Lok Sabha Question No. 168 (STARRED), answered on 2021-02-12
Subject: Waste Treatment Plant
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 168

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.02.2021

## Waste treatment plant

- *168.  SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be please to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any policy to set up a waste treatment plant in Darbhanga, Bihar for disposal of the plastic, bio-medical and solid waste generated keeping in view the rising urbanization and for environmental protection; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) and (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question  No.  168  to  be  answered  on  12 th February,  2021  on  'Waste treatment plant' by Shri Gopal Jee Thakur.

(a)  and  (b):The  Ministry  has  comprehensively  revised  plastic,  solid  and  biomedical  waste management Rules in the year 2016.Under the Solid Waste and Plastic Waste Management Rules,  2016,  the  responsibility  of  implementation  is  vested  in  the  States  and  Municipal Authorities. For Bio-medical Waste  Management  Rules,  2016,  the  implementation / enforcement is with the State Government / Union Territory (UT) Administration and State Pollution Control Board / Pollution Control Committees for the respective State/UT. Central Government through various schemes such as 'Swachh Bharat Mission - Urban' helps state governments implement the provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules.

The  Government  of  Bihar  has  formulated  policy/  roadmap  for  solid  and  plastic  waste management,  and  Bio-medical  waste  management  in  the  State  of  Bihar,  which  is  also applicable for Darbhanga region. The details of the policy are given below:

## Plastic waste management

The Government of Bihar has also contemplated establishment of Material Recovery facility (MRF) for Segregation of plastic waste and its channelization for recycling and disposal of non-recyclable plastic waste as per CPCB guidelines in Darbhanga region.

## Solid waste management

The  site  for  waste  processing  and  landfill  site  have  been  identified  for  solid  waste management.  The  solid  waste  is  collected  and  segregated  for  its  further  processing  and disposal.  On  the  basis  of  the  proposal  submitted  by  the  Government  of  Bihar,  the Government  of  India  has  till  date  released  Rs.  35.245  Crore  for  setting  up  a  Solid  Waste Management (SWM) plant with the project cost  of  Rs.  201.4  Crore  at  Dharbhanga,  under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.

## Bio-medical waste management

The common bio-medical waste treatment facility located at Muzaffarpur is catering for the treatment and disposal of Bio-medical waste in the district of Darbhanga. The District level monitoring  Committees  has  been  constituted  by  the  DoEF&CC,  Govt.  of  Bihar  vide  its notification  no.  629(E),  dated  15.09.2016  and  revised  vide  notification  no.  21(E)  dated 13.01.2017.

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