Onus on local bodies to shift waste to proper sites: Centre
The Hindu
The district authority concerned and the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) were the nodal agencies for ensuring compliance with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 during th
The district authority concerned and the State Pollution Control Board (PCB) were the nodal agencies for ensuring compliance with the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 during the demolition of the four apartment buildings at Maradu, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The waste generated from the demolition of the buildings should have been collected and transported to a designated place. Thereafter, construction and demolition waste was required to be processed for re-utilisation in various civil works, according to the report filed by the southern zone regional office of the Ministry before the National Green Tribunal.
It pointed out that each waste generator was prima facie responsible for collection and segregation of concrete and soil and should ensure that other waste (solid waste) did not get mixed with the former and was stored and disposed separately.