Summary:
The project includes door-to-door waste collection by an MCG-appointed agency, segregation of waste, composting of organic waste and converting it into energy. However, the board in its report has written that the lining and proper concretisation of the pit was carried out before dumping of waste. There is a need to refer to CPCB’s groundwater report submitted in NGT in September 2017.”Activists also alleged that the recommendations by the pollution board were in violation of the solid waste management (SMW) rules, 2016. Also, when asked about groundwater contamination due to leachate, the board simply said that a leachate treatment plant is under construction and will be ready soon. “No lining was put in place around the 150 feet-deep mining pit, which was built in 2010, before waste was dumped in it..