The state housing and urban development Minister Madan Kaushik said that the State Government has prepared and implemented a ‘Waste to Energy Policy’ for the solid waste disposal in the urban areas of the State.
In response to a question in the State Assembly on Wednesday, the Minister said that efforts are being made to set up trenching grounds in all the urban local bodies of the State. “Out of 92 urban local bodies, 51 have provided the land required for construction of trenching grounds while the district magistrates of remaining bodies have been directed to provide land soon,’’ he said. The Minister added that door to door collection of waste is being done in 914 wards out of total 1,162 municipal wards spread across the State.
He further said that in 278 wards, the waste is being segregated into the biodegradable and non-bio degradable categories. Participating in the discussions, Sahaspur MLA Sahdev Pundir said that the people living in the vicinity of Seeshambada trenching ground are facing problems due to the stench emanating from it.
He claimed that the water of the Asan river flowing near the trenching ground is also being polluted and said that the trenching ground set up at Seeshambada is not conforming to the norms.
