Nearly 25% of municipal solid waste generated daily in Kerala not treated as per Solid Waste Management Rules: report thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Gaps in Aluva’s waste management exposed
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Only 0.6% of nearly 6.73 tonnes of waste generated is treated as per norms
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Only 0.6% of nearly 6.73 tonnes of waste generated is treated as per norms
Only 0.6% of the nearly 6.73 tonnes of waste generated in Aluva is treated as per norms, according to official estimates.
The gap in waste management was nearly 6.06 tonnes per day. The inference made by the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) revealed that the untreated waste was either dumped or transported outside in violation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
The municipality has not yet set up facilities for solid waste processing. It should have identified suitable sites for such facilities. Sanitary landfill sites have to be procured as per the SWM Rules, 2016. The door-to-door collection of segregated waste should have been carried out in covered vehicles to a processing or disposing facility by April 8, 2019, according to the board.
Environment compensation recovery from local bodies delayed
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April 30, 2021 19:19 IST
Kochi Corporation had obtained stay from the Kerala High Court against the recovery of ₹14.2 crore as penalty
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Kochi Corporation had obtained stay from the Kerala High Court against the recovery of ₹14.2 crore as penalty
The process of recovering environment compensation from local bodies in Ernakulam that failed to set up scientific systems for waste management seems getting delayed.
Nearly two months after issuing notices to the Kochi Corporation and Aluva and Thripunithura municipalities, the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has not been able to recover the compensation assessed based on the ‘polluter pays’ principle.
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A view of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), in New Delhi. File
| Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma “Long stories of all-round failure of the administration are poor substitute for good governance required to enforce environmental rule of law for protection of public health and the environment,” observed the Principal Bench of the National Green Tribunal while considering the Brahmapuram case in January.
The Bench led by its chairperson Adarsh Kumar Goel had said that the “fact remains that the administration is patently a failure in protecting citizens’ right to clean environment, which is in no way less important than the right to live in crime free environment”.