Lok Sabha Question No. 1382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-13
Subject: Maintenance of Garbage Dump in Chandigarh
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1382

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 13, 2025

## MAINTENANCE OF GARBAGE DUMP IN CHANDIGARH

## NO. 1382.  SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

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

- (a)    the total budgetary expenditure incurred to clear the garbage dump in Sector 38 West, Chandigarh (Dadu Majra) since April 1, 2019, month-wise;
- (b)    the  total  budgetary  expenditure  for  the  maintenance  of  the  garbage dump,  including  the  cost  of  air  fresheners,  perfumes,  and  odoursuppressing measures since April 1, 2019, month-wise;
- (c)      the  total  quantity  of  legacy  waste  still  lying  at  the  garbage  dump  in Sector 38 West, Chandigarh as of January, 2025;
- (d)    the quantity of concurrent waste being dumped daily at the site along with the monthly volume of concurrent waste currently being managed at the site;
- (e)    whether the Government has a plan to fully clear the garbage dump, if so, the time by which the garbage mountain is expected to cease to exist
- and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  scientific waste  management  and  to  prevent  the  recurrence  of  such  garbage
- dumps in the future?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

- (a) to (d): With the vision to achieve 'Garbage Free' status through source segregation, door-to-door collection and scientific processing of municipal solid waste including remediation of dumpsites, Government launched  SBM  -  Urban  2.0  on  1 st   October,  2021.  Central  Financial Assistance  as  Central  share  is  provided  for  setting  up  of  waste processing facilities such as remediation of waste dumpsites, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste to energy plants waste to compost plants etc. to States/Uts on the basis of their City Solid Waste Action Plan duly approved by the State Level Technical  Committee.  The  Central  Share  funds  are  released  to  the States/Uts which further distributes funds along with the State Share to the ULBs as per their action plan.

As such no separate allocation of fund has been made for remediation of legacy waste dumpsite. However, funds are released for remediation of legacy waste dumpsites under Solid Waste Management (SWM) component of SBM-U 2.0 . Under SBM-U 2.0, an amount of Rs. 28.50 crores as central share has been approved for remediation of legacy waste dumpsite for UT of Chandigarh.

As information furnished by UT of Chandigarh, 1 st  and 2 nd  dumps of legacy waste have already cleared and the bio-remediation of 3 rd  dump has now been commenced of approximate quantity 2.40 LMT as of January 2025.

(e) & (f) :   Sanitation is a State subject under 7 th  schedule of the constitution. It  is  the  responsibility  of  State/ULBs  to  plan,  design,  execute  and  operate sanitation  projects  in  the  urban  areas  of  the  country.    As  per  information provided by UT of Chandigarh, the bio-remediation of remaining legacy waste has  already  started  and  entire  waste  will  be  cleared  by  31.07.2025  with subject to weather conditions.

To support the cities to handle the projects in a timely and environmentally friendly manner and also to support the States/ULBs efforts to  plan,  design  and  execute  the  sanitation  and  solid  waste  management projects  in  the  urban  areas,  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  (MoHUA) supplements the efforts of States/UTs by providing policy directions, financial and technical support by sharing Manuals/Standard of Procedures (SoPs) on Solid  Waste  Management  and  issue  various  Advisories  &  Guidelines  on Disposal of Legacy Waste and on Landfill Reclamation from time to time for choosing appropriate technologies to manage solid waste. Model Procurement Documents have also  been  shared  with  all  States  to  expedite  the  bidding process.  The  selection  of  treatment  technologies  is  open  to  ULBs/State Governments.

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