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With Swachh Bharat Mission, Scientific Processing Of Municipal Solid Waste Rose From 18% In 2014 To 70% At Present: Govt
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The government on Monday (6 December) informed the Parliament that the scientific processing of the municipal solid waste has risen from 18 per cent in 2014 to 70 per cent at present under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban.
"With efforts of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), all cities have started practising scientific disposal of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). As a result, till date scientific processing of MSW has increased from 18 per cent in 2014 to 70 per cent at present," Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The minister further said that under SBM-U, the government provides Additional Central Assistance (ACA) for creating infrastructure for management of solid waste addressing among other things processing of municipal solid waste, management of construction and demolition waste and bio-remediation of all legacy dumpsites.
"Till date, Rs 6,375.17 crores has been disbursed to states/UTs under Solid Waste Management (SWM) component of SBM-U for creation of infrastructure like Waste to Compost (WtC) plants, Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), Waste to Energy (WtE) plants, Sanitary Landfills etc," the minister informed.
Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, which was launched recently on 1 October 2021, has major focus on making the cities garbage free during the mission period, he added.
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