Lok Sabha Question No. 3966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Solid Waste Management and Landfill Remediation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri P C Mohan, Shri Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, Ms Kangna Ranaut, Shri Godam Nagesh, Shri Naba Charan Majhi, Shri Alok Sharma, Smt. Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Shri Praveen Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3966

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

## Solid Waste Management and Landfill Remediation

3966.

SHRI ALOK SHARMA:

SHRI P C MOHAN:

SHRI VISHWESHWAR HEGDE KAGERI:

SHRI NABA CHARAN MAJHI:

SHRI GODAM NAGESH:

SMT. KAMALJEET SEHRAWAT:

SHRI PRAVEEN PATEL:

MS KANGNA RANAUT:

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

- (a) the total number of landfills currently operational in the country, State-wise and districtwise including Mandi Lok Sabha Constituency in Himachal Pradesh and Bengaluru in Karnataka;
- (b) whether the Government has compiled data on the size, capacity, and saturation status of these landfills;
- (c) whether any steps have been taken to scientifically manage or close legacy landfills across the country; and
- (d) the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  solid  waste  management  and  landfill remediation under Central Government schemes, State wise including Bengaluru?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (c): As per Solid Waste Management Rules (SWM), 2016, local bodies are mandated to investigate and analyse all old  open dumpsites and existing operational dumpsites for their potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation and wherever feasible, take necessary actions to bio-mine or bio-remediate the sites. The Rules mandate local bodies to allow only the nonusable, non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, non-combustible and non-reactive inert waste and pre-processing rejects and residues from waste processing facilities to go to sanitary landfill and the sanitary landfill sites are required to meet the specifications as given in Schedule-I of the said Rules. As per the Annual Report of 2022-23 provided by SPCBs/PCCs under Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, there are 379 landfills operational in the country. The Statewise details of  landfills in the country are provided at Annexure I .

Further, as per the information provided by State Governments, there are three landfill sites in Mandi  Loksabha  Constituency.  There  is  one  landfill  site  operational  in  Bengaluru  at Mittaganahalli area.

Central Pollution Control Board has issued guidelines for Disposal of Legacy Waste and also issued directions under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, to all State Pollution Control Boards / Pollution Control Committees for enforcement of provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, regarding bio-mining of legacy waste.

(d): Ministry  of  Housing  and Urban  Affairs, has allocated Rs.10,930.12 crores under Solid Waste Management (SWM) component of  SBM (U)  2.0 as Central  Government  share for States/UTs for setting up of waste processing facilities for scientific management of municipal solid waste as well as for remediation of legacy waste dumpsites. State-wise details of funds allocated,  Central  Government share approved  for  SWM and for  legacy  waste  remediation under SBM (U) 2.0 are provided at Annexure II .

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Annexure I State-wise details of sanitary landfills operational in the country

| S. No.   | State                             | No. of Landfills   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh                    | 4                  |
| 2        | Assam                             | 1                  |
| 3        | Chandigarh                        | 1                  |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh                      | 2                  |
| 5        | Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu | 1                  |
| 6        | Delhi                             | 1                  |
| 7        | Goa                               | 2                  |
| 8        | Gujarat                           | 11                 |
| 9        | Haryana                           | 2                  |
| 10       | Himachal Pradesh                  | 8*                 |
| 11       | Jammu& Kashmir                    | 1                  |
| 12       | Karnataka                         | 182                |
| 13       | Ladakh                            | 1                  |
| 14       | Madhya Pradesh                    | 9                  |
| 15       | Manipur                           | 5                  |
| 16       | Mizoram                           | 1                  |
| 17       | Punjab                            | 76                 |
| 18       | Rajasthan                         | 2                  |
| 19       | Sikkim                            | 1                  |
| 20       | Telangana                         | 1                  |
| 21       | Tripura                           | 2                  |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh                     | 57                 |
| 23       | Uttarakhand                       | 2                  |
| 24       | West Bengal                       | 6                  |
| Total    | Total                             | 379                |

There is no sanitary landfill in Himachal Pradesh. However, there are 8 legacy waste dump sites in the state.

Annexure II State-wise details of funds allocated and approved under SBM (U) 2.0 for solid waste management including legacy waste remediation

(in Rs. crores)

| S. No.   | State/UT                      | Solid Waste Management   | Solid Waste Management      | Central Government share approved for Legacy waste remediation   |
|----------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT                      | Mission Allocation       | Approved Central Government | Central Government share approved for Legacy waste remediation   |
| 1        | A&N Islands                   | 5.50                     | 5.50                        | 0.00                                                             |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                | 458.10                   | 458.18                      | 167.28                                                           |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh             | 33.20                    | 11.53                       | 1.29                                                             |
| 4        | Assam                         | 118.30                   | 111.42                      | 0.00                                                             |
| 5        | Bihar                         | 341.10                   | 311.98                      | 11.65                                                            |
| 6        | Chandigarh                    | 28.50                    | 28.50                       | 28.50                                                            |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                  | 200.10                   | 95.51                       | 0.00                                                             |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman | 4.80                     | 0.00                        | 0.00                                                             |
| 9        | &Diu Delhi                    | 1152.60                  | 1116.50                     | 1116.50                                                          |
| 10       | Goa                           | 12.30                    | 4.88                        | 0.00                                                             |
| 11       | Gujarat                       | 701.40                   | 643.94                      | 147.30                                                           |
| 12       | Haryana                       | 226.90                   | 207.71                      | 102.45                                                           |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh              | 36.50                    | 39.63                       | 23.29                                                            |
| 14       | Jammu &Kashmir                | 131.70                   | 345.47                      | 125.24                                                           |
| 15       | Jharkhand                     | 174.90                   | 62.70                       | 42.11                                                            |
| 16       | Karnataka                     | 709.30                   | 625.50                      | 310.28                                                           |
| 17       | Kerala                        | 205.80                   | 106.52                      | 37.04                                                            |
| 18       | Ladakh                        | 19.00                    | 0.00                        | 0.00                                                             |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh                | 617.50                   | 413.52                      | 122.51                                                           |
| 20       | Maharashtra                   | 1438.10                  | 1315.00                     | 727.90                                                           |
| 21       | Manipur                       | 23.90                    | 25.08                       | 2.99                                                             |
| 22       | Meghalaya                     | 16.80                    | 16.67                       | 7.08                                                             |
| 23       | Mizoram                       | 22.20                    | 25.87                       | 0.00                                                             |
| 24       | Nagaland                      | 38.54                    | 52.02                       | 20.23                                                            |
| 25       | Odisha                        | 209.80                   | 157.73                      | 78.18                                                            |
| 25       | Puducherry                    | 46.18                    | 46.18                       | 13.72                                                            |
| 27       | Punjab                        | 294.20                   | 293.29                      | 102.05                                                           |
| 28       | Rajasthan                     | 541.80                   | 505.36                      | 212.75                                                           |
| 29       | Sikkim                        | 6.20                     | 16.13                       | 13.15                                                            |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu                    | 807.40                   | 747.58                      | 282.29                                                           |
| 31       | Telangana                     | 381.90                   | 335.69                      | 69.09                                                            |
| 32       | Tripura                       | 23.00                    | 27.68                       | 27.68                                                            |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh                 | 1235.90                  | 631.96                      | 94.05                                                            |
| 34       | Uttarakhand                   | 89.00                    | 76.74                       | 76.74                                                            |
| 35       | West Bengal                   | 577.70                   | 577.88                      | 217.81                                                           |
|          | Total                         | 10930.12                 | 9439.85                     | 4181.13                                                          |