Haryana Chief Secretary, DS Dhesi said the State has been divided into 14 clusters for solid waste management and for this, in these 14 clusters, places have been identified for solid waste management.
For waste management in the State, power would be generated from waste in Gurugram-Faridabad, Sonipat-Panipat, Ambala-Karnal and Rohtak in four units and compost would be generated from waste in Panchkula, Hisar, Rewari, Yamunanagar, Bhiwani, Punhana, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Jind, Farukhnagar in 10 units. In the next six months, the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT) would be complied with, in Municipal Corporation of Rohtak, Karnal, Panchkula and Panipat and Municipal Councils of Thanesar, Fatehabad and Jind by preparing an Action Plan.
The Chief Secretary was speaking at one-day Training-cum-Orientation programme on Waste Management in Kurukshetra today. Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Anand Mohan Sharan and Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages, Mr Sameer Pal Srow were also present.
The Chief Secretary also took feedback report from the Deputy Commissioners of 11 districts on the works carried out on Solid Waste Management, also invited suggestions on cleanliness and improvement of the environment. He also reviewed the rules of solid waste management.
While interacting with media persons, Mr Dhesi said that the government of India had formulated new rules related to Cleanliness Survey 2016 like Solid Waste Management Rule 2016, Plastic Wastst Management Rule 2016, Biomedical Waste Rule 2016, e-Waste Management Rule 2016, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rule, 2016. And, the responsibility of implementing these rules was entrusted to Local Bodies.
He said that after identifying a site in every city for waste management and according to rules, garbage collected from every house would be segregated in wet and dry waste. Thereafter, arrangement would be made for taking the garbage to the site and at site the waste would be processed and waste would be segregated.
He said that in order to ensure compliance of NGT on March 6 the target of each activity has been fixed with the timeline and every District Magistrate has been entrusted its responsibility. Every week, each District Magistrate would review the works conducted on 18 points fixed by the NGT for solid waste management in districts every week and they would also ensure to send its report after 15 days to the government.
Not only that, once in a month, he would also prepare report of activities carried out on solid waste management in the state, according to NGT orders, by preparing its detailed report by June, the complete report would be presented before the NGT in July. He said that during the workshop the deputy commissioners were informed about 18 points specified by NGT and five rule formulated in 2016.
Principal Secretary, Urban Local Bodies Department, Mr. Anand Mohan Sharan said that the new rules, Solid Waste Management Rule 2016, Plastic Wastst Management Rule 2016, Biomedical Waste Rule 2016, e-Waste Management Rule 2016, Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rule, 2016 required to be strictly implemented in the state.
For this, Regional Monitoring Committee has been formed as per NGT orders and Retired Mr Justice Pritam Pal Singh has also been appointed for this. This committee would every month sought feedback regarding compliance of rules from Haryana Government.
Director General, Information, Public Relations and Languages, Mr Sameer Pal Srow said that in order to implement the five rules formulated in 2016 along with solid waste management in all districts, the CTM level officers in each district would be appointed as Nodal Officers. Every Deputy Commissioner would ensure to send report of related district after 15 days. The 18 points as fixed by NGT should be reviewed in each district. He said that all the districts would ensure to send their report regarding plastic waste management by April 9, 2019. Not only this, the Deputy Commissioner would ensure to send minutes of meeting held every month in their district.