Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-21
Subject: Household Waste
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 88 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2015

## Household Waste

## 88. SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  about  the  quantum  of  household  wastes generated in the country every day;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  mechanism  adopted  by  the  Government  for  disposal  of  the household wastes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) and (b) As per available information, the total Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) generation in the country is 1,43,449 Tons per day, out of which,  1,17,644 Tons per day is collected and 32,871 Tons per day treated. The state-wise quantity of MSW generation, collection and treatment is given at Annexure-I .
- (c) The  Central  Government  has  notified  the  Municipal  Solid  Wastes  (Management  and Handling)  Rules,  2000  under  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  for  scientific handling and management disposal of household wastes. The rules provide for  house-tohouse collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment and disposal modalities. The MSW is disposed off through land filling composting, bio-methenation and power generation.

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## Annexure-I

## STATE-WISE GENERATION, COLLECTION AND TREATMENT

| S.No   | States                    | Quantity Generated (TPD)   | Collected (TPD)   | Treated (TPD)   |
|--------|---------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 1      | Andaman &Nicobar          | 70                         | 70                | 05              |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh/ Telengana | 11500                      | 10656             | 9418            |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh         | 110                        | 82                | 74              |
| 4      | Assam                     | 650                        | 350               | 100             |
| 5      | Bihar                     | 1670                       | -                 | -               |
| 6      | Chandigarh                | 340                        | 330               | 250             |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh              | 1896                       | 1704              | 168             |
| 8      | Daman Diu &Dadra          | 85                         | 85                | Nil             |
| 9      | Delhi                     | 8390                       | 7000              | 4150            |
| 10     | Goa                       | 183                        | 182               | 182             |
| 11     | Gujarat                   | 9227                       | 9227              | 1354            |
| 12     | Haryana                   | 3490                       | 3440              | 570             |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh          | 300                        | 240               | 150             |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir            | 1792                       | 1322              | 320             |
| 15     | Jharkhand                 | 3570                       | 3570              | 65              |
| 16     | Karnataka                 | 8784                       | 7602              | 2000            |
| 17     | Kerala                    | 1576                       | 776               | 470             |
| 18     | Lakshadweep               | 21                         | -                 | -               |
| 19     | Madhya Pradesh            | 5079                       | 4298              | 802             |
| 20     | Maharashtra               | 26,820                     | 14900             | 4700            |
| 21     | Manipur                   | 176                        | 125               | -               |
| 22     | Meghalaya                 | 268                        | 199               | 98              |
| 23     | Mizoram                   | 552                        | 276               | Nil             |
| 24     | Nagaland                  | 270                        | 186               | 18              |
| 25     | Odisha                    | 2460                       | 2107              | 30              |
| 26     | Puducherry                | 495                        | 495               | Nil             |
| 27     | Punjab                    | 3900                       | 3853              | 32              |
| 28     | Rajasthan                 | 5037                       | 2491              | 490             |
| 29     | Sikkim                    | 49                         | 49                | 0.3             |
| 30     | Tamil Nadu                | 14532                      | 14234             | 1607            |
| 31     | Tripura                   | 407                        | 407               | Nil             |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh             | 19180                      | 19180             | 5197            |
| 33     | Uttrakhand                | 1013                       | 1013              | Nil             |
| 34     | West Bengal               | 8674                       | 7196              | 1415            |
|        | Total                     | 1,43,449                   | 1,17,644          | 32,871          |