Solid Waste Management Rules Remain On Paper: Supreme Court Warns Delhi of “Harsh Orders” Over Failure To Implement 2016 Rules
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Solid Waste Management Rules Remain On Paper: Supreme Court Warns Delhi of “Harsh Orders” Over Failure To Implement 2016 Rules

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday expressed concern over lack of implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, highlighting issues like unchecked waste accumulation at landfill sites, waste from construction, and the risk of fires at waste storage areas. “On one hand there is no implementation of 2016 Rules as a result of which the garbage is being stored in landfill sides which are prone to fires and on the other hand there is a large number of construction activities going on in the state which obviously adds to the generation of solid waste and construction waste as well”, the Court pointed out. The Court directed the Chief Secretary of the Delhi Government to convene a meeting of all relevant stakeholders, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, to discuss implementing the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi told the Supreme Court last month that it expects two solid waste management projects to go ahead which will result in MCD surpassing the required waste management capacity by 3,000 metric tons daily by 2026.

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SC seeks urgent action on solid waste crisis in Delhi
3 weeks, 1 day ago

SC seeks urgent action on solid waste crisis in Delhi

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Expressing serious concern over the mounting solid waste crisis in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Delhi government and the MCD to explain how far the authorities have complied with timelines prescribed under 2016 rules for the management of such waste. While hearing the case concerning the air pollution crisis in the city and related issues, …

‘This is shameful’: SC criticises 3,000 tonne shortfall in treatment of Delhi’s solid waste
3 weeks, 1 day ago

‘This is shameful’: SC criticises 3,000 tonne shortfall in treatment of Delhi’s solid waste

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Thursday described as “shameful” and “shocking” the fact that nearly 3,000 tonnes of waste generated daily in the national capital remains untreated, criticising the Delhi government and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for their laxity in the matter. The court order stated: “This is a shocking state of affairs that in the municipal areas of the …

In National Capital, 3000 Tons Of Solid Waste Remains Untreated Daily: Supreme Court Highlights Disastrous Situation In Delhi
3 weeks, 1 day ago

In National Capital, 3000 Tons Of Solid Waste Remains Untreated Daily: Supreme Court Highlights Disastrous Situation In Delhi

Live Law  

The Supreme Court Thursday strongly criticized the Delhi government for the lack of progress in implementation of solid waste management, highlighting a gap of 3,000 metric tons per day between the waste generated and the waste treated in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi area. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice AG Masih expressed disappointment over the authorities' …

3k tonne untreated solid waste daily: SC raps official, seeks Delhi govt's explanation
3 weeks, 1 day ago

3k tonne untreated solid waste daily: SC raps official, seeks Delhi govt's explanation

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Saying the daily generation of 3,000 tonne of untreated solid waste was a "disastrous situation" and a "shocking state of affairs" in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Delhi chief secretary and sought government's explanation. 3k tonne untreated solid waste daily: SC raps official, seeks Delhi govt's explanation A bench comprising Justices A S Oka …

Supreme Court Warns Delhi Government Of Contempt Action For Not Implementing Solid Waste Management Rules, Summons Chief Secretary
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Supreme Court Warns Delhi Government Of Contempt Action For Not Implementing Solid Waste Management Rules, Summons Chief Secretary

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday while hearing the ongoing MC Mehta case concerning environmental issues in the National Capital Region pulled up the Delhi Government for the lack of compliance with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 in the city. A bench of Justice Abhay S. Oka and Justice Manmohan noted that Delhi government had failed to comply with its …

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem
5 months, 1 week ago

Plastic mess: On India’s waste problem

The Hindu  

India, like other large economies, faces a significant plastic waste problem. According to a 2020-21 report by the Central Pollution Control Board, four million tonnes of plastic waste are generated annually. Recyclers, who have networks to collect plastic waste, recycle the waste and receive validated certificates for each tonne recycled. Addressing the root causes of plastic waste and enhancing the …

Himachal Pradesh High Court Mandates Tourists To Carry Garbage Bags In Vehicles, Lays Down Comprehensive Measures To Ensure Cleaner State
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Himachal Pradesh High Court Mandates Tourists To Carry Garbage Bags In Vehicles, Lays Down Comprehensive Measures To Ensure Cleaner State

Live Law  

In its bid to preserve the pristine environment of Himachal Pradesh, the High Court has suggested that all tourists entering the state must carry a large garbage bag in their vehicles. The bench upon examining the minutes from a Multi-member Committee meeting held on July 15, 2024, whereby it had suggested various for waste management and preservation of the pristine …

"Sorry state of affairs": SC expresses concern on daily untreated solid waste in Delhi
5 months, 2 weeks ago

"Sorry state of affairs": SC expresses concern on daily untreated solid waste in Delhi

Op India  

The Supreme Court on Friday expressed grave concern over tonnes of untreated solid waste in Delhi and noted no concrete solution seemed to be in sight until 2027 to treat 11,000 tonnes of solid waste generated in the national capital every day. Expressing concern over the untreated solid waste, the bench remarked, “It doesn’t see light at the end of …

Solid waste management in Delhi in a ‘sorry state’: Supreme Court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Solid waste management in Delhi in a ‘sorry state’: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on July 26 said solid waste management in Delhi is in a “sorry state” and may lead to a public health emergency. The court agreed with amicus curiae, senior advocate Aparajita Singh, that such a situation in Delhi may lead to an emergency as generation of solid waste daily was more than 11,000 metric tonnes and processing …

Travel beyond politics to end the ‘horrible’ problem of untreated waste in Delhi, says SC
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Travel beyond politics to end the ‘horrible’ problem of untreated waste in Delhi, says SC

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on May 13 said a solution to the “horrible” problem of 3,800 metric tonnes of municipal solid waste piled up untreated every day in the national capital could be found only by travelling beyond the confines of party politics. The MCD informed the court that it would have waste treatment plants capable of handling 3,800 metric tonnes …

Delhi Waste Problem : Supreme Court Asks Authorities To Consider Restrictions On Construction Activities In NCR
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Delhi Waste Problem : Supreme Court Asks Authorities To Consider Restrictions On Construction Activities In NCR

Live Law  

Today, the Supreme Court directed the concerned authorities, including the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, to take immediate measures to ensure that the present quantity of untreated municipal solid waste does not increase in Delhi and its surrounding areas till the proper facilities for processing this waste are in place. We are told that only by June 2027, a facility will …

Solid Waste 'Mismanagement' In Assam: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response From Union Environment Ministry, CPCB
8 months ago

Solid Waste 'Mismanagement' In Assam: Gauhati High Court Seeks Response From Union Environment Ministry, CPCB

Live Law  

The Gauhati High Court recently asked the Union Environment Ministry and the Central Pollution Control Board to file their response in a bunch of PILs alleging mismanagement of solid waste in Assam. The division bench of Chief Justice Vijay Bishnoi and Justice Suman Shyam further directed the Pollution Control Board, Assam and the State's Housing and Urban Affairs Department to …

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Supreme Court seeks ‘concrete action plan’ to fix Delhi’s garbage woes

Hindustan Times  

It’s a “shocking state of affairs” that Delhi is producing 3,000 tonne more municipal solid waste every day than it can treat, the Supreme Court lamented Monday as it sought responses from the civic bodies and called for a “concrete action plan” by May 10 from the Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas. Alarmed …

Delhi's Resident Welfare Associations give charter of demands for Lok Sabha polls
9 months ago

Delhi's Resident Welfare Associations give charter of demands for Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

A broader focus on sustainable growth, stronger laws against air pollution the transparent use of public funds, increased public participation and a more proactive feedback process – these are among a raft of 24 demands that a conglomerate of Delhi’s resident welfare associations have placed before political parties in the run-up to the general elections, to ensure a “breathable, liveable” …

Gurugram residents aggrieved over solid waste mismanagement
1 year, 4 months ago

Gurugram residents aggrieved over solid waste mismanagement

Hindustan Times  

A civil society group and hundreds of residents and RWAs have written to the Haryana government and the MCG demanding that the Waste Concessionaire agreement for solid waste management in the city,be amended or terminated to comply with Solid Waste Management Rules 2016. City based environmentalist said that the city is continually facing serious solid waste management crisis severely affecting …

Ensure No Illegal Dumping Of Plastic, Electrical And Medical Garbage, Take Action Against Defaulting Units: Delhi High Court To MCD
1 year, 4 months ago

Ensure No Illegal Dumping Of Plastic, Electrical And Medical Garbage, Take Action Against Defaulting Units: Delhi High Court To MCD

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to ensure that there is no illegal dumping of electrical, plastic and medical garbage in the national capital. A division bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula also directed the civic body to take appropriate action against all the defaulting units under the Delhi Municipal …

Delhi govt. moves SC against NGT order forming L-G-led solid waste management panel
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi govt. moves SC against NGT order forming L-G-led solid waste management panel

The Hindu  

Extending its face-off with Raj Niwas on environmental issues, the Delhi government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a National Green Tribunal order which formed a high-level committee on solid waste management headed by Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena. The Aam Aadmi Party government had filed a similar plea in the apex court on May 24 against the NGT order in …

As Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant Operator Says Expansion Plan Will Take 18 Months, Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Stay Plea
1 year, 9 months ago

As Okhla Waste-to-Energy Plant Operator Says Expansion Plan Will Take 18 Months, Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Stay Plea

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that it is not necessary to consider at the present stage an application to stay the proposed expansion of the Okhla Waste-to-Energy plant in Delhi from 23 MW to 40 MW. This is in view of the statement made by the plant operator that it will take at least 18 months to complete A …

'Neat and clean Delhi': Infra push, removal of landfill garbage to steal focus in budget
1 year, 9 months ago

'Neat and clean Delhi': Infra push, removal of landfill garbage to steal focus in budget

India Today  

The annual budget of the Aam Aadmi Party government led by CM Arvind Kejriwal will focus on the cleaning of the Yamuna River and removing three mountains of garbage from landfill sites in the city. With a focus on rejuvenating the heavily polluted Yamuna, the government will increase the quantity of sewage being treated in Delhi to 890 mgd next …

MCD’s 6-member core committee to inspect garbage hills soon: Delhi Mayor
1 year, 10 months ago

MCD’s 6-member core committee to inspect garbage hills soon: Delhi Mayor

Live Mint  

Newly elected Aam Aadmi Party-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi's Mayor Shelly Oberoi on 22 February said that she will carry out inspection of landfill sites in the next three months. Apart from this, Oberoi said that the new MCD will work on 10 guarantees given by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and the 6-member core committee will soon inspect the garbage …

NGT fines Delhi govt. ₹2,232 crore for poor waste management
1 year, 10 months ago

NGT fines Delhi govt. ₹2,232 crore for poor waste management

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of ₹2,232 crore on the Delhi government for damage caused to the environment due to improper solid and liquid waste management. Deducting the compensation for solid waste already levied on the Delhi government, the remaining amount of ₹2,232 crore has to be paid by the Delhi government on the ‘polluter pays’ principle,” …

AAP will solve Delhi\'s garbage problem in 5 years if voted to MCD: Gopal Rai
2 years, 1 month ago

AAP will solve Delhi\'s garbage problem in 5 years if voted to MCD: Gopal Rai

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: AAP Delhi convener and minister Gopal Rai Friday asserted his party will solve the city's garbage management problem within five years, if voted to power in the MCD, saying the BJP failed in its 15-year-tenure in the civic body. The party released 'Kejriwal's 10 guarantees' for the December 4 MCD polls earlier this month with the promise to …

Explained | What has Delhi done over the decades to combat air pollution?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | What has Delhi done over the decades to combat air pollution?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Last week, Delhi was once again covered in a cascading haze of smog— witnessing very poor air quality, sticking to the trend that has existed during winter months for some years now. In November 2016, the Supreme Court told Delhi and NCR authorities to form a plan to deal with air pollution and subsequently the MoEFCC …

Delhi LG VK Saxena asks MCD to take strict legal action against elements misleading Delhi about landfills
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi LG VK Saxena asks MCD to take strict legal action against elements misleading Delhi about landfills

Firstpost  

VK Saxena said MCD has cleared 26.1 lakh metric ton of legacy waste in last four months and height of garbage mounds came down by 10-15 metres. He also said ’not a single’ new dumping site is planned in the city New Delhi: Amid AAP’s allegations that the MCD is planning new garbage dumping sites in the city while failing …

PMO, civic bodies meet to discuss NCR air pollution
2 years, 2 months ago

PMO, civic bodies meet to discuss NCR air pollution

Hindustan Times  

The Prime Minister’s Office is expected to hold a high-level meeting on Friday to review the preparedness of agencies in Delhi-NCR for management of air pollution in the winter season, officials familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The principal secretary to the Prime Minister will chair a meeting of all urban local bodies in the region, pollution control boards …

Allow the private sector into waste management
2 years, 4 months ago

Allow the private sector into waste management

Hindustan Times  

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a historic appeal for Swachh Bharat on August 15, 2014, he brought into sharp focus waste and waste management as never before. This belies the premise of Swachh Bharat, with no apparent learning and no interest in adopting advanced technological solutions to treat waste. The investment in the construction and operation of a sanitary …

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter
3 years ago

Better waste management can reduce air pollution load during Delhi’s winter

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi : Empowered communities, strict enforcement and more efficient municipal waste collection. Experts say that these are among measures that can lead to an improvement of Delhi’s problematic air quality by curbing the open burning of municipal solid waste across the city. East Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal said that one team each for “day and night …

Metro Matters | Delhi must make reduce, reuse fashionable again
3 years, 2 months ago

Metro Matters | Delhi must make reduce, reuse fashionable again

Hindustan Times  

This festive season, as we worry about what the high-calorie intake did to our weight, we could spare a thought about our consumption habits — which don’t just include the food and drinks we consumed. Stressing on the need to remove the “mountains of garbage” from Indian cities by processing all legacy waste, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the …

Pollution action plan: Delhi civic bodies suggest 24x7 patrolling for waste burning,portal for dust management
3 years, 3 months ago

Pollution action plan: Delhi civic bodies suggest 24x7 patrolling for waste burning,portal for dust management

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The North municipal corporation will deploy 48 patrolling teams to check instances of waste burning in the city. The three municipal corporations have submitted their action plans to control air pollution in the city before the annual winter spike, said officials of the civic bodies. Largely similar, the three action plans to curb pollution from waste burning and …

Indian moves to phase out single-use plastic items by 2022: Here are all the plastic items that will be banned
3 years, 4 months ago

Indian moves to phase out single-use plastic items by 2022: Here are all the plastic items that will be banned

Firstpost  

India generates around 25,940 tonnes of plastic waste per day and approximately 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste per year. Recently, in July 2021, when the Lok Sabha questioned Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Environment, about the phasing-out the schedule of SUP, he said that as per the draft notification, the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use …

Comply with SC orders on sewerage charges: NGT to Delhi govt.
4 years, 6 months ago

Comply with SC orders on sewerage charges: NGT to Delhi govt.

The Hindu  

The National Green Tribunal has directed the Delhi government to comply with Supreme Court directions to levy sewerage charges on households in the Capital for discharge of untreated effluents into the Yamuna. Noting that a major cause of pollution is the discharge of sewage, industrial effluents and other pollutants into the river, a Bench headed by NGT chairperson Justice Adarsh …

Global Law Conference at Chandigarh University: Need cheaper scientific measures to deal with solid waste, say experts
5 years, 1 month ago

Global Law Conference at Chandigarh University: Need cheaper scientific measures to deal with solid waste, say experts

Hindustan Times  

Effective solid waste management is a transnational challenge and requires cheaper scientific solutions to stop landfill site creation. Delhi high court judge Suresh Kumar Kait felicitating river conservationist Balbir Singh Seechewal as Himachal Pradesh high court chief justice Lingappa Narayana Swamy and Chandigarh University chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu look on at Chandigarh University in Mohali on Sunday. Chief justice of …

Air pollution: Delhi govt to deduct salary of negligent officials
5 years, 2 months ago

Air pollution: Delhi govt to deduct salary of negligent officials

India Today  

The Delhi government decided on October 25 to deduct the salary of executive engineers of the PWD and other agencies if they fail to remove garbage and construction waste from areas under their control. Charing a high-level meeting, Chief Secretary Vijay Dev directed the departments concerned and municipal corporations that action plans regarding the city's 13 pollution hotspots be accorded …

Delhi Lieutenant Governor orders preventing waste dumping in Delhi for proper drainage
5 years, 6 months ago

Delhi Lieutenant Governor orders preventing waste dumping in Delhi for proper drainage

India TV News  

Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal on Wednesday chaired a meeting convened by the Environment Pollution Control Authority and reviewed the problem related to drains and violation of disposal rules in Delhi, subsequently direct officials to ensure proper flow of drains. He also directed that the land owning agency should keep a strict vigil to prevent dumping of construction and demolition …

NGT Imposes Rs. 25 Cr Fine On Delhi Govt For Failing To Enforce Directions On Plastic Waste Pollution
6 years, 1 month ago

NGT Imposes Rs. 25 Cr Fine On Delhi Govt For Failing To Enforce Directions On Plastic Waste Pollution

Live Law  

Coming down heavily on the Delhi government for failing to comply with its directions to curb pollution arising from management and handling of plastic waste, the National Green Tribunal on Monday imposed a fine of Rs 25 crore on it.The tribunal, while also taking a stern view of non-compliance of the orders of the Supreme Court on May 7, 2004, …

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