All 4,372 Urban Local Bodies/Cities of the country practising scientific disposal of Municipal Solid Waste

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs


96,259 tonnes per day of Municipal Solid Waste is being processed in a scientific manner

All 4,372 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/Cities of the country are practising scientific disposal of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) as per the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules, 2016.  Out of 1,40,980 Tonnes Per Day (TPD) of municipal waste being generated in the country, 68%  i.e., 96,259 TPD, is being processed in a scientific manner. Further, the details of waste collection and segregation in urban areas of the country are as under :

Type of Solid Waste Management (SWM) activity Practicing wards (Nos) Total wards (Nos) Percent progress
Door-to-door collection of waste. 86,228 88,803 97.10 %
100 % segregation of waste at source. 72,493 88,803 81.63 %

 

Sewage management system is not covered under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U). However, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (being implemented in 500 cities with population more than 1 lakh), 79 lakh sewer connections have been provided to the households and Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) of total capacity 1,634 million litres per day (MLD) have been created.

This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

 

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