LOK SABHA
Proposals were invited from the States for setting up of model facilities for the management of municipal solid waste as per the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000. In response to this, 22 project proposals were received from the State Pollution Control Boards during the last three years. Out of these, 7 proposals viz. North Dum Dum and New Barrackpore Municipality in West Bengal, Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh in the UT of Chandigarh, Udumalaipet Municipality in Tamil Nadu, Kohima Municipality in Nagaland, Suryapet Municipality in Andhra Pradesh, Mandi Municipality in Himachal Pradesh and Kozhikode Municipal Corporation in Kerala, have been funded on a cost sharing basis.
This information was given by Minister of State for Environment & Forests, Shri Namo Narain Meena in his written reply to a question of Smt. Maneka Gandhi in the Lok Sabha, today.
HRK/SK
(Release ID :14117)