The Times of India 09.10.2014
State master plan for solid waste disposal
GURGAON:
The state urban local bodies department has sought inputs from 78 state
municipal bodies, including MCG, to prepare a state-level master plan
for an integrated solid waste management system, to be reviewed and
approved by the National Green Tribunal.
Officials say most
existing solid waste treatment plants do not meet WHO pollution norms.
The state government has already hired a consultant to advise it on the
technology to be used to treat solid waste and the manpower and vehicles
needed for it.
A senior MCG official said the urban local
bodies department has asked all Haryana’s 78 municipal bodies to provide
information on the amounts of garbage they generate and methods they
use to treat them. “Gurgaon, Faridabad and Panchkula generate maximum
garbage, though Gurgaon and Faridabad don’t have the means to dispose
it. For the past year, the treatment plant here has been
non-functional,” senior MCG official added.
“About 500 tonnes
of garbage is generated daily in Gurgaon. At present we simply dump it
in the landfill inside Bandhwari treatment plant,” said the official.