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Chief Secy asks municipalities to prepare waste management action plans

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Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo chairs a meeting of the Housing and Urban Development Dept.
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Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday directed municipalities to prepare comprehensive waste management plans and asked them to draw up projections on future waste generation, officials said.

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On average, 450 grams per person per day of waste is generated in big cities and 300 grams is generated in smaller towns in the Union Territory, they said.

Chairing a meeting of the housing and urban development department (H&UDD), Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo asked for comprehensive and component-wise waste management plans for both the municipal corporations — Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) — and other municipalities.

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During the meeting, the Chief Secretary directed the Municipal Commissioners of Srinagar and Jammu to formulate scientific plans for both the cities for treating the solid and liquid waste generated daily by the households. He enjoined upon them to keep the future projections in view in terms of both population and waste generation.

Dulloo further advised them to make simultaneous plans for treatment of legacy waste in order to clear the sites of untreated garbage. He asked them to identify the feasible locations for establishment of Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) for solid waste, compost unit/bio-CNG plants for liquid waste and dumping sites for inert waste.

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He observed that management of waste is of utmost priority for both health and environmental concerns associated with it. He said this task requires all seriousness and dedication on part of the department to fully rid cities and towns of the untreated waste and garbage.

Commissioner Secretary, H&UDD, Mandeep Kaur, presented an overview of different projects proposed and approved by GoI for J&K districts. She revealed that the facilities for both solid and liquid waste treatment are being created all over J&K in addition to inviting tenders for treatment of legacy waste on scientific lines.

Jammu Municipal Corporation Commissioner Devansh Yadav threw light on the detailed works undertaken by the JMC, SMC and other local bodies in different parts of J&K.

Regarding the facilities created in various districts, it was divulged that Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) of the capacity of 40 tons per day (TPD) by JMC and 100 TPD by SMC is presently in operation for treating waste. In addition, the ULBs of Jammu had installed the capacity of 79 TPD at 17 locations and ULBs of Kashmir 18 TPD at 9 locations across the Valley.

As far as upcoming Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) are concerned, it was informed that STPs of the capacity of 66.9 MLD are under construction in Srinagar, Sonamarg, Baramulla and Charar-i-Sharif in Kashmir Valley. In Jammu, the STPs of the overall capacity of 109.2 MLD are going to be established at Jammu, Akhnoor, Samba, Kathua and Katra towns.

Regarding the remediation of legacy waste, it was revealed that a total of 6.16 lakh MT has been tendered out by JMC and 11 lakh MT by SMC for its treatment. Similarly, ULBs of Jammu has tendered 1.87 lakh MT and ULBs of Kashmir had tendered 2.98 lakh MT of legacy waste for treatment through NAFED.

The meeting was further apprised that legacy waste of the magnitude of about 1.56 lakh MT by JMC, 1.72 lakh MT by 36 ULBs of Jammu and 0.78 lakh MT by 40 ULBs of Kashmir stands remediated till date. Besides, the PDMC consisting of engineers and design analysts for taking up works of waste management in smaller ULBs of J&K is going to be finalised soon.

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