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NEWSLETTER
IMPLEMENTING INTEGRATED SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
Moving Towards the Regional Approach
The Water and Sanitation Program-South Asia of the World Bank has published a Report on ‘Implementing Integrated Solid Waste Management Systems in India: Moving Towards the Regional Approach’ in December 2007. A brief of that document is summarized and reproduced below:
Introduction
The report is intended for decision-makers who are concerned with reducing pollution and health hazards that are caused by uncontrolled disposal of thousands of tons of waste daily in open dumps. It will also be helpful for decision-makers who are concerned with urban governance and urban management.There is considerable concern about compliance deadlines of the Municipal Solid Waste Rules of 2000 which have not been met, more so since major allocations of financial assistance are being allocated under the Twelfth Finance Commission and JNNURM. There are many challenges regarding the safe disposal of municipal solid waste in India.
Recent attempts have been concerned with finding ways to provide safe and sanitary disposal for solid waste so that environment is no longer damaged by polluting open dumps. The general overview in the report suggests that while efforts are being made to improve collection and transportation, the situation with regard to treatment. And disposal of solid waste in India is still unsatisfactory with much remaining to be done. In this context the ‘Regional Approach’ in the report on waste treatment and disposal suggested along with such practices proposed to be adopted by local bodies, merit consideration for adoption. More...
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