Lok Sabha Question No. 12 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Urban Solid Waste Management in Kerala
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 12

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 29, 2026

## URBAN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN KERALA

## NO. 12.       SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

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

- (a) whether  urban  local  bodies  in  Kasaragod  district  of  Kerala  are  facing serious challenges in implementing scientific solid waste management due  to  land  constraints  and  funding  limitations  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the details of  financial,  technical  and  capacity-building  assistance extended to municipalities in Kerala under the Swachh Bharat MissionUrban;
- whether  any  special  support  has  been  provided  to  coastal  and  border
- (c) municipalities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  decentralised  and sustainable  solid  waste  management  solutions  in  towns  of  northern Kerala?

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (d): Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), Central Share of funds are released to State/UTs for all the urban areas including ULBs of Kasargod  district  of  Kerala  to  attain  100%  scientific  processing  of municipal solid waste through source segregation of waste, door to door collection  of  waste,  capacity  building  initiatives,  IEC  and  behavioural change campaigns, on the basis of demand made by States/UTs in the form  of  complete  proposals  duly  approved  by  State  Level  Technical Committee  (SLTC)  which  are  further transmitted to ULBs  by  the concerned State/UT Govt. as per their action plan.

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 time to time for choosing appropriate technologies to manage solid waste. The advisories/guidelines/SoPs  issued  by  MoHUA  are  available  to  all  the States/UTs at https://sbmurban.org/technical-advisories.

The selection of treatment technologies, is open to ULBs/State Governments.  Also,  State/UTs  opt  for  different  approaches  i.e.  cluster based or decentralised based on their resources, technology, topography, type of waste involved, climatic conditions etc.

State of Kerala under SBM-U (2014-2021) was allocated ₹219.99 crores, out of which central share funds amounting to ₹97.18 crores has been released. Under SBM-U 2.0, Centre share funds of ₹875.10 crores have been allocated to the state, out of which ₹32.20 Cr have been earmarked for  Capacity  Building  component.  So  far,  overall  action  plans  having central share of ₹218.20 crores have been sent by the State Government of  Kerala  including  action  plan  amounting  to  ₹19.65  crores  towards capacity building which has been approved by MoHUA.

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