Lok Sabha Question No. 1611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-06
Subject: Urban Waste
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

No. 1611

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1611

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 06, 2018

## URBAN WASTE

SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether urban waste is being used in various types of works in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) &  (b): Yes, Madam.  Urban  waste  is  being used in road construction, building materials, production of energy and compost, etc.  State wise details of waste being processed is annexed.

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## Annex.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.1611  FOR  06  MARCH,  2018  REGARDING  URBAN WASTE

## Municipal Solid Waste Management

| S. No.   | States                    | Percentage of waste processing   |
|----------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 7%                               |
| 2        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 23%                              |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 0%                               |
| 4        | Assam                     | 7%                               |
| 5        | Bihar                     | 15%                              |
| 6        | Chandigarh UT             | 30%                              |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh              | 60%                              |
| 8        | Daman & Diu               | 0%                               |
| 9        | Dadra & Nagar Haveli      | 0%                               |
| 10       | NCT of Delhi              | 55%                              |
| 11       | Goa                       | 62%                              |
| 12       | Gujarat                   | 23%                              |
| 13       | Haryana                   | 6%                               |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh          | 20%                              |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 1%                               |
| 16       | Jharkhand                 | 2%                               |
| 17       | Karnataka                 | 22%                              |
| 18       | Kerala                    | 45%                              |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh            | 18%                              |
| 20       | Maharashtra               | 35%                              |
| 21       | Manipur                   | 50%                              |
| 22       | Meghalaya                 | 58%                              |
| 23       | Mizoram                   | 4%                               |
| 24       | Nagaland                  | 15%                              |
| 25       | Odisha                    | 1%                               |
| 26       | Puducherry UT             | 3%                               |
| 27       | Punjab                    | 10%                              |
| 28       | Rajasthan                 | 10%                              |
| 29       | Sikkim                    | 66%                              |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                | 8%                               |
| 31       | Telangana                 | 67%                              |
| 32       | Tripura                   | 57%                              |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh             | 20%                              |
| 34       | Uttarakhand               | 0%                               |
| 35       | West Bengal               | 5%                               |
|          | Total/Average             | 23.73%                           |