The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has directed all municipalities to manage their solid waste as per the rules framed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Board has issued seven-point instructions after examining the solid waste management (SWM) in most districts.
KSPCB chairman Lakshman said that the officials had visited most of the city municipalities and found that SWM was not up to the mark. After this, a meeting with all local bodies and the director of municipal administration (DMA) was called on October 25 and directions were issued.
The DMA should take action to formulate a state policy and SWM strategy, giving emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycle and recovery of waste for the entire state, in consultation with all stakeholders within six months, as per the directions. The DMA should constitute a state-level advisory body for SWM rules. The DMA shall have discussions with the Directorate of Town Planning and ensure that the master plan for every city or town has provisions for scientific SWM processing and disposal facilities. Landfill sites should be identified in the 57 newly formed local bodies within one year.
At present only four city corporations - Mysuru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Shivamogga - have developed waste processing facilities. The remaining corporations are just dumping the mixed solid waste at identified sites.
The DMA shall develop infrastructure in the remaining city corporations for scientific management of waste. Bio-mining should be undertaken at all old dump sites to clear them for development of scientific landfill sites. Immediate action should be taken to maintain buffer zones around waste processing and disposal facilities, the KSPCB has said.
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The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has directed all municipalities to manage their solid waste as per the rules framed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Board has issued seven-point instructions after examining the solid waste management (SWM) in most districts.
KSPCB chairman Lakshman said that the officials had visited most of the city municipalities and found that SWM was not up to the mark. After this, a meeting with all local bodies and the director of municipal administration (DMA) was called on October 25 and directions were issued.
The DMA should take action to formulate a state policy and SWM strategy, giving emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycle and recovery of waste for the entire state, in consultation with all stakeholders within six months, as per the directions. The DMA should constitute a state-level advisory body for SWM rules. The DMA shall have discussions with the Directorate of Town Planning and ensure that the master plan for every city or town has provisions for scientific SWM processing and disposal facilities. Landfill sites should be identified in the 57 newly formed local bodies within one year.
At present only four city corporations - Mysuru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Shivamogga - have developed waste processing facilities. The remaining corporations are just dumping the mixed solid waste at identified sites.
The DMA shall develop infrastructure in the remaining city corporations for scientific management of waste. Bio-mining should be undertaken at all old dump sites to clear them for development of scientific landfill sites. Immediate action should be taken to maintain buffer zones around waste processing and disposal facilities, the KSPCB has said.
KSPCB chairman Lakshman said that the officials had visited most of the city municipalities and found that SWM was not up to the mark. After this, a meeting with all local bodies and the director of municipal administration (DMA) was called on October 25 and directions were issued.
The DMA should take action to formulate a state policy and SWM strategy, giving emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycle and recovery of waste for the entire state, in consultation with all stakeholders within six months, as per the directions. The DMA should constitute a state-level advisory body for SWM rules. The DMA shall have discussions with the Directorate of Town Planning and ensure that the master plan for every city or town has provisions for scientific SWM processing and disposal facilities. Landfill sites should be identified in the 57 newly formed local bodies within one year.
At present only four city corporations - Mysuru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Shivamogga - have developed waste processing facilities. The remaining corporations are just dumping the mixed solid waste at identified sites.
The DMA shall develop infrastructure in the remaining city corporations for scientific management of waste. Bio-mining should be undertaken at all old dump sites to clear them for development of scientific landfill sites. Immediate action should be taken to maintain buffer zones around waste processing and disposal facilities, the KSPCB has said.
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has directed all municipalities to manage their solid waste as per the rules framed by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Board has issued seven-point instructions after examining the solid waste management (SWM) in most districts.KSPCB chairman Lakshman said that the officials had visited most of the city municipalities and found that SWM was not up to the mark. After this, a meeting with all local bodies and the director of municipal administration (DMA) was called on October 25 and directions were issued.
The DMA should take action to formulate a state policy and SWM strategy, giving emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycle and recovery of waste for the entire state, in consultation with all stakeholders within six months, as per the directions. The DMA should constitute a state-level advisory body for SWM rules. The DMA shall have discussions with the Directorate of Town Planning and ensure that the master plan for every city or town has provisions for scientific SWM processing and disposal facilities. Landfill sites should be identified in the 57 newly formed local bodies within one year.
At present only four city corporations - Mysuru, Mangaluru, Belagavi and Shivamogga - have developed waste processing facilities. The remaining corporations are just dumping the mixed solid waste at identified sites.
The DMA shall develop infrastructure in the remaining city corporations for scientific management of waste. Bio-mining should be undertaken at all old dump sites to clear them for development of scientific landfill sites. Immediate action should be taken to maintain buffer zones around waste processing and disposal facilities, the KSPCB has said.