-Medical Waste
management Rules, 2016. "Ministry
of Environment and Forests may coordinate with concerned organisations/
association of industries to indicate a programme to reduce the quantum of
waste by appropriate strategies including use of less packaging material
keeping in mind such initiatives elsewhere," the tribunal said in its
January 16 order which was uploaded on its website mid this week. The
matter is listed for further consideration on July 10.
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Solid waste management: chief secretaries asked to appear personally at NGT
By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-26 12:43:45
The
National Green Tribunal has asked chief secretaries of all states and Union
territories to appear before it from March 1 with status reports of their
actions and immediate future plans on solid waste management.
It also made clear that chief secretaries will not delegate their appearance to anyone else. It directed them to remain present with their reports on different dates, starting from March 1 at 2pm when Jammu & Kashmir chief secretary has been asked to appear.However, it will be open to change the date of their appearance if it is notified in advance.
Hearing a petition seeking compliance of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, the Tribunal directed the chief secretaries to review their solid waste management actions within a month.
It noted that India generates over 1,50,000 tonnes of municipal solid waste per day, with Mumbai being the world's fifth most waste generating city.
"Yet, only 83 per cent of waste is collected and less than 30 per cent is treated. According to the World Bank, India's daily waste generations will reach 3,77,000 tonnes by 2025. Unless the problem is tackled, its impact on health and lives of citizens can be devastating. It is high time stern measures are taken not only by those in-charge of administering law themselves but also by educating and involving the public at large," a bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said.
It asked all states to display on their websites and portals of their pollution control boards the progress made in complying with Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 and Bio-Medical Waste management Rules, 2016.
"Ministry of Environment and Forests may coordinate with concerned organisations/ association of industries to indicate a programme to reduce the quantum of waste by appropriate strategies including use of less packaging material keeping in mind such initiatives elsewhere," the tribunal said in its January 16 order which was uploaded on its website mid this week.
The matter is listed for further consideration on July 10.
