Lok Sabha Question No. 404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-08
Subject: Disposal of Solid Waste
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 404 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 08, 2022

## DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

NO. 404.

DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

PROF. RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set the target of cent percent scientific processing and disposal of solid waste under Clean India Mission and if so, the details thereof and the action being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b)   whether any roadmap is being prepared in this regard for future and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  several  tonnes  of  municipal waste (garbage) that Indian cities and towns generate per day goes to landfill sites or dumping yards untreated;
- (d)   if so, the facts and the details in this regard; and
- (e)   the  steps  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  properly dispose  of  the  municipal  waste  along  with  the  assistance  and technical  know-how  to  be  provided  to  the  State  Governments  to address the issue?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a)  &  (b)  :  For  achieving  100%  management  of  Municipal  Solid  Waste (MSW)  funding under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) 2.0 is

provided to States/ Union Territories (UTs) for :

(i).  setting  up  to  waste  processing  facilities  such  as  Material Recovery Facility  (MRFs),  transfer  stations,  composting  plants,  bio methanation plants, Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) processing facilities,  plastic  waste  processing  facilities,  waste  to  electricity, sanitary landfill, etc.;

(ii).  procuring  mechanized  sweeping  equipment  and  setting  up processing facilities  for  effective  management  of  Construction  and Demolition (C&D) waste;

(iii).  bio-remediation  of  all  legacy  dumpsites  in  all  Urban  Local Bodies (ULBs).

## (c)  &  (d):  The  position  of  total  municipal  solid  waste  generation  and processing per day in the country is as under:

| Total waste generation per day (in MT)   | Total waste processing per day (in MT)   |
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1,51,745                                 | 1,12,291.3 (74%)                         |

(e) : Apart from the Central assistance for management of MSW, Ministry of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  issued  several  advisories covering all components of MSW Management, right from collection and transportation to landfill reclamation. The management of MSW is further monitored  through  the  independent  third  party  led  Garbage  Free  City (GFC)  Star  Rating  Protocol,  annual  Swachh  Survekshan  and  through regular field visits and interaction. In addition, funds and support is also being  provided  for  Capacity  Building  (CB)  and  Information,  Education  & Communication (IEC).

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