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Jammu and Kashmir Gazette, No. 28, 10 October 2019

Published 10 October 2019

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REGD NO. JK––33

THE

JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– CONTENTS English Pages Vernacu- lar pages
PART I-A— Appointments, promotions, transfers and leave of absence sanctioned by the Governor, Government and the Ministers .... PART I-B– Notifications, Communiques and General Orders by the Government and the Ministers .... PART II-A– Appointments, promotions, transfers and leave of absence sanctioned by Heads of Departments.... PART II- B– Notifications, Notices and Orders by Heads of Departments, Provincial Heads, Magistrates and other officers competent to issue public notices under any law or rule .... PART II-C– Notifications, Notices and Orders by Election Commission of India, Chief Electoral Officer, Jammu and Kashmir and other Officers of the Department, Election Petitions and Judgements of Election Tribunal .... PART III- Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder .... PART IV– Reprints from the Government of India Gazette or Gazettes of others Governments.... PART V– Information and Statistics .... (a) Rates and prices in the State.... (b) Rates and wages .... (c) Crop Report and Forecasts .... (d) Whether Observations .... (e) Vital Statistics .... SUPPLEMENT-A–Trade Monthly Imports and Exports from the State .... SUPPLEMENT-B–Police .... SUPPLEMENT-C–Advertisements .... 262-266 391-398 55-56 251-254 99-102 213-220

Printed at the Ranbir Government Press, Jammu.

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PART I-A

Jammu & Kashmir Government–Orders

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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR AT JAMMU

(Exercising Powers of Bar Council under section 58 of the Advocates Act, 1961).

Notification

No. 1751 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Mr. Prab Simran Singh S/o Sh. Ragbir Singh R/o Ward No. 9, Radio Station, Haveli, Poonch has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of his Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of his character and antecedents from CID. His name has been entered under Serial No. JK-81/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1752 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Pratibha Rani D/o Sh. Dinesh Singh R/o Laswara, P/O Deoli, Bishnah, Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents No. 28 ] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. 263 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––———

from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-82/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1753 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Preeti Charak D/o Sh. Dharam Singh R/o H. No. 501, Lane No. 11, Sector-1, Dogra Nagar Muthi, Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-83/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1754 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Mr. Princee Pandoh S/o Sh. Kuldip Pandoh R/o 9/B, Lane No. 11, Near Police Post, Greater Kailash, Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of his Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of his 264 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. [ No. 28 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—–––————

character and antecedents from CID. His name has been entered under Serial No. JK-85/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1755 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Mr. Rajesh Sharma S/o Sh. Dina Nath Sharma R/o Dab Sudan, P/O Kanachak, Tehsil Marh, District Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of his Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of his character and antecedents from CID. His name has been entered under Serial No. JK-89/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1756 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Orusha Rasool D/o Sh. Sufi Gh. Rasool R/o Nawakadal, Srinagar has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the No. 28 ] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. 265 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––——— concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-78/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1757 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Palbi Jasrotia D/o Sh. Balbir Singh R/o W. No. 1, Near Durga Mandir, Kharakhdian, Barwal, Kathua has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-80/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1758 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Priya Sharma D/o Sh. Jeet Kumar Sharma R/o Doongi, Near Higher Secondary School Jatote, Rajouri, A/P Priya Darshini Girls Hostel, University of Jammu, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Road, Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the 266 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. [ No. 28 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—–––———— date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-87/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

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Notification

No. 1759 Dated 30-03-2019.

It is hereby notified that vide High Court Order dated 18-03-2019 Ms. Priya Saini D/o Sh. Balram Singh R/o H. No. 99, Sector-3, Sanjay Nagar, Shastri Nagar, Jammu has been admitted and enrolled as an Advocate on the Rolls of Jammu and Kashmir Bar Council provisionally for a period of one year from the date of issuance of this notification, subject to the verification of her Provisional/LL.B Degree Certificate from the concerned University and verification of her character and antecedents from CID. Her name has been entered under Serial No. JK-88/2019 in the Roll of Advocates maintained by this Registry.

The renewal/extension of provisional license/enrolment must be sought before the date of expiry unless the absolute/final enrolment as an Advocate is ordered therebefore.

(Sd.) MOHAMMAD YASIN BEIGH,

Joint Registrar (Admn.).

THE

JAMMU AND KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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PART I––B

Jammu and Kashmir Government––Notifications.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, CIVIL SECRETARIAT—GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT.

Subject :—Appointment of Advisor to the Governor of Jammu and

Kashmir.

Reference :—Approval of the competent authority conveyed by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs vide Letter No. 11012/03/2018-K.I dated 13th July, 2019.

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Government Order No. 803-GAD of 2019

Dated 13-07-2019.

Sanction is hereby accorded to the appointment of Shri Farooq Khan, IPS (Retd.), as Advisor to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from the date he assumes charge.

392 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. [No. 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– His appointment shall be governed by the terms and conditions as are applicable to other Advisors in terms of Government Order No. 1110-GAD of 2018 dated 09-07-2018.

By order of the Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

(Sd.) FAROOQ AHMAD LONE, IAS,

Secretary to the Government.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

Notification No. 90-Rev(LAJ) of 2019

Dated 16-07-2019.

Whereas, the land specifications whereof are given below is required for public purpose viz. for construction of Road from KM 3rd of TO1 to Arai, situated in Village Arai (Left Out Portion) PKG No. JK11-14 (Phase-IV), Tehsil Mandi, District Poonch under PMGSY ;

Specification of the land

District Tehsil Village Kh. Nos. Area ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

K. M. S.

Poonch Mandi Arai 1323 min 00–00–7½

1319 min 00–16–06 –––––––– Total 00–17–4½ ––––––––

Whereas, on the basis of an indent placed by Chief Engineer, PMGSY, J&K, Jammu vide No. CE/PMGSY/J/5935-37 dated 14-02-2008, a notification under section 4(1) was issued by Collector, Land Acquisition (ACR), Poonch vide No. DCP/LA/619-27 dated 09-08-2018 for land measuring 17 Marlas and 4½ Sarsai situated in

Village Arai, Tehsil Mandi, District Poonch ;

No. 28] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. 393 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Whereas, the District Collector (DC), Poonch vide No. DCP/

LA/1906 dated 22-03-2019 has reported that the notification issued

under section 4(1) of the J&K State Land Acquisition Act was served

upon the interested persons for filing objections, if any, to the proposed

acquisition but no objection was received from the land owners/interested

persons in the prescribed time period as required under sections 5 &

5-A of the Land Acquisition Act ;

Whereas, the report furnished by District Collector (DC), Poonch

vide number referred to above duly endorsed by Divisional

Commissioner, Jammu vide No. 502/3501/Acq/PMGSY/Ari/P/19/232-33

dated 23-04-2019 and by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue vide

No. FC-LS/LA-4871/2019 dated 22-05-2019 has been examined and

it has been found that the land owners did not file any objection to

the proposed acquisition ;

Whereas, the Government is satisfied that the land particulars

whereof are given above is required for public purpose viz. for

construction of Road from KM 3rd of TO1 to Arai, situated in Village

Arai (Left Out Portion) PKG No. JK11-14 (Phase-IV), Tehsil Mandi,

District Poonch under PMGSY.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 6 of the J&K State Land

Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990, it is declared that land measuring

17 Marlas and 4½ Sarsai, situated in Village Arai, Tehsil Mandi,

District Poonch, particulars whereof are given above is required for

public purpose viz. for construction of Road from KM 3rd of TO1 to

Arai, situated in Village Arai (Left Out Portion) PKG No. JK11-14

(Phase-IV), Tehsil Mandi, District Poonch under PMGSY. Further,

the Collector, Land Acquisition (ACR), Poonch is directed under

section 7 of the said Act to take order for acquisition of the said land

after giving prescribed notice to the interested person(s) as required

under the Land Acquisition Act/Rules.

However, the Collector concerned shall be personally responsible

for identification and proper verification of all types of land involved

in the case and apportionment of compensation amongst all the interested 394 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. [No. 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– persons/rightful claimants in accordance with the relevant laws/rules in force, while making the award.

(Sd.) SHAHID ANAYATULLAH, IAS,

Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

Notification No. 91-Rev(LAJ) of 2019

Dated 16-07-2019.

Whereas, the land specifications whereof are given in Annexure "A" to this notification is required for public purpose viz. for establishment of BOP namely (Mangu Chak Forward) situated in Village Chachwal, Tehsil Rajpora, District Samba by Border Security Force ;

Whereas, on the basis of an indent placed by Inspector General, Hq., Jammu, FTR vide No. 2101/BOP-M-Chak FWD/2015/373-76 dated 03-03-2015, a notification under section 4(1) was issued by Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Ghagwal vide No. SDM/G/LAS/2015-16/ 321-330 dated 12-08-2015 read with Corrigendum No. SDM/G/LAS/ 2017-18/528-535 dated 22-02-2018 for land measuring 38 Kanals and 18 Marlas situated in Villages Chachwal, Tehsil Rajpora, District Samba ;

Whereas, the Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Ghagwal vide No. SDM/G/2017-18/428-29 dated 06-01-2018 has reported that the notification issued under section 4(1) of the J&K State Land Acquisition Act was served upon the interested persons for filing objections, if any, to the proposed acquisition, but no objection was received from the land owners/interested persons in the prescribed time period as required under sections 5 & 5-A of the Land Acquisition Act ;

Whereas, the report furnished by Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Ghagwal vide number referred to above duly endorsed by the District Collector (DC), Samba vide No. DCS/ACR/LAS/18-19/ 80-83 dated 27-06-2018, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu vide No. 502/ 2376/Acq/BOP/Chachwal/Smb/19/09-11 dated 01-04-2019 and by Financial Commissioner, Revenue vide No. FC-LS/LA-4866/2019 dated 18-04-2019 has been examined and it has been found that the land owners did not file any objection to the proposed acquisition ;

No. 28] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. 395 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Whereas, the Government is satisfied that the land particulars whereof are given in Annexure "A" to this notification is required for public purpose viz. for establishment of BOP Namely (Mangu Chak Forward) situated in Village Chachwal, Tehsil Rajpora, District Samba by Border Security Force.

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 6 of the J&K State Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990, it is declared that land measuring 38 Kanals and 18 Marlas situated in Village Chachwal, Tehsil Rajpora, District Samba, particulars whereof are given in Annexure "A" to this notification is required for public purpose viz. for establishment of BOP namely (Mangu Chak Forward) situated in Village Chachwal, Tehsil Rajpora, District Samba by Border Security Force. Further, the Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Ghagwal is directed under section 7 of the said Act to take order for acquisition of the said land after giving prescribed notice to the interested person(s) as required under the Land Acquisition Act/Rules.

However, the Collector concerned shall be personally responsible for identification and proper title verification of all types of land involved in the case and apportionment of compensation amongst all the interested persons/rightful claimants in accordance with the relevant laws/rules in force, while making the award.

(Sd.) SHAHID ANAYATULLAH, IAS,

Commissioner/Secretary to Government, Revenue Department.

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Annexure "A"

District Tehsil Village Kh. Nos. Area ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

1 2 3 4 5

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K. M. Samba Rajpora Chachwal 950 min 00–14

951 04–00

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1 2 3 4 5

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K. M.

953 min 04–10

954 min 03–12

955 min 02–06

1015 02–15

1935/1018 min 02–08

1937/1019 07–09

1938/1019 07–15

1939/20 min 02–09

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Total 38–18

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–––––––– GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR, CIVIL SECRETARIAT—REVENUE DEPARTMENT.

Notification No. 92-Rev(LAJ) of 2019

Dated 16-07-2019.

Whereas, the land specifications whereof are given below is required for public purpose viz. for construction of Road from Saim Smit to Dodasan Balla, situated in Village Dodasan Balla, Tehsil Thanamandi, District Rajouri under PMGSY, PKG No. JK 13-07 (Phase IV&V) ;

Specification of land

District Tehsil Village Kh. No. Area ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

K. M. S. Rajouri Thanamandi Dodasan 339 02–18–00

Balla

342/1 02–06–04

343/1 01–01–08

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Total 06–06–03

–––––– No. 28] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. 397 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Whereas, on the basis of an indent placed by Executive Engineer, PMGSY, Division Budhal, a notification under section 4(1) was issued

by Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Thanamandi vide No. SDM/TM/ PMGSY/566-69 dated 08-02-2018 for land measuring 06 Kanals

06 Marlas and 03 Sarsai, situated in Village Dodasan Balla, Tehsil Thanamandi, District Rajouri ;

Whereas, the Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM), Thanamandi vide

No. SDM/TM/PMGSY/R/334-35 dated 28-08-2018 has reported that

the notification issued under section 4(1) of the J&K State Land Acquisition Act was served upon the interested persons for filing

objections, if any, to the proposed acquisition, but no objection was received from the land owners/interested persons in the prescribed time

period as required under sections 5 & 5-A of the Land Acquisition

Act ;

Whereas, the report furnished by Collector, Land Acquisition

(SDM), Thanamandi vide number referred to above duly endorsed by

the District Collector (DC), Rajouri vide No. AC/LA/666-668 dated 05-11-2018, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu vide No. 502/3385/Acq/

PMGSY/Dodasan/Raj/18/3972-73 dated 21-12-2018 read with No. 502/ 3385/PMGSY/Dodasan-Balla/Raj/19/134-35 dated 12-04-2019 and by

the Financial Commissioner, Revenue vide No. FC-LS/LA-4800/2019

dated 31-01-2019 read with No. FC-LS/LA-4800/2019 dated 22-05-2019 has been examined and it has been found that the land owners did

not file any objection to the proposed acquisition ;

Whereas, the Government is satisfied that the land particulars whereof are given above is required for public purpose viz. for

construction of Road from Saim Smit to Dodasan Balla, situated in Village Dodasan Balla, Tehsil Thanamandi, District Rajouri under

PMGSY PKG No. JK 13-07 (Phase IV&V).

Now, therefore, in pursuance of section 6 of the J&K State Land Acquisition Act, Samvat 1990, it is declared that land measuring

06 Kanals, 06 Marlas and 03 Sarsai, situated in Village Dodasan Balla,

Tehsil Thanamandi, District Rajouri, particulars whereof are given above is required for public purpose viz. for construction of Road from Saim

Smit to Dodasan Balla, situated in Village Dodasan Balla, Tehsil 398 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asv., 1941. [No. 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Thanamandi, District Rajouri under PMGSY PKG No. JK 13-07

(Phase IV & V). Further, the Collector, Land Acquisition (SDM),

Thanamandi is directed under section 7 of the said Act to take order

for acquisition of the said land after giving prescribed notice to the

interested person(s) as required under the Land Acquisition Act/Rules.

However, the Collector concerned shall be personally responsible for identification and proper title verification of all types of land involved

in the case and apportionment of compensation amongst all the interested

persons/rightful claimants in accordance with the relevant laws/rules in

force, while making the award.

(Sd.) SHAHID ANAYATULLAH, IAS,

Commissioner/Secretary to Government,

Revenue Department.

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Orders by Heads of Departments.

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CHARGE REPORTS

In pursuance to Government Order No. 276-PW(R&B) of 2019 dated 04-06-2019 under endorsement No. PW(R&B) G/134/2018 dated 04-06-2019, we the undersigned have handed over and taken over the charge of the Office of the Superintending Engineer PMGSY Circle, Jammu today the 6th June 2019 (F.N.) with the following closing balance :—

Administrative Fund

(1) Cash in Chest Nil

(2) Last Cheque issued bearing No. 403591/180051012 56 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asvi., 1941. [No. 28 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

M. H. 2049-PW

(1) Cash in Chest Nil

(2) Laptop 1 No. (HP Pavilion TX 2000)

(Sd.) ER. MANZOOR HUSSAIN,

Superintending Engineer.

.

Relieved Officer.

(Sd.) ER. RAJAN MENGI,

Superintending Engineer.

Relieving Officer.

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PART II—B

Notifications, Notices and Orders by the Heads of Departments.

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COURT OF THE PRINCIPAL SESSIONS JUDGE,

SAMBA.

Present : M. K. Sharma

State V/s. Anil Kumar & Ors.

Crime No. 20/2017 P/S, Samba

Offences u/s 302/457/380/120-B/201/34 RPC

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General Warrant of Arrest

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Whereas, in the above titled case, it has been reported that the

accused Anil Kumar S/o Lal Chand R/o W. No. 7, Samba, Tehsil and

District Samba has absconded and against whom proceedings u/s 512

Cr.P.C. have also been initiated.

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All the police personnel of J&K are authorized through this general warrant, to arrest the accused named above, whenever and wherever

found and produce him before this court for further orders.

Given under my hand and seal of this court today on 15-07-2019.

(Sd.) M. K. SHARMA,

Principal Sessions Judge,

Samba.

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GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU AND KASHMIR,

OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR, LAND ACQUISITION

(ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER, REVENUE),

UDHAMPUR.

Notification under sections 9 & 9A of the Land Acquisition

Act–X of 1990 BK.

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Whereas, the land, the particulars of which is given below is

required for public purpose namely for construction of road under

PWD(R&B) from ''Udhampur to Lander'' in Village Ush-Suba, Tehsil

Panchari and District Udhampur ;

Whereas, Revenue Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir

vide Notification No. 76-Rev(LAJ) of 2019 dated 20-05-2019 has

accorded sanction under sections 6 & 7 of Land Acquisition Act, 1990

B.K. and directed the undersigned to proceed further for the acquisition

of below said land.

Therefore, the owners/interested persons and the indenting

department is hereby called upon to attend this office either in person

or through an authorized agent within 15 days i.e. on or

before_______during office hours on any working day in my office No. 28] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asvi., 1941. 253

at DC Office Complex, Udhampur to state their reapective interest in

the land amount and particular of their claims to compensation and

their objection, if any, to measurement of land.

Specifications of land.

S. Name of Name of Name of Khasra Nos. Area

No. District Tehsil Village

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K. M. S.

1 Udhampur Panchari Ush-Suba 03 00–13–00

14 01–12–03

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Total 02–05–03

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(Sd.) VIQAR AHMED GIRI, KAS,

Special Collector, Acquisition,

Assistant Commissioner (Revenue),

Udhampur.

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Notice

I, Soom Nath Pandita S/o Late Sona Pandita R/o Sari-Rakwal,

Jammu state that my father name has wrongly been written as Lt. Sohan

Lal Pandita instead of Lt. Sona Pandita in my PAN Card bearing

No. AOHPP3527L. Now, I am applying for duplicate of the

same. Objection, if any, may be conveyed to concerned authority within

7 days.

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR STATE

SCHEDULED CASTES, SCHEDULED TRIBES AND

BACKWARD CLASSES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD.

Subject :—Modification in the recruitment rules of for fulfillment of

vacant post of Assistant Accounts Officer.

Reference :—Board of Director's Decision taken in its 39th meeting

vide Agenda Item 38.18

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Order No. 86-Adm of 2019

Dated 31-07-2019.

In pursuance to the decision taken by the Board of Directors 39th

meeting vide Agenda Item 38.18, sanction is hereby accorded to the

modification of recruitment rules of the Corporation for fulfilling the

vacant available post of Assistant Accounts Officer from Deputation

to Promotion.

(Sd.) ...................................................

Managing Director

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Notice

I, Service No. 146584-Y, Ex. CPO (RC-I) Swarn Singh S/o Ajit Singh R/o Rangpur Sadhray (Main Road), Tehsil R. S. Pura, District Jammu do hereby declare that my wife's name & D.O.B. is wrongly recorded in my service record as Parminder Kaur & D.O.B. as 38 years 11 months instead of correct name Parvinder Kour and correct D.O.B. 03-02-1963, also my daughter's name and D.O.B. is wrongly recorded as Manpreet Kaur and D.O.B. as 10 years 03 months instead of correct name Manpreet Kour and correct D.O.B. 19-10-1991. Now, I am

applying for correction, concerned please note.

THE

JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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ADVERTISEMENTS—C

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POLICE HEADQUARTERS, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, SRINAGAR.

Amendment in Tender

Following amendment is issued in NIT No. 67 of 2019 dated

31-08-2019 floated to procure BR Jackets :—

(i) Para J of tender related to specification of outer carrier fabric is deleted due to the reasons that latest MHA specifications of outer carrier fabric are already mentioned in the tender at G.

(ii) Bidders are required to provide (14) samples of BR Jackets

and out of them (02) samples shall be with side plates.

(iii) Samples (complete in all respects) will be delivered by the technically qualified bidders directly at GFSU, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. A separate communication will be sent to the technically 100 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asvi., 1941. [No. 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

qualified bidders after completion of scrutiny of technical bids. However, bidders shall be required to deliver samples at GFSU Gandhinagar within (04) days after receiving communication from Police Hqrs, J&K.

(iv) Photocopies of test reports issued by the competent Lab. (duly stamped/signed) to be uploaded with the technical bid instead of original test reports with EMD. Photocopies will be cross checked at the time of ballistic evaluation.

(v) Value of EMD is Rs. 02 lakh. There is no exemption in the

submission of EMD.

Meanwhile last date for online tender submission is extended upto 23-09-2019 and technical bids will be opened on 25-09-2019.

Detailed tender documents with terms and conditions are available on J&K State e-procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in.

(Sd.) MUBASSIR LATIFI, JKPS,

AIG (Provision/Transport), For Director General of Police, J&K, Srinagar.

———— ZONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS, KASHMIR, SRINAGAR.

GIST OF e-NIT No:- 04 of 2019 DATED 29-08-2019

(Re-tender)

For and on behalf of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir State, sealed e-tenders are invited from the registered/reputed firms/suppliers for supply of Video Camera and Photo Camera for Media Centre, PCR Kashmir as per specification given below. The e-tenders should be ac- companying with CDR/FDR/TDR pledged to Accounts Officer ZPHQ Kashmir worth Rs. 5,000 (Rupees five thousand only).

S. No. Name of items Specification Qty. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Video Camera Sony Video Camera Full HD 01 No.

HNR NX100 Professional

Camera

2. Photo Camera Nikon D7500 DSLR with 01 No.

18-105mm

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2. The cost of e-Tender document is Rs. 200/- (Rupees two hundered only) to be deposited in the Government Treasury and Challan/Receipt of upload with other tender document during the period of submission of online tenders.

3. The download of NIT shall start on 30-08-2019 at 1300 hours. Tenders shall be submitted online on J&K State e-Procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in before 12-09-2019 upto 1800 hours.

4. The tenders (technical bids only) will be opened online on 13-09-2019 at 11 : 00 hours at ZPHQ, Kashmir, Srinagar. In case of unforeseen circumstances, the date of opening will be the next working day.

5. Detailed tender documents (SBD) with terms and conditions are

available on J&K State e-Procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in.

The following documents be appended while uploading the

tenders on the website :—

1. CDR/FDR/TDR amounting to Rs. 5,000/-

2. Challan/Receipt of Government Treasury amounting to

Rs. 200/-

3. Income tax clearance certificate.

4. GST clearance certificate (latest).

5. GST registration certificate.

6. Permanent Account Number Card (PAN).

(Sd.) SWAYAM PRAKASH PANI (IPS),

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone.

———––

ZONAL POLICE HEADQUARTERS, KASHMIR, SRINAGAR.

GIST of e-NIT No. 07 of 2019

Dated 29-08-2019.

For and on behalf of Governor of Jammu and Kashmir State, e-tenders in two cover bids (Technical & Financial Bid) are hereby invited from the registered/reputed firms/suppliers for supply of Hard Coke A-Grade (Dust/Moisture Free) and Rejection Wood (Dry duly chopped) for the current financial year 2019-20. The e-tenders should be accompanying with CDR/FDR/TDR pledged to Accounts Officer, ZPHQ, 102 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 10th Oct., 2019/18th Asvi., 1941. [No. 28 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Kashmir worth Rs. 10,00,000 (Rupees fifteen lakhs only). for Hard

Coke and Rs. 5,00,000/- (Rupees five lakhs only) for Rejection

Wood respectively.

2. The cost of e-Tender document is Rs. 3,000/- (Rupees three thousand only) to be deposited in the Government Treasury and receipt/ Challan of the treasury be uploaded with tender documents.

3. The download of NIT shall start on 30-08-2019 at 1300 hours. Tenders shall be submitted online on J&K State e-Procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in before 19-09-2019 upto 1800 hours. The samples shall be submitted at Zonal Police Headquarters, Kashmir, Srinagar before closing date of submission of e-tender. Samples received after the prescribed date or time shall not be accepted.

4. The tenders (technical bids only) will be opened online on 20-09-2019 at 11:00 hours at ZPHQ, Kashmir, Srinagar. In case of unforeseen circumstances, the date of opening will be the next working day.

5. Detailed tender documents (SBD) with terms and conditions are

available on J&K State e-Procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in.

(Sd.) SWAYAM PRAKASH PANI (IPS),

Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone.

———— POLICE HEADQUARTERS, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, SRINAGAR.

Tenders Extension Notice.

Due to administrative and technical reasons, last date and online opening date of NIT No. 63 of 2019 dated 29-08-2019 floated by Police Hqrs. J&K for supply, installatioon and commissioning of CCTV surveillance system in Srinagar city is extended as follows :—

(i) Last Date for online tender : 25-09-2019

submission

(ii) Online opening of technical bids : 27-09-2019

Detailed tender documents with terms and conditions are available on J&K State e-procurement Portal www.jktenders.gov.in.

(Sd.) MUBASSIR LATIFI, JKPS,

AIG (Provision/Transport), For Director General of Police, J&K, Srinagar.

EXTRAORDINARY REGD. NO. JK—33 THE JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE DODA

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BYE-LAWS, 2019

Notification

Doda, the 9th September, 2019.

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (9) of rule 3 read with clauses (e), (f), (zf) and (zg) of rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016, the Authority hereby make the following bye- laws ; namely :—

CHAPTER I

1. Short Title and Commencement.—(1) These bye-laws shall be called the Municipal Committee, Doda Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

J&K Government Gazette.

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2. Extent of Application.—These bye-laws shall be applicable

within the territorial limits of Municipal Committee, Doda.

3. Definitions.—(1) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise

requires,—

(1) "Agency" means Municipal Committee, Doda ;

(2) "Aerobic composting" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen ;

(3) ''Anaerobic digestion'' means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the absence of oxygen ;

(4) ''Authorization'' means the permission given by the State Pollution Control Board, to the operator of a facility or Urban Local authority, or any other agency responsible for processing and disposal of Solid waste ;

(5) ''Biodegradable waste'' means any organic material that can be degraded by micro-organism into simpler stable compounds ;

(6) ''Bio-methanation'' means a process which entails enzymatic decomposition of the organic matter by microbial action to produce methane rich biogas ;

(7) ''Brand owner'' means a person or company who sells

any commodity under a registered brand label ;

(8) ''Bulk Garden and Parks & Horticultural Waste'' means bulk waste from parks, gardens etc. including grass clippings, weeds, woody 'brown' carbon-rich material such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves, tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(9) ''Bulk Waste Generator'' means bulk waste generator defined under Rule 3(1)(8) of the Solid Waste Management No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 3 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as 'SWM Rules') and any other waste generator including buildings occupied by the Central Government departments or undertakings, State Government departments or undertaking, Local bodies, public sector undertakings or private companies, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, colleges, universities, other educational institutions, hostels, hotels, commercial establishments, markets, places of worship, stadia and sport complexes having an average waste generation rate exceeding 100 Kg. per day ;

(10) ''C&D waste (Construction and Demolition waste)'' means Construction and Demolition Waste (Debris) that are non-hazardous in nature generated out of building materials, debris and rubble in the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Doda.

(11) ''Clean Area'' means the public place in front of and all around or adjacent to any premises extending to the kerb side and including the drain, foot path and kerb cleaned and so maintained in accordance with these bye-laws ;

(12) ''Cleanliness Fee'' means an amount of fees collected by the managers/Organizers for cleaning the site by the Agency ;

(13) ''Collection'' means lifting and removal of solid waste from source of waste generation, collection points or any other location ;

(14) "Collection Counter" means where the user charges shall be remitted which will be available at all Zonal Officers and headquarters.

(15) ''Combustible waste'' means non-biodegradable, non- recyclable, non-reusable, non-hazardous solid waste having minimum calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg and excluding chlorinated materials like plastic, wood pulp, etc.;

(16) ''Community waste storage bin'' means any storage facility setup and maintained by the Municipal Committee, 4 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941 [No. 23-2

Doda, in the State collectively by owners and or/occupiers of one or more premises for storage of Municipal Solid Waste in a segregated manner in the road side/premises of anyone of such owners/occupiers or in their common premises ;

(17) ''Composting'' means a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter ;

(18) ''Co-processing'' means use of non-biodegradable and non- recyclable solid waste having calorific value exceeding 1500k/ cal as raw material or as a source of energy or both to replace or supplement the natural mineral resources and fossil fuels in industrial processes ;

(19) ''Containerised Hand Cart'' means the hand cart provided by the Municipal Committee, Doda or the agency/agent appointed by it for point-to-point collection of solid waste ;

(20) ''Decentralized processing'' means establishment of dispersed facilities for maximizing the processing of biodegradable waste and recovery of recyclables closest to the source of generation so as to minimize transportation of waste for processing or disposal ;

(21) ''Delivery'' means handing over any category of solid waste to worker of Municipal Committee, Doda or any other person appointed, authorised or licensed by Municipal Municipal Committee, Doda for taking delivery of such waste or depositing it in any vehicle provided by Municipal Committee,

Doda, or by any other authorised agency or licensed by Municipal Committee, Doda, to do so ;

(22) ''Disposal'' means the final and safe disposal of post processed residual solid waste and inert street sweepings and silt from surface drains on land to prevent contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction of animals or birds ;

(23) ''Domestic hazardous waste'' means discarded paint drums, pesticide cans, CFL bulbs, tube lights, expired No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 5 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— medicines, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, used needles and syringes and contaminated gauge, etc., generated at the household level ;

(24) ''Door to door collection'' means collection of solid waste from the door step of households, shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutional or any other non-residential premises and includes collection of such waste from entry gate or a designated location on the ground floor in a housing society, multistoried building or apartments, large residential, commercial or institutional complex or premises ;

(25) ''Dry waste'' means waste other than bio-degradable waste and inert street sweepings and includes recyclable and non recyclable waste, combustible waste and sanitary napkin and diapers, etc. ;

(26) ''Dump sites'' means a land utilized by local body for disposal of solid waste without following the principles of sanitary land filling ;

(27) ''Event'' means any gatherings for the purpose of functions, celebrations, meetings, rallies, processions, open air theatre activities, cinema shootings in public places.

(28) ''Extended producer responsibility'' (EPR) means responsibility of any producer of packaging products such as plastic, tin, glass, wrappers and corrugated boxes, etc., for environmentally sound management, till end-of-life of the packaging products ;

(29) ''E-waste'' shall have the same meaning as defined under

Rule 3(l) (r) of the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.

(30) ''Facility'' means any establishment wherein the solid waste management processes namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection, recycling, processing, treatment or safe disposal are carried out ;

(31) ''Familiarization/warning period'' means that specific period, during which there is a relaxation in the fines for contravention of these bye-laws ;

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(32) ''Fine'' means penalty imposed on waste generators or

operators of waste processing and disposal facilities under

the bye-laws for non- compliance of the directions contained

in rules and/or these bye- laws ;

(33) ''Fixed Compactor Transfer Station (FCTS)'' means a

powered machine which is designed to compact segregated

solid waste and remains stationary when in operation. The

compacts or may also be mobile when in operation, which

may be called Mobile Transfer Station (MTS).

(34) ''Handling'' includes all activities relating to sorting,

segregation, material recovery, collection, secondary storage,

shredding, baling, crushing, loading, unloading, transportation,

processing and disposal of solid wastes ;

(35) ''Hazardous waste'' means any waste which by reason of

any of its physical, chemical, reactive, toxic, causing danger

or is likely to cause danger to health or environment, whether

alone or when in contact with other wastes or substances

and all other hazardous wastes as defined in the Hazardous

Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 as amended

to date and the Hazardous and other waste (Management

and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

(36) ''Horticulture, Parks and Garden Waste'' means waste

from parks, gardens traffic island etc. These include grass

clipping, annual weeds woody 'brown' carbon-rich material

such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves,

tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the

daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(37) ''House-gully'' means a passage or strip of land,

constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving

as or carrying a drain or affording access to the latrine,

urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filling of other polluted

matter by persons employed in the clearing thereof or in the

removal of such matter therefrom.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 7 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (38) ''Incineration'' means an engineered process involving burning or combustion of solid waste to thermally degraded waste materials at high temperatures ;

(39) ''Inerts'' means wastes which are not bio-degradable, recyclable or combustible street sweeping or dust and silt removed from the surface drains ;

(40) ''Informal waste collector'' includes individuals, associations or waste traders who are involved in sorting, sale and purchase of recyclable materials ;

(41) ''Leachate'' means the liquid that seeps through solid waste or other medium and has extracts of dissolved or suspended material from it ;

(42) ''Litter'' means all refuse and includes any other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited under these Bye-Laws, tends to create uncleanliness or a danger or nuisance to public health, safety or welfare.

(43) ''Littering'' means putting litter in such a location that it falls, descends, blows, is washed, percolates or otherwise escapes or is likely to fall, descend blow, be washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place, or causing, permitting or allowing litter to fall, descend, blow, washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place.

(44) ''Local body'' for the purpose of these bye-laws means JMC/SMC and other Local Bodies including, Municipal Councils, Municipal Committees, Town Area Committees, in the State.

(45) ''Materials Recovery facility'' (MRF) means a facility where non-compostable solid waste can be temporarily stored by the local body or any other entity or any person or agency authorised by any of them to facilitate segregation, sorting and recovery of recyclables from various components of waste by authorised informal sector of waste pickers, informal recyclers or any other work force engaged by the 8 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941 [No. 23-2

local body or entity for the purpose before the waste is

delivered or taken up for its processing or disposal ;

(46) ''Neighbourhood'' means a clearly defined locality, with

reference to its physical layout, character or inhabitants ;

(47) ''New construction'' means all buildings under construction

within the limits of the Municipal Committee, Doda ;

(48) ''Non-biodegradable waste'' means any waste that cannot

be degraded by microorganisms into simpler stable

compounds ;

(49) ''Nuisance'' includes any act, omission, place or thing which

comes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or

offence to the sense of sight, smelling or hearing or which

is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or

property ;

(50) ''Nuisance Detectors'' (NOs) means those employees of

the Municipal Committee, Doda who are appointed to detect

the acts of Public nuisance, etc. ;

(51) ''Occupier/occupant'' includes any person who for the

time being is in occupation of, or otherwise using, any land

or building or part thereof, for any purpose whatsoever ;

(52) ''Operator of a facility'' means a person or entity, who

owns or operates a facility for handling solid waste which

includes the Municipal Committee, Doda and any other entity

or agency appointed by the Municipal Committee, Doda ;

(53) ''Owner'' means any person who exercises the rights of

an owner of any building, or land or part thereof ;

(54) ''Pelletisation'' means a process whereby pellets are

prepared which are small cubes or cylindrical pieces made

out of solid waste and includes, fuel pellets which are also

referred as refuse derived fuel ;

No. 23-2] T h e J & K G o v t . G a z e t t e , 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 9 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (55) ''Primary collection'' means collecting, lifting and removal

of segregated solid waste from source of its generation including households, shops, offices and any other non-

residential premises or from any collection points or any other location specified by the Municipal Committee, Doda.

(56) ''Processing'' means any scientific process by which segregated solid waste is handled for the purpose of reuse,

recycling or transformation into new products ;

(57) ''Public place'' includes any road, arch road, viaduct, lane, footway, alley or passage, highway, causeway, bridge, square

alley or passage whether a thoroughfare or not over which the public have a right of passage, and such places to which

the public has access such as parks, gardens, recreation

grounds, playgrounds, beaches, water bodies, water courses, public plazas and promenades, government and municipal

buildings, public hospitals, markets, slaughter houses, courts, etc. ;

(58) ''Prescribed'' means prescribed by SWM Rules and/or

these bye-laws ;

(59) ''Receptacle'' means any storage container, including bins

and bags, used for the storage of any category of MSW ;

(60) ''Recycling'' means the process of transforming segregated

non-biodegradable solid waste into new material or product or as raw material for producing new products which mayor

may not be similar to the original products ;

(61) ''Recyclable Waste'' means the waste that is commonly found in the MSW. It is also called as "Dry Waste". These

include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, electronics goods, etc.

(62) ''Redevelopment'' means rebuilding of old residential or

commercial buildings at the same site, where the existing buildings and other infrastructures have become

dilapidated ;

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(63) ''Refuse'' means any waste matter generated out of different activities, processes, either Bio-degradable/Non- biodegradable/recyclable in nature in either solid or semi- solid form which cannot be consumed, used or processed by

the generator in its existing form.

(64) ''Refuse Derived Fuel'' (RDF) means fuel derived from combustible waste fraction of solid waste like plastic, wood, pulp or organic waste, other than chlorinated materials, in the form of pellets or fluff produced by drying, shredding, dehydrating and compacting of solid waste ;

(65) ''Residual solid waste'' means and includes the waste and rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable for recycling or further processing ;

(66) ''Rule'' means Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ;

(67) ''Sanitation'' means the promotion of hygiene and the prevention of disease and other consequences of ill health

relating to environmental factors ;

(68) ''Sanitary Landfill Facility'' means a waste disposal site for the deposit of residual solid waste in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and air fugitive dust, wind-blown litter, bad

odour, fire hazard, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, slope instability and erosion ;

(69) ''Sanitary land filling'' means the final and safe disposal of residual solid waste and inert wastes on land in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and fugitive air dust, wind-blown litter,

bad odour, fire hazard, animal menace, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent organic pollutants slope instability and erosion ;

(70) ''Sanitary waste'' means wastes comprising of used diapers, sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and any other similar waste ;

No. 23-2] T h e J & K G o v t . G a z e t t e , 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 11 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (71) ''Sanitary worker'' means a person employed by the municipal corporation for collecting or removing MSW or cleansing the drains in the municipal/corporation areas ;

(72) ''Schedule'' means the Schedule appended to these rules ;

(73) ''Storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste in a manner so as to prevent littering, attraction to vectors, stray animals and excessive foul odour ;

(74) ''Secondary storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste after collection at secondary waste storage depots or MRFs or bins for onward transportation of the waste to the processing or disposal facility ;

(75) ''Segregation'' means sorting and separate storage of various components of solid waste namely biodegradable wastes including agriculture and dairy waste, non biodegradable wastes including recyclable waste, non- recyclable combustible waste, sanitary waste and non recyclable inert waste, domestic hazardous wastes, and construction and demolition wastes ;

(76) ''Service provider'' means an authority providing public utility services like water, sewerage, electricity, telephone, roads, drainage, etc. ;

(77) ''Solid waste'' means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non-residential wastes, street sweepings, silt removed or collected from the surface drains, horticulture waste, agriculture and dairy waste, treated bio-medical waste, Hazardous waste excluding industrial waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, battery waste, radio-active waste generated in the area under the local authorities and other entities ;

(78) ''Sorting'' means separating various components and categories of recyclables such as paper, plastic, cardboards, metal, glass, etc., from mixed waste as may be appropriate to facilitate recycling ;

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(79) ''Source'' means the premises in which the waste is generated or a community storage centre used by owners/ occupiers of one or more premises for segregated storage of MSW ;

(80) ''Spittoon'' means a metal or earthenware pot typically

having a funnel-shaped top, used for spitting into.

(81) ''Stabilising'' means the biological decomposition of biodegradable wastes to a stable state where it generates no leachate or offensive odours and is fit for application to farm land, soil erosion control and soil remediation ;

(82) ''Stabilised biodegradable waste'' means the biologically stabilized (free of pathogens) waste resulting from the mechanical/biological treatment of bio degradable waste ; only when stabilised can such waste be used with no further restrictions ;

(83) ''Street vendor'' means any person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words ''street vending'' with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly ;

(84) ''Tipping fee'' means a fee or support price determined by the local authorities or any state agency authorised by the State government to be paid to the concessionaire or operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid waste at the landfill ;

(85) ''Transportation'' means conveyance of solid waste, either treated, partly treated or untreated from a location to another location in an environmentally sound manner through specially designed and covered transport system so as to prevent the foul odour, littering and unsightly conditions ;

No. 23-2] T h e J & K G o v t . G a z e t t e , 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 13 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (86) ''Transfer station'' means a facility created to receive

solid waste from collection areas and transport in bulk in

covered vehicles or containers to waste processing and, or,

disposal facilities ;

(87) ''Treatment'' means the method, technique or process

designed to modify physical, chemical or biological

characteristics or composition of any waste so as to reduce

its volume and potential to cause harm ;

(88) ''User fee/Charges'' means fees or charges imposed by

Municipal Committee, Doda through general or special order

of the Competent Authority from time-to-time, on the waste

generator to cover full or part cost of providing solid waste

collection, transportation, processing and disposal services ;

(89) ''Vacant Plot'' means any Land or open space

belonging to a private party/person that is not occupied by

them/him ;

(90) ''Vermi composting'' means the process of conversion of

bio-degradable waste into compost using earth worms ;

(91) ''Waste hierarchy'' means the priority order in which the

solid waste is to be managed by giving emphasis to

prevention, reduction reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal,

with prevention being the most preferred option and the

disposal at the landfill being the least ;

(92) ''Waste generator'' means and includes every person or

group of persons, every residential premises and non-

residential establishments including Indian Railways, defence

establishments, which generate solid waste or other

institutions i. e. Hotels, restaurants, malls, private/government

business/ industrial establishments falling within the limits of

Municipal Committee, Doda.

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(93) ''Waste picker'' means a person or groups of persons

informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation, streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood.

CHAPTER II

SEGREGATION AND PRIMARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

4. Segregation and storage of solid waste at source.—(1)

It shall be necessary for all waste generators to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places regularly into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste; and deposit it into covered waste bins, and handover segregated waste to designated waste collectors as per the direction of Municipal Committee, Doda, from time to time.

(2) Every bulk waste generator is to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) hazardous waste in suitable bins ; and handover segregated waste to authorised waste processing or disposal facilities or deposition centres through the authorised waste collection agency with paying the carrying charges specified by Municipal Committee, Doda from time to time.

(3) The colour of bins for storage of segregated waste shall be green- for biodegradable waste or wet waste blue - for non- biodegradable or dry waste and black- for domestic hazardous waste.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 15 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (4) All resident welfare and market associations shall ensure

segregation of waste at source by the generators, facilitate collection of

segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material to

either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised recyclers. The bio-

degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed of through

composting or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The

residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed

by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(5) All gated communities and institutions with more than 5,000

sq. m. area shall ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators,

facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover

recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised

recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and

disposed off through composting or bio- methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(6) All hotels and restaurants shall ensure segregation of waste

at source, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams,

handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the

authorised recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated

and disposed of through composting or bio-methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(7) No person shall organize an event or gathering of more

than one hundred persons at any unlicensed place without intimating

Municipal Committee, Doda along with payment of user fee as prescribed

in the schedule, at least three working days in advance and the person

or the organizer of such event shall ensure segregation of waste at source

and handing over of segregated waste to waste collector or agency as

specified by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(8) Used sanitary waste are to be securely wrapped as and

when generated in the pouches provided by the manufacturers or brand

owners of these products or in a news paper or suitable biodegradable

wrapping material and place the same in the bin meant for non-

biodegradable waste or dry waste.

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(9) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for storage of segregate waste generated during the course of his activity such as food waste, disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells, leftover food, vegetables, fruits, etc., and shall deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container or vehicle as notified by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(10) Waste generator of garden and horticulture waste generated from his premises shall store such waste separately in his own premises and dispose of the same as per the directions of Municipal Committee, Doda from time to time.

(11) Domestic Hazardous Waste shall be stored and delivered by every waste generator to the collection vehicle which shall be provided weekly/periodically by Municipal Committee, Doda or any other Agency authorised by it for collection of such waste, or to a centre designed for collection of such waste for disposal in a manner that is mandated by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir or State Pollution Control Board.

(12) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be stored and delivered separately as per the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(13) No untreated bio-medical waste, e-waste, hazardous chemicals and industrial waste shall be mixed with solid waste. Such waste shall be disposed off in accordance with the respective rules framed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(14) Every owner/occupier of any premises other than designated slaughter houses and markets, who generates poultry, fish and slaughter waste as a result of any commercial activity, shall store the same separately in closed, hygienic condition and deliver it at a specified time, on a daily basis to the Municipal Committee, Doda collection vehicle provided for this purpose. Depositing of such waste in any community waste bin is strictly prohibited.

(15) Segregated bio-degradable solid waste if not composted by the generators, shall be stored by them within their premises and its delivery shall be ensured to the municipal worker/vehicle/waste picker/ waste collector or to the bio-degradable waste collection vehicle provided for specified commercial generators of bulk bio-degradable waste at such times as may be notified from time to time.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 17 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— CHAPTER III

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

5. Collection of Solid Waste.—(1) In compliance with SWM

Rules, 2016, door to door collection of segregated solid waste shall be

implemented in all areas or Wards of Municipal Committee, Doda, to

collect garbage from every house, including slums and informal settlements

on a daily basis by integrating the informal door to door collection system

with Municipal Committee, Doda collection system.

(2) In order to collect garbage from every house, area-wise

specific time slot shall be set and published at conspicuous parts of that

area and on the website of Municipal Committee, Doda : Commonly,

time for house to house garbage collection shall be set from 5.30 A. M.

to 10.30 A. M. for summer and for winter 7:00 A. M. to 11:00 A. M. For

collection of garbage from trading establishments, shops in commercial

areas or any other institutional waste generators, commonly the time shall

be from 7.30 A. M. to 11.00 A. M. However, sweeping can be undertaken

twice daily, if required at public and commercial places. The timing for

collection of garbage from the trading establishments, shops in commercial

areas or any other institutional waste generators shall be decided by the

Municipal Committee, Doda accordingly.

(3) Arrangements shall be made for collection of residual solid

waste from bulk waste generators, which are processing waste in-situ.

(4) Residual solid waste from vegetable, fruit, flower, meat,

poultry and fish market shall be collected on day to day basis.

(5) Horticulture and garden waste shall be separately collected

and disposed off. One or two days in a week shall be specified for this

purpose.

(6) To make optimum use of bio-degradable waste from fruits

and vegetable markets, meat and fish markets, bulk horticulture and garden

waste and to minimize the cost of collection and transportation, such

waste shall be processed or treated within the area where waste is

generated.

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(7) Manual handling of waste in the containers shall be

prohibited. If unavoidable due to constraints, manual handling shall be

carried out under proper protection with due care for safety of workers.

(8) Waste generators shall be responsible to deposit their

segregated waste in the Auto-Tipper/Rickshaws etc. deployed by Municipal

Committee, Doda. Segregated waste from multistoried buildings,

apartments, housing complexes may be collected from the entry gate or

any other designated location.

(9) Changing needs and advances in technology shall be taken

into consideration for selection of collection equipment and vehicles. Auto-

Tippers or vehicles of specific capacity with hydraulically operated hopper

covering mechanism from top having two compartments for carrying

biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste separately with a hooter shall

be deployed for collection of waste.

(10) Automatic voice recorded device, bell or horn having sound

not more than the permissible noise level shall be installed on every

garbage collection vehicle used by waste collectors.

(11) Route plans for each primary collection and transportation

vehicle shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Doda or by the notified

authorised waste collector. These plans in tabular as well as GIS map

form, duly approved by Municipal Committee, Doda shall mention starting

point, start time, waiting points, waiting time on route, end point and end

time of the specified route. Municipal Committee, Doda or the notified

authorised waste collector shall provide a 'Board' at each street to display

time-table of primary collection and transportation vehicles to allow residents

avail the facility at prescribed time. Such information shall also be uploaded

on the website of Municipal Committee, Doda and published in the local

leading newspaper periodically for the information of General Public.

(12) In narrow streets that cannot be serviced by auto tipper or

the vehicle, a 3-Wheeler or smaller motorized vehicle with hydraulically

operated hopper covering mechanism from top having two compartments

for carrying wet and dry waste separately with a hooter, compatible with

mobile transfer station shall be deployed.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 19 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (13) In congested and narrower streets that cannot even be

serviced by 3-Wheeler or smaller vehicle, cycle rickshaws or any other

type of suitable equipment shall be deployed.

(14) Smaller, narrow and congested streets/lanes where even a

3-wheeler/ rickshaw etc. cannot operate, vantage points shall be designated

at the start of the locality/street where the collection vehicle shall be

parked and the helper/driver of vehicle shall carry a whistle and walk in

the locality to announce arrival of vehicle for collecting solid waste. Time

table for such collection system shall be displayed at the notice board and

uploaded on the website of Municipal Committee, Doda.

(15) Auto tippers, 3-wheelers, rickshaws and any other type of

collection vehicles engaged in this service shall collect waste only from

households and not from any other source viz. dhalaos, open sites, ground,

bins and drains etc.

(16) Municipal Committee, Doda or its notified authorised waste

collectors shall be responsible to cover all the streets/lanes of each zone

for the primary collection.

CHAPTER IV

SECONDARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

6. Storage of solid waste in the secondary storage points.—

(1) Segregated solid waste collected from doorsteps shall be taken to

waste storage depots, community storage bins or fixed or mobile transfer

stations or the locations specified by Municipal Committee, Doda for

secondary storage of waste.

(2) Such secondary storage points shall have covered containers

(of specified colour) for separate storage of :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste ;

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(3) Different containers shall be used in the areas demarcated

by Municipal Committee, Doda to keep segregated waste in the following

manner :—

(a) green- for biodegradable waste ;

(b) blue - for non-biodegradable ;

(c) black - for domestic hazardous waste ;

Municipal Committee, Doda shall separately notify, from

time to time, mandatory colour coding and other specifications

of receptacles prescribed for storage and delivery of different

types of solid waste to enable safe and easy collection

without any mixing or spillage of waste, which generators of

different types of solid waste shall have to adhere to.

(4) Municipal Committee, Doda on its own or through

outsourcing agencies shall maintain the storage facilities for solid waste

in a manner that does not create unhygienic and unsanitary conditions

around it.

(5) Containers of various sizes in the secondary storage depots

shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Doda or any assigned agencies

in different colours as mentioned in these bye-laws.

(6) Storage facilities shall be created and established by taking

into account quantities of waste generation in a given area and the density

of population.

(7) Storage facilities shall be user friendly and shall be so

designed that it ensures compaction of waste and that the waste stored

is not exposed to open atmosphere.

(8) All the housing cooperative societies, associations, residential

and commercial establishments and gated communities etc. shall have the

responsibility to put coloured bins as prescribed by these bye-laws and to

keep adequate number of containers in appropriate places in their own

complexes, so that the daily waste generated there can be properly

deposited.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 21 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (9) Municipal Committee, Doda or its specified agency shall

carry out washing and disinfection of all the bins on a weekly basis.

(10) Recycling Centers for Dry Waste (Non-Biodegradable

Waste)—

(a) Municipal Committee, Doda shall convert its existing Dhalaos

or identify specific location as per requirement, as 'Recycling

Centers' which shall be used for segregation of dry waste

received through street/door to door waste collection service.

Recycling centers may be increased depending on the

quantity of dry waste received.

(b) Dry (non-biodegradable) waste from street/door-to-door

collection system and from commercial establishments shall

be transferred only to these designated 'recycling centers'.

These designated centers shall receive only dry waste.

(c) There shall also be a provision for the households to directly

deposit or sell their recyclable dry waste to the authorised

agents and/or authorised waste dealers of Municipal

Committee, Doda at these recycling centers at pre-notified

rates. A weighing scale and a counter shall be provided at

each recycling unit for this purpose. The authorised agents

and/or authorised waste dealers shall be allowed to dispose

off or sell the recyclable waste to the secondary market or

recycling units only in consonance with the provisions of

SWM Rules, 2016. The authorised agents and/or authorised

waste dealers will be entitled to retain sales realization thereof.

(11) Deposition Centre for specified Domestic Hazardous

Waste—

(a) For the collection of domestic hazardous waste, a deposition

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specified domestic hazardous waste. Such facility shall be

set in each ward in a manner as per guidelines prescribed

and notify the timing of receiving of such waste.

(b) Municipal Committee, Doda may also give the responsibility

to its agency or concessionaire to collect domestic hazardous

waste from all waste generators in segregated manner.

(c) Such waste shall be transported separately to the hazardous

waste disposal facility set up by the Government.

CHAPTER V

TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE

7. Transportation of solid waste.—(1) Vehicles used for

transportation of waste shall be covered in such manner that the collected

waste is not exposed to open environment. The vehicles may also include

compactors and mobile transfer stations depending upon choice of

technology by Municipal Committee, Doda.

(2) The storage facilities set up by Municipal Committee, Doda

shall be attended daily for clearing waste. The areas around the place

where the bins or containers are kept shall also be cleaned.

(3) Collected segregated bio-degradable waste from residential

and other areas shall be transferred to the processing plants like compost

plants, bio-methanation plants or any such other facilities in a covered

manner.

(4) Wherever applicable, for bio-degradable waste, preference

shall be given for on-site processing of such waste.

(5) Collected non-bio-degradable waste shall be transported to

the respective processing facilities or secondary storage facilities.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 23 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (6) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be transported as

per the provisions of the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(7) Municipal Committee, Doda shall make arrangements for transportation of inerts in a proper manner. The street sweeping waste and removable drain silt shall be removed immediately after the work is

over.

(8) Transportation vehicles shall be so designed that multiple handling

of waste, prior to final disposal, is avoided.

(9) The collection vehicles engaged for the purpose shall deposit/

transfer waste only at the MTS (Mobile Transfer Station) or FCTS (Fixed

compactor Transfer Stations) wherever provided.

(10) In case MTS/FCTS is not stationed at the designated location

at that point of time for any reason, then the 'loaded vehicle' shall go to

the next designated location of the MTS or FCTS or the site specified by

Municipal Committee, Doda to unload the waste.

(11) Fixed compactor transfer station shall be transported through

hook loader.

(12) MTS or FCTS shall transport the waste directly to compost

plant, waste to energy plant or any other site/plant designated by Municipal

Committee, Doda.

(13) There should be no inter-mixing of waste from various

sources during the transportation of waste.

(14) The services of street level collection and transportation of

waste shall be provided every day including holidays.

(15) MTS engaged in this service shall receive waste only from

designated auto tippers, 3-wheelers or vehicle/bins collecting waste from

street level operations.

(16) Dedicated MTS shall be deployed at specified locations to

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in street-level and door-to-door collection of solid waste from households

and commercial establishments as per the approved route plans.

(17) Design of MTS and FCTS shall allow unloading of waste

from primary collection vehicles by consuming minimum time and without

littering waste.

(18) Garbage spilled near MTS and FCTS, while transferring the

solid waste, should be cleaned so that no spillage is left. Disinfectant

should be used after cleaning process at that location.

(19) Municipal Committee, Doda or its specified agency shall

install CCTV cameras at all secondary storage facilities.

CHAPTER VI

PROCESSING OF SOLID WASTE

8. Processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal Committee, Doda

shall facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of solid waste

processing facilities and associated infrastructure on their own or through

any agency for optimum utilisation of various components of solid waste

adopting suitable technology including the following technologies and

adhering to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Urban Development

from time to time and standards prescribed by the Central Pollution

Control Board :—

(a) to minimise transportation cost and environmental impacts,

preference shall be given to decentralised processing such

as bio-methanation, microbial composting, vermi-composting,

anaerobic digestion or any other appropriate processing for

bio-stabilisation of biodegradable waste ;

(b) through medium/large composting bio-methanation plants at

centralised locations ;

(c) through waste to energy processes by refuse derived fuel

for combustible fraction of waste or supply as feed stock to

solid waste based power plants ; and/or No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 25 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (d) through construction and demolition waste management

plants.

(2) Municipal Committee, Doda shall endeavour to create a

market for consumption of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel). The cement factories are liable to take RDF from municipal dumping sites who have to use RDF to the order of 5% of the total fuel burnt by them in their kilns.

(3) In waste to energy plant by direct incineration, absolute

segregation shall be mandatory and be part of the terms and conditions

of the relevant contracts.

(4) Municipal Committee, Doda shall ensure that recyclables such

as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile etc. go to authorised recyclers.

9. Other guidelines for processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal

Committee, Doda shall enforce processing of bio-degradable waste on

site of generation of such waste through composting or bio-methanation,

as far as possible, at RWAs (Resident Welfare Associations), group housing

societies, markets, gated communities and institutions with more than

5000 sq. m. areas, all hotels and restaurants, banquet halls and places of

such nature. Preference shall be given for on site processing of

biodegradable waste generated by other waste generators as well.

(2) Bulk generators who fail to install waste processing units within

their premises shall be liable for fine to install such processing units with

time line envisaged in the notices. If they perpetually fail to establish

waste disposal system within six months after first notice issued to them,

the Municipal Committee, Doda are empowered to seal such erring bulk

waste generating business establishments.

(3) Municipal Committee, Doda shall enforce that markets dealing

with vegetables, fruits, flowers, meat, poultry and fish waste while

processing bio-degradable waste ensure hygienic conditions.

(4) Municipal Committee, Doda shall enforce processing of

horticulture, parks and garden waste separately in the parks and gardens

by the generators.

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(5) Municipal Committee, Doda shall involve communities in waste

management and promote home composting, bio gas generation,

decentralized processing of waste at community level, subject to control

of odour and maintenance of hygienic conditions around the facility.

(6) The waste generator has to pay user charges/sanitation fee to

the local bodies inspite of the fact if they process their waste at their

institutional level.

CHAPTER VII

DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

10. Disposal of Solid waste.—Municipal Committee, Doda shall

undertake on its own or through any other agency, the construction,

operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill and associated infrastructure

for disposal of residual waste and inert street sweepings and silt from

surface drains in a manner prescribed under SWM Rules and any other

obligation imposed by any other law for the time being in force.

CHAPTER VIII

USER FEE AND LEVYING OF SPOT FINE/PENALTY

11. User fee for collection, transportation, disposal of solid

waste.—(1) User fee shall be fixed for providing services for garbage

collection, transportation and disposal from waste generators by Municipal

Committee, Doda. The rates of user fee are specified in Schedule-I.

(2) The user fee so fixed shall be collected from waste

generators by Municipal Committee, Doda or the authorised agency or

person as may be authorised by Director of Urban Local Bodies, Jammu

in this behalf.

(3) Municipal Committee, Doda shall prepare the database of

all the waste generators for the purpose of levying user fee, and evolve

appropriate mechanism for billing/collection/recovery of user charges, within

three months from the date of notification of these bye-laws. The database

shall be updated regularly.

No. 23-2] T h e J & K G o v t . G a z e t t e , 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 27 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (4) Municipal Committee, Doda shall adopt different methods

for collection of user fee including online payment.

(5) Special days in a month, preferably in first week of each

month, shall be fixed for collection of user fee.

(6) There shall also be a system of yearly or half yearly payment.

If the user fee is paid in advance for the entire year, then amount for ten

months will be charged instead of twelve months. Similarly, for six months

advance payment, five and half months demand amount will be charged

instead of six months.

(7) The user fee mentioned in Schedule-I shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from 1st

January of the year.

(8) The user fee shall be collected only by the institution/person

authorised by the competent authority by a general or special order in this

behalf.

(9) In case of default of payment of user fee/fine, the competent

authority may recover the same from the defaulter as an arrear of land

revenue as per the provision of Land Revenue Act, 1996. However,

Municipal Corporation, Jammu/Srinagar shall be allowed to effect the

recovery under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Municipal

Corporation Act, 2000.

12. Fine/Penalty for contravention of SWM Rules.—(1)

Whosoever' contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of

SWM Rules or these bye-laws shall be imposed with fine as mentioned

in Schedule-II appended to these bye-laws.

(2) In case of repeated contravention or non-compliance as

mentioned in clause (a) above, fine amount for every such default shall

be levied per day or month, as the case may be.

(3) The Commissioners shall designate officers for levying fine

or penalty by a general or special order in this behalf. The fine/penalty

amount is specified in Schedule-II.

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(4) The fine or penalty mentioned in Schedule-II shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from

1st January of the year.

(5) The fine shall be levied and collected on the spot by the designated

officers. In case of non-payment of fine at the spot, the procedure for

prosecution prescribed under provisions of the Environment (Protection)

Act, 1986 shall follow.

(6) In realization of fines imposed on defaulters, the J&K State

Pollution Control Board shall not renew the licenses of hotels and other

business units unless an NOC is not procured by the business unit/s from

the concerned Municipal Committee, Doda.

(7) Fine shall be imposed on the hospitals and allied concerns if

they are found mixing bio-medical wastes with municipal solid waste.

(h) Charges for the material recovery by rag pickers or waste

dealers to be decided by the Municipal Committee, Doda.

(8) Concession to bulk purchasers of compost/plastic/tin and

recyclables on the price of by product, if any, as a result of processing

of Solid Waste shall be decided by the Municipal Committee, Doda.

(j) The cement manufacturing units shall be responsible to lift the

RDF from municipal dumping sites and their license renewals be

linked with Municipal Committee, Doda NOC's.

(9) Tippers ferrying building material and causing avoidable waste

on the streets shall be liable for fine to be decided by the Municipal

Committee, Doda but not less than Rupees Five Hundred (500/-) per

default.

13. Responsibilities of Waste Generators.—(1) Prohibition of

littering—

(a) Littering in any public place : No person shall litter in any

public place except in authorised public or private litter

receptacles. No person shall repair vehicles, wash/clean

utensils or any other object or keep any type of storage in No. 23-2] T h e J & K G o v t . G a z e t t e , 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 29 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— any public place except in such public facilities or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes.

(b) Littering ·on any property : No person shall litter on any open or vacant property except in authorised private or public receptacles.

(c) Litter-throwing from vehicles : No person, whether a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall litter upon any street, road, sidewalk, playground, garden, traffic island or other public place. No vehicle shall be washed on roads, river banks, near public parks, water bodies.

(d) Litter from goods vehicles : No person shall drive or move any truck or other goods vehicle unless such vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown off or deposited upon any road, sidewalks, traffic island, playground, garden or other public place.

(e) Litter by owned/pet animals : It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal including dog, cat etc. to promptly scoop/clean up any litter created by such pet on the street or any public place and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste preferably by their own sewage system.

(f) Disposal of waste in drain etc. No person shall litter in any

drain/river/open pond/water bodies.

(2) Burning of waste : Disposal by burning of any type of solid waste at public places or at any private or public property is strictly prohibited.

(3) "Clean Area" : Every person shall endeavour that any public place in front of or adjacent to any premises owned or occupied by him including the footpath and open drain/gutter and kerb is free of any waste, either in solid or liquid form.

(4) For Public Gatherings and Events organised in public places for any reason (including for processions, exhibitions, circuses, fairs, political 30 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941 [No. 23-2

rallies, commercial, religious, socio-cultural events, protests and

demonstrations, etc.) where the permission from the Police Department

and/or from the Municipal Committee, Doda is required, it will be the

responsibility of the organiser of the event or gathering to ensure the

cleanliness of that area as well as all appurtenant areas.

(5) Refundable Cleanliness Deposit, as may be notified by the

Municipal Committee, Doda, will be taken from the organiser, by the

concerned zonal office for the duration of the event. This deposit will be

refunded on the completion of the event after it is noted that the said

public place has been restored back to a clean state, and any waste

generated as a result of the event has been collected and transported to

designated sites. This deposit will be only for the cleanliness of the public

place and does not cover any damage to property. In case the organisers

of the event wish to avail of the services of the Municipal Committee,

Doda for the cleaning, collection and transport of waste generated as a

result of that event, they must apply to the Chief Executive Officer/

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Doda for availing the services

and pay the necessary charges as may be fixed by the Competent Authority

for this purpose.

(6) Dumping of solid waste on vacant plot and depositing

construction and demolition waste at non-designated locations shall be

dealt with by the Municipal Committee, Doda in the following

manner :—

(a) The Municipal Committee, Doda may serve a notice on the

owner/occupier of any premises, requiring such owner/

occupier to clear any waste on such premises in a manner

and within a time specified in such notice.

(b) If the person on whom the notice has been served fails to

comply with the requirements imposed by the notice, such

person shall be liable to pay penalties as prescribed from

time to time.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 31 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (c) If the person on whom the notice is served fails to comply

with any requirements imposed by such notice, the Municipal Committee, Doda may—

(i) Enter on the premises and clear the waste ; and

(ii) Recover from the occupier the expenditure incurred

in having done so.

(7) Duty of manufacturers or brand owners of disposable

products and sanitary napkins and diapers—

(a) All manufacturers/sole distributors/whole sellers of disposal products such as tin, glass, plastics packaging, wrappers etc., or brand owners who introduce such products in the market within the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Doda shall provide necessary financial assistance to Municipal Committee, Doda for establishment of waste management system. Municipal Committee, Doda may also coordinate with the concerned departments of Central Govt. and/or the Govt. of J&K for implementation of this provision.

0.5% of Annual turnover shall be chargeable from

them for establishment/maintenance of solid waste

management facilities to be deposited with the

concerned corporation/local body.

(b) All such brand owners who sell or market their products in such packaging material which are non-biodegradable shall put in place a system to collect back the packaging waste generated due to their production.

(c) Manufacturers or brand owners or marketing companies of sanitary napkins and diapers shall explore the possibility of using all recyclable materials in their products or they shall provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal of each napkin or diapers along with the packet of their sanitary products.

(d) All such manufacturers, brand owners or marketing companies shall educate the masses for wrapping and

disposal of their products.

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(8) All industrial units using fuel and located within one hundred Km. from a solid waste based refuse derived fuel plant shall make arrangements to replace at least five percent of their fuel requirement by refused derived fuel so produced.

14. Responsibilities of Municipal Committee, Doda.—(1) Municipal Committee, Doda shall within its territorial area, be responsible for ensuring regular system of surface cleaning of all common streets/ roads, public places, temporary settlements, slum areas, markets, its own parks, gardens, drains etc. by employing human resources and machines and shall be bound to collect the garbage from the declared storage containers, and transport it every day to the final disposal point in closed vehicles for which Municipal Committee, Doda may engage private parties on contract or Public Private Partnership mechanism with the prior approval of Govt., apart from its own cleaning staff and vehicles. In addition, Municipal Committee, Doda shall identify all the commercial areas for carrying out sweeping twice a day.

(2) Municipal Committee, Doda or the authorised agency engaged by it shall provide and maintain sufficient number of community litter bins of sufficient size on public roads, in surroundings of railway stations, bus stops, religious places, in commercial areas etc.

(3) Municipal Committee, Doda for the purpose of managing solid waste activities in decentralized and regular manner shall designate one officer in every ward to supervise the spots of containers, public toilets, community toilets or urinals in public places, transfer station for public garbage, landfill processing units etc.

(4) The competent authority shall designate sufficient Senior Officer/s, preferably not below the rank of to be decided by the Municipal Committee, Doda, as Nodal Officer/s to monitor the progress of segregation, collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.

(5) Each ward shall be divided into sweeping beats based on the prescribed parameter and deploy manpower accordingly or rationalize the existing deployment and monitor their work by using latest technology. Wherever it is unable to get sweeping through its own staff, it may outsource through contract. Each beat shall be inspected by the supervising officials on daily basis prescribed as per directions.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 33 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— (6) Municipal Committee, Doda, shall employ latest road/street cleaning machines, mechanical sweepers or other equipments which improves the efficiency of sweeping and drainage cleaning.

(7) Municipal Committee, Doda shall create awareness and sensitization through Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign and educate the waste generators and other stakeholders about the various provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules and these bye- laws with special emphasis on user fee and fines/penalties.

(8) Municipal Committee, Doda shall encourage waste generators to treat wet waste at source. It may consider creating systems for incentives for adoption of decentralized technologies such as bio-methanation, composting etc. Incentives may be like awarding and recognizing the households. RWAs and institutions etc. by giving certificates by publishing their names on respective websites or rebate in property tax etc.

(9) Municipal Committee, Doda shall ensure that the authorities of Agriculture Department, Floriculture Department, Horticulture, SKAUST are supplied with sufficient quantity of compost generated out of organic waste to phase out the use of chemical fertilizers and use compost in all parks, gardens maintained by them and wherever possible in other places under its jurisdiction. Incentives may be provided to recycling initiatives by informal waste recycling sector and shall take up with the Directorate of Horticulture, Agriculture and Floriculture for use of compost.

(10) Municipal Committee, Doda shall make efforts to streamline and formalize solid waste management systems and endeavour that the informal sector workers in waste management (waste pickers) are given priority to upgrade their work conditions and are enumerated and integrated into the formal system of solid waste management.

(11) Municipal Committee, Doda shall ensure that the operator of a facility provides personal protection equipment including uniform, fluorescent jacket, hand gloves, raincoats, appropriate foot wear and masks to all workers handling solid waste and the same are used by the workforce.

(12) Municipal Committee, Doda shall ensure occupational safety of its own staff and staff of outsourced agency involved in collection transport and handling of waste by providing appropriate and adequate personal protective equipments.

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(13) In case of an accident at any solid waste processing or treatment or disposal facility or landfill site, the officer-in-charge of the facility shall report to Municipal Committee, Doda immediately which shall review and issue instructions, if any, to the in-charge of the facility.

(14) Regular checks : Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer/ Assistant Sanitation Officer, Municipal Committee, Doda shall conduct regular checks in various parts of the wards and other places of collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste to supervise compliance of various provisions of SWM Rules and these bye-laws.

(15) Municipal Committee, Doda shall develop a public grievance redressal system (PGRS) by setting up of call centre at its headquarter. The PGRS may include SMS based service mobile application or web based services.

(16) Municipal Committee, Doda shall install bio-metric/smart card technologies/ICT System for tracking and recording attendance of employees associated with the working of SWM Rules and these bye- laws at Hq./all zones/ward offices etc. and shall make an endeavour to integrate such system with the salary/wages/remuneration.

(17) Transparency and Public Accessibility : To ensure greater transparency and public accessibility, Municipal Committee, Doda, shall provide all necessary information through its website.

(18) Municipal Committee, Doda shall perform all other duties mentioned in SWM Rules, which have not been specifically mentioned in these bye-laws.

CHAPTER-X

MISCELLANEOUS

15. If any doubt or difficulty arises in the interpretation or implementation of these bye-laws the same shall be placed before Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department, whose decision in the matter shall be final.

16. Co-ordination with Government Bodies.—Municipal Committee, Doda shall co-ordinate with other government agencies and No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 35 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— authorities, to ensure compliance of these bye-laws within areas under the jurisdiction or control of such bodies. In case of any difficulty matter shall be placed before Chief Secretary of Government of J&K.

17. The Competent Authority may issue general or special orders from time to time for proper implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and these bye-laws.

1 8 . Right to Appeal.—Any person aggrieved or affected by Jammu and Kashmir Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2018 shall have the right to appeal before Director, Urban Local Bodies, Jammu within 30 days and in case he is not satisfied with the disposal of Director concerned, the second appellate authority shall be Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department whose decision shall be final and binding.

(19) Jurisdiction.—For filing cases against the Bye-Laws the

Jurisdiction is Jammu and Srinagar only.

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SCHEDULE-I

USER FEE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

S.No. Categories User Fee from each premises/

House/Dwelling Unit/Flat per

month (In Rupees)

Municipal Municipal

Councils Committees

3

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1. Residential dwelling unit (Covered area)

i. Up to 2000 Sq. ft. 50 50

ii. Over 2000 Sq. ft. 75 75

2. Street Vendor 50 50

3. Commercial Establishments, Shops,

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  4.    Guest  House/Dharamshalas/Hostels/
        Paying  Guest                                1000     500
  5.    Restaurant  up  to  sitting  of  50  person  1000     500
  6.    Restaurant  with  sitting  of  more
        than  50  person                             2000     1000
  7.    Hotel  (Up  to  3  star)                     1000     1000
  8.    Hotel  (above  3  star)                      5000     5000
  9.    Commercial  offices,  government  officers,
        bank,  insurance  offices,  coaching  classes,
        educational  institutes  etc.                500      100
10.     Kinder  Garten,  Cretches  etc.              --       --
11.     Clinic, dispensary, laboratories,            1000     500
12.(a) Nursing  homes  (up  to  50  beds)            1000     500
        only  non-bio  medical  waste.
12.(b) Hospitals,  Nursing  Homes                    4000     4000
        (above  50  beds)
13.     Small  and  cottage  industry,  workshop     1000     500
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
14.     Godowns,  cold  storages                     2000     1000
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
15.     Automobiles,  showrooms                      2000     1000
16.     Service  Stations, Automobile  Workshops     1000     500
17.     Marriage/Party Halls, Festivals  Halls,      2000     1000
        Party  Lawns,  exhibition  and  fairs.
18.     Clubs, cinemas halls, pubs, multiplexes      2000     1000
        and  other  such  places.
19.     Any  other  non-commercial,  commercial,     500      500
        religious or charitable institution not
        covered  in  any  of  above  categories.
20.     Dairies  &  Kennels                          1000     500

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 37 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— 21. Other places/activity As decided by As decided by not marked as above. the Cocerned the Concerned

CEO/EO Municipal CEO/EO Councils by Municipal general or Committees by special order general or special

order.

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SCHEDULE–II

FINE/PENALTY

S.No Rule/Bye- Offences Applicable to Fine for

Laws No.

every default (In Rs.)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 2 3 4 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Rule 4 (1)(a) Failure to Residential 500

of SWM segregate Marriage/Party 10,000 Rules and store Halls, Festival

waste and Halls, Party handover Lawns, segregated Exhibition and waste in accordance Clubs, Cinema 5000 with the Rule Halls, Pubs,

Community Halls, Multiplexes and other such places with area less than 5000 sq. m. Other non-residential 1000 entities with area less than 5000 sq.m.

2. Rule 4 (1) o Failure to Residential 500

(b) and (d) deal with of SWM sanitary Rules waste in 38 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941 [No. 23-2

accordance with the Rule o Failure to Non-Residential 1000 deal with

horticulture waste and garden waste in accordance with the Rule

3. Rule 4 (1) Failure to Residential 2000

(c) of SWM deal with Rules construction

and demolition Non-Residential 5000 waste in accordance with the Rule

4. Rule 4 (2) Open Violator 5000

of SWM burning of Rules solid waste

5. Rule 4 (4) Organizing Person(s), 5000

of SWM an event or who has/ve Rules gathering of organised

more than such event or one hundred gathering or, person at any on whose unlicensed behalf such place without event or following the gathering has prescribed been organized procedure and the event

manager(s), if any, who has/ve organized such event or gathering

6. Rule 4 (5) Street Violator 500

of SWM vendor Rules failing to No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 39 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— 1 2 3 4 5 ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

deal with waste in accordance with the Rule

7. Bye-Law 13 Littering Offender 500

(i) read with Rule 15 (g) of SWM Rules

8. Rule 4 (6) Failure to Resident 5000

of SWM deal with Welfare Rules waste in Association accordance with the Rule Market 10,000 Association

9. Rule 4 (7) Failure to Gated Community 10,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Institution 15,000

accordance with the Rule

10. Rule 4 (8) Failure to Hotel 20,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Restaurant 10,000

accordance with the Rule

11. Rule 17 (2) Selling or Manufacturer 50,000

of SWM marketing of and/or Brand Rules disposable Owner products without a system of collecting back the packaging waste generated due to their

production 40 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941 [No. 23-2

1 2 3 4 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12. Rule 17 (3) Failure to Manufacturer 50,000

of SWM take measure and/or Brand Rules in accordance owner and/or

with the Rule marketing

companies

13. Rule 18 of Failure to Industrial Unit 50,000

SWM Rules replace fuel requirement by refuse derived fuel

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FORM-A

APPLICATION FOR REMITTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USER CHARGES

From

……………………………………

.,…………………………………

……………………………………

To

The Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Doda.

Sir,

I/We hereby affirm to state that I/We do carry out business at (address of the applicant with the nature of business). I/We hereby agree to hand over the Municipal Solid Waste generated by me/us at my/our premises in segregated form and also agree to pay the SWM User

Charges of Rs. …………………… (in words) as fixed in the SWM

Bye-Laws.

No. 23-2] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 9th Sept., 2019/18th Bhad., 1941. 41 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––—— I/We further affirm to state that in the event I/We change the place

of business I/We would duly intimate the Commissioner, JMC in writing

before 30 days for the consequent action to be taken for cancellation of

the SWM User Charges.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature of the applicant with date)

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FORM-IV

FORMAT TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT ON

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT- 2016

[Rule 15 (Z)(a), 24(2)]

Calendar Year: Date of Submission of

report

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1

2

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1 Name of the City/Town and State

2 Population :

3 Area in Sq. Kilometers

4 Name and Address of local body

Telephone

Fax No.

E-mail:

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2

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5 Name of the officer-in-charge dealing

with Solid Waste Management

Phone No.

Fax No.

E-mail :

6 Number of households in the

city/town

Number of non-residential premises

in the city

Number of election/administrative

wads in the City/town

7 Quantity of Solid Waste

Estimated Quantity of Solid Waste

generated in the local body area

per day in metric tones

Quality of Solid Waste collected

per day

Per capita waste collected per day

Quality of solid waste processed

Quality of solid waste disposal at

dumpsite/landfill

8 Status of solid waste

management service

Segregation and storage

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1 2

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Whether SOLID WASTE is stored

at source in domestic/commercial/

institutional bins, if yes.

Percentage of Household practice

storage of waste at source in

domestic bins

Percentage of non-residential

premises practices storage of waste at source in commercial/

institutional bins

Percentage of households dispose

or throw solid waste on the streets

Percentage of non-residential premise dispose or throw solid

waste on the streets

Whether solid waste is stored at

source in segregated form, if yes.

Percentage of premises segregating the waste at source

Door to Door Collection of solid waste

Whether door to door collection

(D2D) of solid waste is being done in the city/town, if yes

Number of wards covered in D2D collection of waste

Number of household covered

Number of non-residential

premises including commercial

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2

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Percentage of residential and

non-residential premises covered in

door to door collection through:

Motorized vehicle

Contained tricycle/Handcart

Other device

If not, method of primary

collection adopted

Sweeping of streets

Length of roads, streets, lanes,

bye-lanes in the city that need

to be cleaned

Frequency of street sweeping and

percentage of population covered

Total used

Manual sweeping

Mechanical Sweeping

Whether long handle broom used

by sanitation workers

Whether each sanitation worker is

given handcart/tricycle for

collection of waste

Whether handcart/tricycle is

containerized

Whether the collection tools

synchronizes with collection/waste

storage containers utilized

Secondary Waste Storage facilities

No. and type of waste storage

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1

2

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Open waste storage sites

Masonry bins

Cement concrete cylinder bins `

Dhalao/covered rooms/space

Covered metal/plastic containers

Up to 1.1 m3 bins

2 to 5 m3 bins

Above 5 m3 containers

Bin-less city

Bin/Population ratio

Ward-wise details of waste

storage depots (attach):

Ward No. :

Area :

Population :

No. of bins placed

Total volume of bins placed

Total storage capacity of waste

storage facilities in cubic meters

Total Waste actually stored at the

waste storage depots daily

Give frequency of collection of

waste from the depots

Number of bins cleared

Whether storage depots have facility

for storage of segregated waste in

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Whether lifting of solid waste from

storage depots in manual or mechanical,

give percentage

(%) of manual lifting of solid waste

(%) of mechanical lifting

If mechanical specify the method used

Whether solid waste is lifted from door

to door and transported to treatment plant

directly in a segregated form

Waste transportation per day Type

and number of vehicles used

Animal cart

Tractors

Non-tipping Truck

Tipping Truck

Dumper Placers

Refuse Collectors

Compactors

Others

JCB/Loader

Frequency of transportation

of waste 2

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Quantity of waste transported

each day

Percentage of total waste

transported daily

Waste Treatment Technologies used

Whether solid waste is processed

If yes, Quantity of waste

processed daily

Whether treatment is done by local

body or through an agency

Land (s) available with the local

body for waste processing

Land currently utilized for

waste processing

Solid Waste processing facilities

in operation

Solid Waste processing under construction

Distance of processing facilities

from city/town boundary

Details of technologies adopted

Composting

Vermi composting

Bio-methanation

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Waste to Energy technology such as

incineration, gasification, pyrolysis or

any other technology

Co-processing

Combustible waste supplied to

Cement plant

Combustible waste supplied to

solid waste based power plants

Others

Solid waste disposal facilities

No. of dumpsite sites available

with the local body

No. of sanitary Landfill sites

available with the body

Area of each such sites available

for waste disposal

Area of land currently used

for waste disposal

Distance of dumpsites/landfill

facility from city/town

Distance from the nearest habitation

Distance from water body

Distance from state/national highway

Distance from Airport 2

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Distance from important religious

place or historical monument

Whether it falls in flood prone area

Whether it falls in earthquake

fault line area

Quantity of waste land filled each day

Whether landfill site is fenced

Whether Lighting facility is

available on site

Whether Weigh bridge facility available

Vehicle and equipments used at

landfill (specify)

Manpower deployed at landfill site

Whether covering is done on daily basis

If, not Frequency of covering the

waste deposited at the landfill

Cover material used

Whether adequate covering

material is available

Provisions for gas venting provided

Provision for Leachate Collection

Whether an Action Plan has been

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2

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10 What separate provisions are made for

Dairy related activities Slaughter house waste C&D waste (construction debris)

11 Details of post Closure plan

12 How many slums are identified and

whether these are provided with Solid Waste Management facilities

13 Give details of :

Local Body's own manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

14 Give details of :

Contractor/concessionaire's manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

15 Mention briefly the difficulties being experienced by the local body is complying with provision of these rules

16 Mention briefly if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a problem related to solid waste, which could be replicated by other local bodies

(Sd.) ...........................,

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Doda.

EXTRAORDINARY REGD. NO. JK—33 THE JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Vol. 132] Jammu, Mon., the 2nd Sept., 2019/11th Bhad., 1941. [No. 22-6 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation. ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR GOVERNMENT MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE KALAKOTE

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BYE-LAWS, 2019

Notification

Kalakote, the 2nd September, 2019.

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (9) of rule 3 read with clauses (e), (f), (zf) and (zg) of rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016, the Authority hereby make the following bye- laws ; namely :—

CHAPTER I

1. Short Title and Commencement.—(1) These bye-laws shall be called the Municipal Committee, Kalakote Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

J&K Government Gazette.

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2. Extent of Application.—These bye-laws shall be applicable

within the territorial limits of Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

3. Definitions.—(1) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise

requires,—

(1) "Agency" means Municipal Committee, Kalakote ;

(2) "Aerobic composting" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen ;

(3) ''Anaerobic digestion'' means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the absence of oxygen ;

(4) ''Authorization'' means the permission given by the State Pollution Control Board, to the operator of a facility or Urban Local authority, or any other agency responsible for processing and disposal of Solid waste ;

(5) ''Biodegradable waste'' means any organic material that can be degraded by micro-organism into simpler stable compounds ;

(6) ''Bio-methanation'' means a process which entails enzymatic decomposition of the organic matter by microbial action to produce methane rich biogas ;

(7) ''Brand owner'' means a person or company who sells

any commodity under a registered brand label ;

(8) ''Bulk Garden and Parks & Horticultural Waste'' means bulk waste from parks, gardens etc. including grass clippings, weeds, woody 'brown' carbon-rich material such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves, tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(9) ''Bulk Waste Generator'' means bulk waste generator defined under Rule 3(1)(8) of the Solid Waste Management No. 22-6] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 2nd Sept., 2019/11th Bhad., 1941. 3 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as 'SWM Rules') and any other waste generator including buildings occupied by the Central Government departments or undertakings, State Government departments or undertaking, Local bodies, public sector undertakings or private companies, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, colleges, universities, other educational institutions, hostels, hotels, commercial establishments, markets, places of worship, stadia and sport complexes having an average waste generation rate exceeding 100 Kg. per day ;

(10) ''C&D waste (Construction and Demolition waste)'' means Construction and Demolition Waste (Debris) that are non-hazardous in nature generated out of building materials, debris and rubble in the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(11) ''Clean Area'' means the public place in front of and all around or adjacent to any premises extending to the kerb side and including the drain, foot path and kerb cleaned and so maintained in accordance with these bye-laws ;

(12) ''Cleanliness Fee'' means an amount of fees collected by the managers/Organizers for cleaning the site by the Agency ;

(13) ''Collection'' means lifting and removal of solid waste from source of waste generation, collection points or any other location ;

(14) "Collection Counter" means where the user charges shall be remitted which will be available at all Zonal Officers and headquarters.

(15) ''Combustible waste'' means non-biodegradable, non- recyclable, non-reusable, non-hazardous solid waste having minimum calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg and excluding chlorinated materials like plastic, wood pulp, etc.;

(16) ''Community waste storage bin'' means any storage facility setup and maintained by the Municipal Committee, 4 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 2nd Sept., 2019/11th Bhad., 1941 [No. 22-6

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Kalakote, in the State collectively by owners and or/occupiers of one or more premises for storage of Municipal Solid Waste in a segregated manner in the road side/premises of anyone of such owners/occupiers or in their common premises ;

(17) ''Composting'' means a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter ;

(18) ''Co-processing'' means use of non-biodegradable and non- recyclable solid waste having calorific value exceeding 1500k/ cal as raw material or as a source of energy or both to replace or supplement the natural mineral resources and fossil fuels in industrial processes ;

(19) ''Containerised Hand Cart'' means the hand cart provided by the Municipal Council Ramnagar, or the agency/agent appointed by it for point-to-point collection of solid waste ;

(20) ''Decentralized processing'' means establishment of dispersed facilities for maximizing the processing of biodegradable waste and recovery of recyclables closest to the source of generation so as to minimize transportation of waste for processing or disposal ;

(21) ''Delivery'' means handing over any category of solid waste to worker of Municipal Committee, Kalakote or any other person appointed, authorised or licensed by Municipal Municipal Committee, Kalakote for taking delivery of such waste or depositing it in any vehicle provided by Municipal

Committee, Kalakote, or by any other authorised agency or licensed by Municipal Committee, Kalakote, to do so ;

(22) ''Disposal'' means the final and safe disposal of post processed residual solid waste and inert street sweepings and silt from surface drains on land to prevent contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction of animals or birds ;

(23) ''Domestic hazardous waste'' means discarded paint drums, pesticide cans, CFL bulbs, tube lights, expired No. 22-6] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 2nd Sept., 2019/11th Bhad., 1941. 5 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

medicines, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, used needles and syringes and contaminated gauge, etc., generated at the household level ;

(24) ''Door to door collection'' means collection of solid waste from the door step of households, shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutional or any other non-residential premises and includes collection of such waste from entry gate or a designated location on the ground floor in a housing society, multistoried building or apartments, large residential, commercial or institutional complex or premises ;

(25) ''Dry waste'' means waste other than bio-degradable waste and inert street sweepings and includes recyclable and non recyclable waste, combustible waste and sanitary napkin and diapers, etc. ;

(26) ''Dump sites'' means a land utilized by local body for disposal of solid waste without following the principles of sanitary land filling ;

(27) ''Event'' means any gatherings for the purpose of functions, celebrations, meetings, rallies, processions, open air theatre activities, cinema shootings in public places.

(28) ''Extended producer responsibility'' (EPR) means responsibility of any producer of packaging products such as plastic, tin, glass, wrappers and corrugated boxes, etc., for environmentally sound management, till end-of-life of the packaging products ;

(29) ''E-waste'' shall have the same meaning as defined under

Rule 3(l) (r) of the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.

(30) ''Facility'' means any establishment wherein the solid waste management processes namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection, recycling, processing, treatment or safe disposal are carried out ;

(31) ''Familiarization/warning period'' means that specific period, during which there is a relaxation in the fines for contravention of these bye-laws ;

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(32) ''Fine'' means penalty imposed on waste generators or

operators of waste processing and disposal facilities under

the bye-laws for non- compliance of the directions contained

in rules and/or these bye- laws ;

(33) ''Fixed Compactor Transfer Station (FCTS)'' means a

powered machine which is designed to compact segregated

solid waste and remains stationary when in operation. The

compacts or may also be mobile when in operation, which

may be called Mobile Transfer Station (MTS).

(34) ''Handling'' includes all activities relating to sorting,

segregation, material recovery, collection, secondary storage,

shredding, baling, crushing, loading, unloading, transportation,

processing and disposal of solid wastes ;

(35) ''Hazardous waste'' means any waste which by reason of

any of its physical, chemical, reactive, toxic, causing danger

or is likely to cause danger to health or environment, whether

alone or when in contact with other wastes or substances

and all other hazardous wastes as defined in the Hazardous

Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 as amended

to date and the Hazardous and other waste (Management

and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

(36) ''Horticulture, Parks and Garden Waste'' means waste

from parks, gardens traffic island etc. These include grass

clipping, annual weeds woody 'brown' carbon-rich material

such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves,

tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the

daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(37) ''House-gully'' means a passage or strip of land,

constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving

as or carrying a drain or affording access to the latrine,

urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filling of other polluted

matter by persons employed in the clearing thereof or in the

removal of such matter therefrom.

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(38) ''Incineration'' means an engineered process involving burning or combustion of solid waste to thermally degraded waste materials at high temperatures ;

(39) ''Inerts'' means wastes which are not bio-degradable, recyclable or combustible street sweeping or dust and silt removed from the surface drains ;

(40) ''Informal waste collector'' includes individuals, associations or waste traders who are involved in sorting, sale and purchase of recyclable materials ;

(41) ''Leachate'' means the liquid that seeps through solid waste or other medium and has extracts of dissolved or suspended material from it ;

(42) ''Litter'' means all refuse and includes any other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited under these Bye-Laws, tends to create uncleanliness or a danger or nuisance to public health, safety or welfare.

(43) ''Littering'' means putting litter in such a location that it falls, descends, blows, is washed, percolates or otherwise escapes or is likely to fall, descend blow, be washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place, or causing, permitting or allowing litter to fall, descend, blow, washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place.

(44) ''Local body'' for the purpose of these bye-laws means JMC/SMC and other Local Bodies including, Municipal Councils, Municipal Committees, Town Area Committees, in the State.

(45) ''Materials Recovery facility'' (MRF) means a facility where non-compostable solid waste can be temporarily stored by the local body or any other entity or any person or agency authorised by any of them to facilitate segregation, sorting and recovery of recyclables from various components of waste by authorised informal sector of waste pickers, informal recyclers or any other work force engaged by the 8 The J&K Govt. Gazette, 2nd Sept., 2019/11th Bhad., 1941 [No. 22-6

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local body or entity for the purpose before the waste is

delivered or taken up for its processing or disposal ;

(46) ''Neighbourhood'' means a clearly defined locality, with reference to its physical layout, character or inhabitants ;

(47) ''New construction'' means all buildings under construction

within the limits of the Municipal Committee, Kalakote ;

(48) ''Non-biodegradable waste'' means any waste that cannot

be degraded by microorganisms into simpler stable compounds ;

(49) ''Nuisance'' includes any act, omission, place or thing which comes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smelling or hearing or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or

property ;

(50) ''Nuisance Detectors'' (NOs) means those employees of the Municipal Committee, Kalakote who are appointed to detect the acts of Public nuisance, etc. ;

(51) ''Occupier/occupant'' includes any person who for the

time being is in occupation of, or otherwise using, any land or building or part thereof, for any purpose whatsoever ;

(52) ''Operator of a facility'' means a person or entity, who owns or operates a facility for handling solid waste which includes the Municipal Committee, Kalakote and any other entity or agency appointed by the Municipal Committee,

Kalakote ;

(53) ''Owner'' means any person who exercises the rights of an owner of any building, or land or part thereof ;

(54) ''Pelletisation'' means a process whereby pellets are prepared which are small cubes or cylindrical pieces made

out of solid waste and includes, fuel pellets which are also

referred as refuse derived fuel ;

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(55) ''Primary collection'' means collecting, lifting and removal of segregated solid waste from source of its generation including households, shops, offices and any other non- residential premises or from any collection points or any other location specified by the Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(56) ''Processing'' means any scientific process by which segregated solid waste is handled for the purpose of reuse, recycling or transformation into new products ;

(57) ''Public place'' includes any road, arch road, viaduct, lane, footway, alley or passage, highway, causeway, bridge, square alley or passage whether a thoroughfare or not over which the public have a right of passage, and such places to which the public has access such as parks, gardens, recreation grounds, playgrounds, beaches, water bodies, water courses, public plazas and promenades, government and municipal buildings, public hospitals, markets, slaughter houses, courts, etc. ;

(58) ''Prescribed'' means prescribed by SWM Rules and/or

these bye-laws ;

(59) ''Receptacle'' means any storage container, including bins and bags, used for the storage of any category of MSW ;

(60) ''Recycling'' means the process of transforming segregated non-biodegradable solid waste into new material or product or as raw material for producing new products which mayor may not be similar to the original products ;

(61) ''Recyclable Waste'' means the waste that is commonly found in the MSW. It is also called as "Dry Waste". These include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, electronics goods, etc.

(62) ''Redevelopment'' means rebuilding of old residential or commercial buildings at the same site, where the existing buildings and other infrastructures have become

dilapidated ;

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(63) ''Refuse'' means any waste matter generated out of different activities, processes, either Bio-degradable/Non- biodegradable/recyclable in nature in either solid or semi- solid form which cannot be consumed, used or processed by

the generator in its existing form.

(64) ''Refuse Derived Fuel'' (RDF) means fuel derived from combustible waste fraction of solid waste like plastic, wood, pulp or organic waste, other than chlorinated materials, in the form of pellets or fluff produced by drying, shredding, dehydrating and compacting of solid waste ;

(65) ''Residual solid waste'' means and includes the waste and rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable for recycling or further processing ;

(66) ''Rule'' means Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ;

(67) ''Sanitation'' means the promotion of hygiene and the prevention of disease and other consequences of ill health

relating to environmental factors ;

(68) ''Sanitary Landfill Facility'' means a waste disposal site for the deposit of residual solid waste in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and air fugitive dust, wind-blown litter, bad

odour, fire hazard, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, slope instability and erosion ;

(69) ''Sanitary land filling'' means the final and safe disposal of residual solid waste and inert wastes on land in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and fugitive air dust, wind-blown litter,

bad odour, fire hazard, animal menace, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent organic pollutants slope instability and erosion ;

(70) ''Sanitary waste'' means wastes comprising of used diapers, sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and any other similar waste ;

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(71) ''Sanitary worker'' means a person employed by the municipal corporation for collecting or removing MSW or cleansing the drains in the municipal/corporation areas ;

(72) ''Schedule'' means the Schedule appended to these rules ;

(73) ''Storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste in a manner so as to prevent littering, attraction to vectors, stray animals and excessive foul odour ;

(74) ''Secondary storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste after collection at secondary waste storage depots or MRFs or bins for onward transportation of the waste to the processing or disposal facility ;

(75) ''Segregation'' means sorting and separate storage of various components of solid waste namely biodegradable wastes including agriculture and dairy waste, non biodegradable wastes including recyclable waste, non- recyclable combustible waste, sanitary waste and non recyclable inert waste, domestic hazardous wastes, and construction and demolition wastes ;

(76) ''Service provider'' means an authority providing public utility services like water, sewerage, electricity, telephone, roads, drainage, etc. ;

(77) ''Solid waste'' means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non-residential wastes, street sweepings, silt removed or collected from the surface drains, horticulture waste, agriculture and dairy waste, treated bio-medical waste, Hazardous waste excluding industrial waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, battery waste, radio-active waste generated in the area under the local authorities and other entities ;

(78) ''Sorting'' means separating various components and categories of recyclables such as paper, plastic, cardboards, metal, glass, etc., from mixed waste as may be appropriate to facilitate recycling ;

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(79) ''Source'' means the premises in which the waste is generated or a community storage centre used by owners/ occupiers of one or more premises for segregated storage of MSW ;

(80) ''Spittoon'' means a metal or earthenware pot typically

having a funnel-shaped top, used for spitting into.

(81) ''Stabilising'' means the biological decomposition of biodegradable wastes to a stable state where it generates no leachate or offensive odours and is fit for application to farm land, soil erosion control and soil remediation ;

(82) ''Stabilised biodegradable waste'' means the biologically stabilized (free of pathogens) waste resulting from the mechanical/biological treatment of bio degradable waste ; only when stabilised can such waste be used with no further restrictions ;

(83) ''Street vendor'' means any person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words ''street vending'' with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly ;

(84) ''Tipping fee'' means a fee or support price determined by the local authorities or any state agency authorised by the State government to be paid to the concessionaire or operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid waste at the landfill ;

(85) ''Transportation'' means conveyance of solid waste, either treated, partly treated or untreated from a location to another location in an environmentally sound manner through specially designed and covered transport system so as to prevent the foul odour, littering and unsightly conditions ;

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(86) ''Transfer station'' means a facility created to receive

solid waste from collection areas and transport in bulk in

covered vehicles or containers to waste processing and, or,

disposal facilities ;

(87) ''Treatment'' means the method, technique or process

designed to modify physical, chemical or biological

characteristics or composition of any waste so as to reduce

its volume and potential to cause harm ;

(88) ''User fee/Charges'' means fees or charges imposed by

Municipal Committee, Kalakote through general or special

order of the Competent Authority from time-to-time, on the

waste generator to cover full or part cost of providing solid

waste collection, transportation, processing and disposal

services ;

(89) ''Vacant Plot'' means any Land or open space

belonging to a private party/person that is not occupied by

them/him ;

(90) ''Vermi composting'' means the process of conversion of

bio-degradable waste into compost using earth worms ;

(91) ''Waste hierarchy'' means the priority order in which the

solid waste is to be managed by giving emphasis to

prevention, reduction reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal,

with prevention being the most preferred option and the

disposal at the landfill being the least ;

(92) ''Waste generator'' means and includes every person or

group of persons, every residential premises and non-

residential establishments including Indian Railways, defence

establishments, which generate solid waste or other

institutions i. e. Hotels, restaurants, malls, private/government

business/ industrial establishments falling within the limits of

Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

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(93) ''Waste picker'' means a person or groups of persons

informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation, streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood.

CHAPTER II

SEGREGATION AND PRIMARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

4. Segregation and storage of solid waste at source.—(1)

It shall be necessary for all waste generators to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places regularly into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste; and deposit it into covered waste bins, and handover segregated waste to designated waste collectors as per the direction of Municipal Committee, Kalakote, from time to time.

(2) Every bulk waste generator is to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) hazardous waste in suitable bins ; and handover segregated waste to authorised waste processing or disposal facilities or deposition centres through the authorised waste collection agency with paying the carrying charges specified by Municipal Committee, Kalakote from time to time.

(3) The colour of bins for storage of segregated waste shall be green- for biodegradable waste or wet waste blue - for non- biodegradable or dry waste and black- for domestic hazardous waste.

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(4) All resident welfare and market associations shall ensure

segregation of waste at source by the generators, facilitate collection of

segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material to

either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised recyclers. The bio-

degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed of through

composting or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The

residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed

by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(5) All gated communities and institutions with more than 5,000

sq. m. area shall ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators,

facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover

recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised

recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and

disposed off through composting or bio- methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(6) All hotels and restaurants shall ensure segregation of waste

at source, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams,

handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the

authorised recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated

and disposed of through composting or bio-methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(7) No person shall organize an event or gathering of more

than one hundred persons at any unlicensed place without intimating

Municipal Committee, Kalakote along with payment of user fee as

prescribed in the schedule, at least three working days in advance and the

person or the organizer of such event shall ensure segregation of waste

at source and handing over of segregated waste to waste collector or

agency as specified by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(8) Used sanitary waste are to be securely wrapped as and

when generated in the pouches provided by the manufacturers or brand

owners of these products or in a news paper or suitable biodegradable

wrapping material and place the same in the bin meant for non-

biodegradable waste or dry waste.

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(9) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for storage of segregate waste generated during the course of his activity such as food waste, disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells, leftover food, vegetables, fruits, etc., and shall deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container or vehicle as notified by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(10) Waste generator of garden and horticulture waste generated from his premises shall store such waste separately in his own premises and dispose of the same as per the directions of Municipal Committee, Kalakote from time to time.

(11) Domestic Hazardous Waste shall be stored and delivered by every waste generator to the collection vehicle which shall be provided weekly/periodically by Municipal Committee, Kalakote or any other Agency authorised by it for collection of such waste, or to a centre designed for collection of such waste for disposal in a manner that is mandated by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir or State Pollution Control Board.

(12) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be stored and delivered separately as per the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(13) No untreated bio-medical waste, e-waste, hazardous chemicals and industrial waste shall be mixed with solid waste. Such waste shall be disposed off in accordance with the respective rules framed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(14) Every owner/occupier of any premises other than designated slaughter houses and markets, who generates poultry, fish and slaughter waste as a result of any commercial activity, shall store the same separately in closed, hygienic condition and deliver it at a specified time, on a daily basis to the Municipal Committee, Kalakote collection vehicle provided for this purpose. Depositing of such waste in any community waste bin is strictly prohibited.

(15) Segregated bio-degradable solid waste if not composted by the generators, shall be stored by them within their premises and its delivery shall be ensured to the municipal worker/vehicle/waste picker/ waste collector or to the bio-degradable waste collection vehicle provided

for specified commercial generators of bulk bio-degradable waste at such times as may be notified from time to time.

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CHAPTER III

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

5. Collection of Solid Waste.—(1) In compliance with SWM

Rules, 2016, door to door collection of segregated solid waste shall be

implemented in all areas or Wards of Municipal Committee, Kalakote, to

collect garbage from every house, including slums and informal settlements

on a daily basis by integrating the informal door to door collection system

with Municipal Committee, Kalakote collection system.

(2) In order to collect garbage from every house, area-wise

specific time slot shall be set and published at conspicuous parts of that

area and on the website of Municipal Committee, Kalakote : Commonly,

time for house to house garbage collection shall be set from 5.30 A. M.

to 10.30 A. M. for summer and for winter 7:00 A. M. to 11:00 A. M. For

collection of garbage from trading establishments, shops in commercial

areas or any other institutional waste generators, commonly the time shall

be from 7.30 A. M. to 11.00 A. M. However, sweeping can be undertaken

twice daily, if required at public and commercial places. The timing for

collection of garbage from the trading establishments, shops in commercial

areas or any other institutional waste generators shall be decided by the

Municipal Committee, Kalakote accordingly.

(3) Arrangements shall be made for collection of residual solid

waste from bulk waste generators, which are processing waste in-situ.

(4) Residual solid waste from vegetable, fruit, flower, meat,

poultry and fish market shall be collected on day to day basis.

(5) Horticulture and garden waste shall be separately collected

and disposed off. One or two days in a week shall be specified for this

purpose.

(6) To make optimum use of bio-degradable waste from fruits

and vegetable markets, meat and fish markets, bulk horticulture and garden

waste and to minimize the cost of collection and transportation, such

waste shall be processed or treated within the area where waste is

generated.

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(7) Manual handling of waste in the containers shall be

prohibited. If unavoidable due to constraints, manual handling shall be

carried out under proper protection with due care for safety of workers.

(8) Waste generators shall be responsible to deposit their

segregated waste in the Auto-Tipper/Rickshaws etc. deployed by Municipal

Committee, Kalakote. Segregated waste from multistoried buildings,

apartments, housing complexes may be collected from the entry gate or

any other designated location.

(9) Changing needs and advances in technology shall be taken

into consideration for selection of collection equipment and vehicles. Auto-

Tippers or vehicles of specific capacity with hydraulically operated hopper

covering mechanism from top having two compartments for carrying

biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste separately with a hooter shall

be deployed for collection of waste.

(10) Automatic voice recorded device, bell or horn having sound

not more than the permissible noise level shall be installed on every

garbage collection vehicle used by waste collectors.

(11) Route plans for each primary collection and transportation

vehicle shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Kalakote or by the

notified authorised waste collector. These plans in tabular as well as GIS

map form, duly approved by Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall mention

starting point, start time, waiting points, waiting time on route, end point

and end time of the specified route. Municipal Committee, Kalakote or

the notified authorised waste collector shall provide a 'Board' at each

street to display time-table of primary collection and transportation vehicles

to allow residents avail the facility at prescribed time. Such information

shall also be uploaded on the website of Municipal Committee, Kalakote

and published in the local leading newspaper periodically for the information

of General Public.

(12) In narrow streets that cannot be serviced by auto tipper or

the vehicle, a 3-Wheeler or smaller motorized vehicle with hydraulically

operated hopper covering mechanism from top having two compartments

for carrying wet and dry waste separately with a hooter, compatible with

mobile transfer station shall be deployed.

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(13) In congested and narrower streets that cannot even be

serviced by 3-Wheeler or smaller vehicle, cycle rickshaws or any other

type of suitable equipment shall be deployed.

(14) Smaller, narrow and congested streets/lanes where even a

3-wheeler/ rickshaw etc. cannot operate, vantage points shall be designated

at the start of the locality/street where the collection vehicle shall be

parked and the helper/driver of vehicle shall carry a whistle and walk in

the locality to announce arrival of vehicle for collecting solid waste. Time

table for such collection system shall be displayed at the notice board and

uploaded on the website of Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(15) Auto tippers, 3-wheelers, rickshaws and any other type of

collection vehicles engaged in this service shall collect waste only from

households and not from any other source viz. dhalaos, open sites, ground,

bins and drains etc.

(16) Municipal Committee, Kalakote or its notified authorised

waste collectors shall be responsible to cover all the streets/lanes of each

zone for the primary collection.

CHAPTER IV

SECONDARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

6. Storage of solid waste in the secondary storage points.—

(1) Segregated solid waste collected from doorsteps shall be taken to

waste storage depots, community storage bins or fixed or mobile transfer

stations or the locations specified by Municipal Committee, Kalakote for

secondary storage of waste.

(2) Such secondary storage points shall have covered containers

(of specified colour) for separate storage of :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste ;

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(3) Different containers shall be used in the areas demarcated

by Municipal Committee, Kalakote to keep segregated waste in the

following manner :—

(a) green- for biodegradable waste ;

(b) blue - for non-biodegradable ;

(c) black - for domestic hazardous waste ;

Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall separately notify, from

time to time, mandatory colour coding and other specifications

of receptacles prescribed for storage and delivery of different

types of solid waste to enable safe and easy collection

without any mixing or spillage of waste, which generators of

different types of solid waste shall have to adhere to.

(4) Municipal Committee, Kalakote on its own or through

outsourcing agencies shall maintain the storage facilities for solid waste

in a manner that does not create unhygienic and unsanitary conditions

around it.

(5) Containers of various sizes in the secondary storage depots

shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Kalakote or any assigned

agencies in different colours as mentioned in these bye-laws.

(6) Storage facilities shall be created and established by taking

into account quantities of waste generation in a given area and the density

of population.

(7) Storage facilities shall be user friendly and shall be so

designed that it ensures compaction of waste and that the waste stored

is not exposed to open atmosphere.

(8) All the housing cooperative societies, associations, residential

and commercial establishments and gated communities etc. shall have the

responsibility to put coloured bins as prescribed by these bye-laws and to

keep adequate number of containers in appropriate places in their own

complexes, so that the daily waste generated there can be properly

deposited.

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(9) Municipal Committee, Kalakote or its specified agency shall

carry out washing and disinfection of all the bins on a weekly basis.

(10) Recycling Centers for Dry Waste (Non-Biodegradable

Waste)—

(a) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall convert its existing

Dhalaos or identify specific location as per requirement, as

'Recycling Centers' which shall be used for segregation of

dry waste received through street/door to door waste

collection service. Recycling centers may be increased

depending on the quantity of dry waste received.

(b) Dry (non-biodegradable) waste from street/door-to-door

collection system and from commercial establishments shall

be transferred only to these designated 'recycling centers'.

These designated centers shall receive only dry waste.

(c) There shall also be a provision for the households to directly

deposit or sell their recyclable dry waste to the authorised

agents and/or authorised waste dealers of Municipal

Committee, Kalakote at these recycling centers at pre-notified

rates. A weighing scale and a counter shall be provided at

each recycling unit for this purpose. The authorised agents

and/or authorised waste dealers shall be allowed to dispose

off or sell the recyclable waste to the secondary market or

recycling units only in consonance with the provisions of

SWM Rules, 2016. The authorised agents and/or authorised

waste dealers will be entitled to retain sales realization thereof.

(11) Deposition Centre for specified Domestic Hazardous

Waste—

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specified domestic hazardous waste. Such facility shall be

set in each ward in a manner as per guidelines prescribed

and notify the timing of receiving of such waste.

(b) Municipal Committee, Kalakote may also give the

responsibility to its agency or concessionaire to collect

domestic hazardous waste from all waste generators in

segregated manner.

(c) Such waste shall be transported separately to the hazardous

waste disposal facility set up by the Government.

CHAPTER V

TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE

7. Transportation of solid waste.—(1) Vehicles used for

transportation of waste shall be covered in such manner that the collected

waste is not exposed to open environment. The vehicles may also include

compactors and mobile transfer stations depending upon choice of

technology by Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(2) The storage facilities set up by Municipal Committee,

Kalakote shall be attended daily for clearing waste. The areas around the

place where the bins or containers are kept shall also be cleaned.

(3) Collected segregated bio-degradable waste from residential

and other areas shall be transferred to the processing plants like compost

plants, bio-methanation plants or any such other facilities in a covered

manner.

(4) Wherever applicable, for bio-degradable waste, preference

shall be given for on-site processing of such waste.

(5) Collected non-bio-degradable waste shall be transported to

the respective processing facilities or secondary storage facilities.

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(6) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be transported as

per the provisions of the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(7) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall make arrangements for transportation of inerts in a proper manner. The street sweeping waste and removable drain silt shall be removed immediately after the

work is over.

(8) Transportation vehicles shall be so designed that multiple handling

of waste, prior to final disposal, is avoided.

(9) The collection vehicles engaged for the purpose shall deposit/

transfer waste only at the MTS (Mobile Transfer Station) or FCTS (Fixed

compactor Transfer Stations) wherever provided.

(10) In case MTS/FCTS is not stationed at the designated location

at that point of time for any reason, then the 'loaded vehicle' shall go to

the next designated location of the MTS or FCTS or the site specified by

Municipal Committee, Kalakote to unload the waste.

(11) Fixed compactor transfer station shall be transported through

hook loader.

(12) MTS or FCTS shall transport the waste directly to compost

plant, waste to energy plant or any other site/plant designated by Municipal

Committee, Kalakote.

(13) There should be no inter-mixing of waste from various

sources during the transportation of waste.

(14) The services of street level collection and transportation of

waste shall be provided every day including holidays.

(15) MTS engaged in this service shall receive waste only from

designated auto tippers, 3-wheelers or vehicle/bins collecting waste from

street level operations.

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in street-level and door-to-door collection of solid waste from households

and commercial establishments as per the approved route plans.

(17) Design of MTS and FCTS shall allow unloading of waste

from primary collection vehicles by consuming minimum time and without

littering waste.

(18) Garbage spilled near MTS and FCTS, while transferring the

solid waste, should be cleaned so that no spillage is left. Disinfectant

should be used after cleaning process at that location.

(19) Municipal Committee, Kalakote or its specified agency shall

install CCTV cameras at all secondary storage facilities.

CHAPTER VI

PROCESSING OF SOLID WASTE

8. Processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal Committee,

Kalakote shall facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of solid

waste processing facilities and associated infrastructure on their own or

through any agency for optimum utilisation of various components of solid

waste adopting suitable technology including the following technologies

and adhering to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Urban Development

from time to time and standards prescribed by the Central Pollution

Control Board :—

(a) to minimise transportation cost and environmental impacts,

preference shall be given to decentralised processing such

as bio-methanation, microbial composting, vermi-composting,

anaerobic digestion or any other appropriate processing for

bio-stabilisation of biodegradable waste ;

(b) through medium/large composting bio-methanation plants at

centralised locations ;

(c) through waste to energy processes by refuse derived fuel

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(d) through construction and demolition waste management

plants.

(2) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall endeavour to create a

market for consumption of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel). The cement factories are liable to take RDF from municipal dumping sites who have to use RDF to the order of 5% of the total fuel burnt by them in their kilns.

(3) In waste to energy plant by direct incineration, absolute

segregation shall be mandatory and be part of the terms and conditions

of the relevant contracts.

(4) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall ensure that recyclables

such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile etc. go to authorised recyclers.

9. Other guidelines for processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal

Committee, Kalakote shall enforce processing of bio-degradable waste on

site of generation of such waste through composting or bio-methanation,

as far as possible, at RWAs (Resident Welfare Associations), group housing

societies, markets, gated communities and institutions with more than

5000 sq. m. areas, all hotels and restaurants, banquet halls and places of

such nature. Preference shall be given for on site processing of

biodegradable waste generated by other waste generators as well.

(2) Bulk generators who fail to install waste processing units within

their premises shall be liable for fine to install such processing units with

time line envisaged in the notices. If they perpetually fail to establish

waste disposal system within six months after first notice issued to them,

the Municipal Committee, Kalakote are empowered to seal such erring

bulk waste generating business establishments.

(3) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall enforce that markets dealing

with vegetables, fruits, flowers, meat, poultry and fish waste while

processing bio-degradable waste ensure hygienic conditions.

(4) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall enforce processing of

horticulture, parks and garden waste separately in the parks and gardens

by the generators.

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(5) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall involve communities in

waste management and promote home composting, bio gas generation,

decentralized processing of waste at community level, subject to control

of odour and maintenance of hygienic conditions around the facility.

(6) The waste generator has to pay user charges/sanitation fee to

the local bodies inspite of the fact if they process their waste at their

institutional level.

CHAPTER VII

DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

10. Disposal of Solid waste.—Municipal Committee, Kalakote

shall undertake on its own or through any other agency, the construction,

operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill and associated infrastructure

for disposal of residual waste and inert street sweepings and silt from

surface drains in a manner prescribed under SWM Rules and any other

obligation imposed by any other law for the time being in force.

CHAPTER VIII

USER FEE AND LEVYING OF SPOT FINE/PENALTY

11. User fee for collection, transportation, disposal of solid

waste.—(1) User fee shall be fixed for providing services for garbage

collection, transportation and disposal from waste generators by Municipal

Committee, Kalakote. The rates of user fee are specified in Schedule-I.

(2) The user fee so fixed shall be collected from waste

generators by Municipal Committee, Kalakote or the authorised agency

or person as may be authorised by Director of Urban Local Bodies,

Jammu in this behalf.

(3) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall prepare the database

of all the waste generators for the purpose of levying user fee, and evolve

appropriate mechanism for billing/collection/recovery of user charges, within

three months from the date of notification of these bye-laws. The database

shall be updated regularly.

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(4) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall adopt different methods

for collection of user fee including online payment.

(5) Special days in a month, preferably in first week of each

month, shall be fixed for collection of user fee.

(6) There shall also be a system of yearly or half yearly payment.

If the user fee is paid in advance for the entire year, then amount for ten

months will be charged instead of twelve months. Similarly, for six months

advance payment, five and half months demand amount will be charged

instead of six months.

(7) The user fee mentioned in Schedule-I shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from 1st

January of the year.

(8) The user fee shall be collected only by the institution/person

authorised by the competent authority by a general or special order in this

behalf.

(9) In case of default of payment of user fee/fine, the competent

authority may recover the same from the defaulter as an arrear of land

revenue as per the provision of Land Revenue Act, 1996. However,

Municipal Corporation, Jammu/Srinagar shall be allowed to effect the

recovery under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Municipal

Corporation Act, 2000.

12. Fine/Penalty for contravention of SWM Rules.—(1)

Whosoever contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of

SWM Rules or these bye-laws shall be imposed with fine as mentioned

in Schedule-II appended to these bye-laws.

(2) In case of repeated contravention or non-compliance as

mentioned in clause (a) above, fine amount for every such default shall

be levied per day or month, as the case may be.

(3) The Commissioners shall designate officers for levying fine

or penalty by a general or special order in this behalf. The fine/penalty

amount is specified in Schedule-II.

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(4) The fine or penalty mentioned in Schedule-II shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from

1st January of the year.

(5) The fine shall be levied and collected on the spot by the designated

officers. In case of non-payment of fine at the spot, the procedure for

prosecution prescribed under provisions of the Environment (Protection)

Act, 1986 shall follow.

(6) In realization of fines imposed on defaulters, the J&K State

Pollution Control Board shall not renew the licenses of hotels and other

business units unless an NOC is not procured by the business unit/s from

the concerned Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(7) Fine shall be imposed on the hospitals and allied concerns if

they are found mixing bio-medical wastes with municipal solid waste.

(h) Charges for the material recovery by rag pickers or waste

dealers to be decided by the concerned Local Bodies.

(8) Concession to bulk purchasers of compost/plastic/tin and

recyclables on the price of by product, if any, as a result of processing

of Solid Waste shall be decided by the Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

(j) The cement manufacturing units shall be responsible to lift the

RDF from municipal dumping sites and their license renewals be

linked with Municipal Committee, Kalakote NOC's.

(9) Tippers ferrying building material and causing avoidable waste

on the streets shall be liable for fine to be decided by the Municipal

Committee, Kalakote but not less than Rupees Five Hundred (500/-) per

default.

13. Responsibilities of Waste Generators.—(1) Prohibition of

littering—

(a) Littering in any public place : No person shall litter in any

public place except in authorised public or private litter

receptacles. No person shall repair vehicles, wash/clean

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any public place except in such public facilities or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes.

(b) Littering ·on any property : No person shall litter on any open or vacant property except in authorised private or public receptacles.

(c) Litter-throwing from vehicles : No person, whether a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall litter upon any street, road, sidewalk, playground, garden, traffic island or other public place. No vehicle shall be washed on roads, river banks, near public parks, water bodies.

(d) Litter from goods vehicles : No person shall drive or move any truck or other goods vehicle unless such vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown off or deposited upon any road, sidewalks, traffic island, playground, garden or other public place.

(e) Litter by owned/pet animals : It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal including dog, cat etc. to promptly scoop/clean up any litter created by such pet on the street or any public place and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste preferably by their own sewage system.

(f) Disposal of waste in drain etc. No person shall litter in any

drain/river/open pond/water bodies.

(2) Burning of waste : Disposal by burning of any type of solid waste at public places or at any private or public property is strictly prohibited.

(3) "Clean Area" : Every person shall endeavour that any public place in front of or adjacent to any premises owned or occupied by him including the footpath and open drain/gutter and kerb is free of any waste, either in solid or liquid form.

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rallies, commercial, religious, socio-cultural events, protests and

demonstrations, etc.) where the permission from the Police Department

and/or from the Municipal Committee, Kalakote is required, it will be the

responsibility of the organiser of the event or gathering to ensure the

cleanliness of that area as well as all appurtenant areas.

(5) Refundable Cleanliness Deposit, as may be notified by the

Municipal Committee, Kalakote, will be taken from the organiser, by the

concerned zonal office for the duration of the event. This deposit will be

refunded on the completion of the event after it is noted that the said

public place has been restored back to a clean state, and any waste

generated as a result of the event has been collected and transported to

designated sites. This deposit will be only for the cleanliness of the public

place and does not cover any damage to property. In case the organisers

of the event wish to avail of the services of the Municipal Committee,

Kalakote for the cleaning, collection and transport of waste generated as

a result of that event, they must apply to the Chief Executive Officer/

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Kalakote for availing the services

and pay the necessary charges as may be fixed by the Competent Authority

for this purpose.

(6) Dumping of solid waste on vacant plot and depositing

construction and demolition waste at non-designated locations shall be

dealt with by the Municipal Committee, Kalakote in the following

manner :—

(a) The Municipal Committee, Kalakote may serve a notice on

the owner/occupier of any premises, requiring such owner/

occupier to clear any waste on such premises in a manner

and within a time specified in such notice.

(b) If the person on whom the notice has been served fails to

comply with the requirements imposed by the notice, such

person shall be liable to pay penalties as prescribed from

time to time.

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(c) If the person on whom the notice is served fails to comply with any requirements imposed by such notice, the Municipal Committee, Kalakote may—

(i) Enter on the premises and clear the waste ; and

(ii) Recover from the occupier the expenditure incurred

in having done so.

(7) Duty of manufacturers or brand owners of disposable

products and sanitary napkins and diapers—

(a) All manufacturers/sole distributors/whole sellers of disposal products such as tin, glass, plastics packaging, wrappers etc., or brand owners who introduce such products in the market within the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall provide necessary financial assistance to Municipal Committee, Kalakote for establishment of waste management system. Municipal Committee, Kalakote may also coordinate with the concerned departments of Central Govt. and/or the Govt. of J&K for implementation of this provision.

0.5% of Annual turnover shall be chargeable from them for establishment/maintenance of solid waste management facilities to be deposited with the concerned corporation/ local body.

(b) All such brand owners who sell or market their products in such packaging material which are non-biodegradable shall put in place a system to collect back the packaging waste generated due to their production.

(c) Manufacturers or brand owners or marketing companies of sanitary napkins and diapers shall explore the possibility of using all recyclable materials in their products or they shall provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal of each napkin or diapers along with the packet of their sanitary products.

(d) All such manufacturers, brand owners or marketing companies shall educate the masses for wrapping and

disposal of their products.

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(8) All industrial units using fuel and located within one hundred Km. from a solid waste based refuse derived fuel plant shall make arrangements to replace at least five percent of their fuel requirement by refused derived fuel so produced.

14. Responsibilities of Municipal Committee, Kalakote.—(1) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall within its territorial area, be responsible for ensuring regular system of surface cleaning of all common streets/ roads, public places, temporary settlements, slum areas, markets, its own parks, gardens, drains etc. by employing human resources and machines and shall be bound to collect the garbage from the declared storage containers, and transport it every day to the final disposal point in closed vehicles for which Municipal Committee, Kalakote may engage private parties on contract or Public Private Partnership mechanism with the prior approval of Govt., apart from its own cleaning staff and vehicles. In addition, Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall identify all the commercial areas for carrying out sweeping twice a day.

(2) Municipal Committee, Kalakote or the authorised agency engaged by it shall provide and maintain sufficient number of community litter bins of sufficient size on public roads, in surroundings of railway stations, bus stops, religious places, in commercial areas etc.

(3) Municipal Committee, Kalakote for the purpose of managing solid waste activities in decentralized and regular manner shall designate one officer in every ward to supervise the spots of containers, public toilets, community toilets or urinals in public places, transfer station for public garbage, landfill processing units etc.

(4) The competent authority shall designate sufficient Senior Officer/s, preferably not below the rank of to be decided by the Municipal Committee, Kalakote, as Nodal Officer/s to monitor the progress of segregation, collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.

(5) Each ward shall be divided into sweeping beats based on the prescribed parameter and deploy manpower accordingly or rationalize the existing deployment and monitor their work by using latest technology. Wherever it is unable to get sweeping through its own staff, it may outsource through contract. Each beat shall be inspected by the supervising officials on daily basis prescribed as per directions.

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(6) Municipal Committee, Kalakote, shall employ latest road/street cleaning machines, mechanical sweepers or other equipments which improves the efficiency of sweeping and drainage cleaning.

(7) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall create awareness and sensitization through Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign and educate the waste generators and other stakeholders about the various provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules and these bye- laws with special emphasis on user fee and fines/penalties.

(8) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall encourage waste generators to treat wet waste at source. It may consider creating systems for incentives for adoption of decentralized technologies such as bio-methanation, composting etc. Incentives may be like awarding and recognizing the households. RWAs and institutions etc. by giving certificates by publishing their names on respective websites or rebate in property tax etc.

(9) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall ensure that the authorities of Agriculture Department, Floriculture Department, Horticulture, SKAUST are supplied with sufficient quantity of compost generated out of organic waste to phase out the use of chemical fertilizers and use compost in all parks, gardens maintained by them and wherever possible in other places under its jurisdiction. Incentives may be provided to recycling initiatives by informal waste recycling sector and shall take up with the Directorate of Horticulture, Agriculture and Floriculture for use of compost.

(10) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall make efforts to streamline and formalize solid waste management systems and endeavour that the informal sector workers in waste management (waste pickers) are given priority to upgrade their work conditions and are enumerated and integrated into the formal system of solid waste management.

(11) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall ensure that the operator of a facility provides personal protection equipment including uniform, fluorescent jacket, hand gloves, raincoats, appropriate foot wear and masks to all workers handling solid waste and the same are used by the workforce.

(12) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall ensure occupational safety of its own staff and staff of outsourced agency involved in collection transport and handling of waste by providing appropriate and adequate personal protective equipments.

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(13) In case of an accident at any solid waste processing or treatment or disposal facility or landfill site, the officer-in-charge of the facility shall report to Municipal Committee, Kalakote immediately which shall review and issue instructions, if any, to the in-charge of the facility.

(14) Regular checks : Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer/ Assistant Sanitation Officer, Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall conduct regular checks in various parts of the wards and other places of collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste to supervise compliance of various provisions of SWM Rules and these bye-laws.

(15) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall develop a public grievance redressal system (PGRS) by setting up of call centre at its headquarter. The PGRS may include SMS based service mobile application or web based services.

(16) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall install bio-metric/smart card technologies/ICT System for tracking and recording attendance of employees associated with the working of SWM Rules and these bye- laws at Hq./all zones/ward offices etc. and shall make an endeavour to integrate such system with the salary/wages/remuneration.

(17) Transparency and Public Accessibility : To ensure greater transparency and public accessibility, Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall provide all necessary information through its website.

(18) Municipal Committee, Kalakote shall perform all other duties mentioned in SWM Rules, which have not been specifically mentioned in these bye-laws.

CHAPTER-X

MISCELLANEOUS

15. If any doubt or difficulty arises in the interpretation or implementation of these bye-laws the same shall be placed before Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department, whose decision in the matter shall be final.

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and authorities, to ensure compliance of these bye-laws within areas under the jurisdiction or control of such bodies. In case of any difficulty matter shall be placed before Chief Secretary of Government of J&K.

17. The Competent Authority may issue general or special orders from time to time for proper implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and these bye-laws.

18. Right to Appeal.—Any person aggrieved or affected by Jammu and Kashmir Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2018 shall have the right to appeal before Director, Urban Local Bodies, Jammu within 30 days and in case he is not satisfied with the disposal of Director concerned, the second appellate authority shall be Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department whose decision shall be final and binding.

(19) Jurisdiction.—For filing cases against the Bye-Laws the

Jurisdiction is Jammu and Srinagar only.

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SCHEDULE-I

USER FEE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

S.No. Categories User Fee from each premises/

House/Dwelling Unit/Flat per

month (In Rupees)

Municipal Municipal

Councils Committees

3

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1. Residential dwelling unit (Covered area)

i. Up to 2000 Sq. ft. 50 50

ii. Over 2000 Sq. ft. 75 75

2. Street Vendor 50 50

3. Commercial Establishments, Shops,

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  4.    Guest  House/Dharamshalas/Hostels/
        Paying  Guest                                1000     500
  5.    Restaurant  up  to  sitting  of  50  person  1000     500
  6.    Restaurant  with  sitting  of  more
        than  50  person                             2000     1000
  7.    Hotel  (Up  to  3  star)                     1000     1000
  8.    Hotel  (above  3  star)                      5000     5000
  9.    Commercial  offices,  government  officers,
        bank,  insurance  offices,  coaching  classes,
        educational  institutes  etc.                500      100
10.     Kinder  Garten,  Cretches  etc.              --       --
11.     Clinic, dispensary, laboratories,            1000     500
12.(a) Nursing  homes  (up  to  50  beds)            1000     500
        only  non-bio  medical  waste.
12.(b) Hospitals,  Nursing  Homes                    4000     4000
        (above  50  beds)
13.     Small  and  cottage  industry,  workshop     1000     500
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
14.     Godowns,  cold  storages                     2000     1000
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
15.     Automobiles,  showrooms                      2000     1000
16.     Service  Stations, Automobile  Workshops     1000     500
17.     Marriage/Party Halls, Festivals  Halls,      2000     1000
        Party  Lawns,  exhibition  and  fairs.
18.     Clubs, cinemas halls, pubs, multiplexes      2000     1000
        and  other  such  places.
19.     Any  other  non-commercial,  commercial,     500      500
        religious or charitable institution not
        covered  in  any  of  above  categories.
20.     Dairies  &  Kennels                          1000     500

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21. Other places/activity As decided by As decided by not marked as above. the Cocerned the Concerned

CEO/EO Municipal CEO/EO Councils by Municipal general or Committees by special order general or special

order.

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SCHEDULE–II

FINE/PENALTY

S.No Rule/Bye- Offences Applicable to Fine for

Laws No.

every default (In Rs.)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 2 3 4 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Rule 4 (1)(a) Failure to Residential 500

of SWM segregate Marriage/Party 10,000 Rules and store Halls, Festival

waste and Halls, Party handover Lawns, segregated Exhibition and waste in accordance Clubs, Cinema 5000 with the Rule Halls, Pubs,

Community Halls, Multiplexes and other such places with area less than 5000 sq. m. Other non-residential 1000 entities with area less than 5000 sq.m.

2. Rule 4 (1) o Failure to Residential 500

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accordance

with the Rule

o Failure to Non-Residential 1000 deal with horticulture waste and garden waste in accordance

with the Rule

3. Rule 4 (1) Failure to Residential 2000

(c) of SWM deal with Rules construction

and demolition Non-Residential 5000 waste in accordance with the Rule

4. Rule 4 (2) Open Violator 5000

of SWM burning of Rules solid waste

5. Rule 4 (4) Organizing Person(s), 5000

of SWM an event or who has/ve Rules gathering of organised

more than such event or one hundred gathering or, person at any on whose unlicensed behalf such place without event or following the gathering has prescribed been organized procedure and the event

manager(s), if any, who has/ve organized such event or gathering

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of SWM vendor Rules failing to deal with waste in accordance with the Rule

7. Bye-Law 13 Littering Offender 500

(i) read with Rule 15 (g) of SWM Rules

8. Rule 4 (6) Failure to Resident 5000

of SWM deal with Welfare Rules waste in Association accordance with the Rule Market 10,000 Association

9. Rule 4 (7) Failure to Gated Community 10,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Institution 15,000

accordance with the Rule

10. Rule 4 (8) Failure to Hotel 20,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Restaurant 10,000

accordance with the Rule

11. Rule 17 (2) Selling or Manufacturer 50,000

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to their production

12. Rule 17 (3) Failure to Manufacturer 50,000

of SWM take measure and/or Brand Rules in accordance owner and/or

with the Rule marketing

companies

13. Rule 18 of Failure to Industrial Unit 50,000

SWM Rules replace fuel requirement by refuse derived fuel

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FORM-A

APPLICATION FOR REMITTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USER CHARGES

From

……………………………………

.,…………………………………

……………………………………

To

The Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

Sir,

I/We hereby affirm to state that I/We do carry out business at (address of the applicant with the nature of business). I/We hereby agree to hand over the Municipal Solid Waste generated by me/us at my/our premises in segregated form and also agree to pay the SWM User Charges of Rs. …………………… (in words) as fixed in the SWM Bye-Laws.

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I/We further affirm to state that in the event I/We change the place

of business I/We would duly intimate the Commissioner, JMC in writing

before 30 days for the consequent action to be taken for cancellation of

the SWM User Charges.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature of the applicant with date)

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FORM-IV

FORMAT TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT ON

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT- 2016

[Rule 15 (Z)(a), 24(2)]

Calendar Year: Date of Submission of

report

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2

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1 Name of the City/Town and State

2 Population :

3 Area in Sq. Kilometers

4 Name and Address of local body

Telephone

Fax No.

E-mail:

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5 Name of the officer-in-charge dealing

with Solid Waste Management

Phone No.

Fax No.

E-mail :

6 Number of households in the

city/town

Number of non-residential premises

in the city

Number of election/administrative

wads in the City/town

7 Quantity of Solid Waste

Estimated Quantity of Solid Waste

generated in the local body area

per day in metric tones

Quality of Solid Waste collected

per day

Per capita waste collected per day

Quality of solid waste processed

Quality of solid waste disposal at

dumpsite/landfill

8 Status of solid waste

management service

Segregation and storage

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Whether SOLID WASTE is stored

at source in domestic/commercial/

institutional bins, if yes.

Percentage of Household practice

storage of waste at source in

domestic bins

Percentage of non-residential

premises practices storage of waste at source in commercial/

institutional bins

Percentage of households dispose

or throw solid waste on the streets

Percentage of non-residential premise dispose or throw solid

waste on the streets

Whether solid waste is stored at

source in segregated form, if yes.

Percentage of premises segregating the waste at source

Door to Door Collection of solid waste

Whether door to door collection

(D2D) of solid waste is being done in the city/town, if yes

Number of wards covered in D2D collection of waste

Number of household covered

Number of non-residential

premises including commercial

establishments, hotels, restaurant, educational Institution/offices

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Percentage of residential and

non-residential premises covered in

door to door collection through:

Motorized vehicle

Contained tricycle/Handcart

Other device

If not, method of primary

collection adopted

Sweeping of streets

Length of roads, streets, lanes,

bye-lanes in the city that need

to be cleaned

Frequency of street sweeping and

percentage of population covered

Total used

Manual sweeping

Mechanical Sweeping

Whether long handle broom used

by sanitation workers

Whether each sanitation worker is

given handcart/tricycle for

collection of waste

Whether handcart/tricycle is

containerized

Whether the collection tools

synchronizes with collection/waste

storage containers utilized

Secondary Waste Storage facilities

No. and type of waste storage

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Open waste storage sites

Masonry bins

Cement concrete cylinder bins `

Dhalao/covered rooms/space

Covered metal/plastic containers

Up to 1.1 m3 bins

2 to 5 m3 bins

Above 5 m3 containers

Bin-less city

Bin/Population ratio

Ward-wise details of waste

storage depots (attach):

Ward No. :

Area :

Population :

No. of bins placed

Total volume of bins placed

Total storage capacity of waste

storage facilities in cubic meters

Total Waste actually stored at the

waste storage depots daily

Give frequency of collection of

waste from the depots

Number of bins cleared

Whether storage depots have facility

for storage of segregated waste in

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Whether lifting of solid waste from

storage depots in manual or mechanical,

give percentage

(%) of manual lifting of solid waste

(%) of mechanical lifting

If mechanical specify the method used

Whether solid waste is lifted from door

to door and transported to treatment plant

directly in a segregated form

Waste transportation per day Type

and number of vehicles used

Animal cart

Tractors

Non-tipping Truck

Tipping Truck

Dumper Placers

Refuse Collectors

Compactors

Others

JCB/Loader

Frequency of transportation

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Quantity of waste transported

each day

Percentage of total waste

transported daily

Waste Treatment Technologies used

Whether solid waste is processed

If yes, Quantity of waste

processed daily

Whether treatment is done by local

body or through an agency

Land (s) available with the local

body for waste processing

Land currently utilized for

waste processing

Solid Waste processing facilities

in operation

Solid Waste processing under construction

Distance of processing facilities

from city/town boundary

Details of technologies adopted

Composting

Vermi composting

Bio-methanation

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Waste to Energy technology such as

incineration, gasification, pyrolysis or

any other technology

Co-processing

Combustible waste supplied to

Cement plant

Combustible waste supplied to

solid waste based power plants

Others

Solid waste disposal facilities

No. of dumpsite sites available

with the local body

No. of sanitary Landfill sites

available with the body

Area of each such sites available

for waste disposal

Area of land currently used

for waste disposal

Distance of dumpsites/landfill

facility from city/town

Distance from the nearest habitation

Distance from water body

Distance from state/national highway

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Distance from important religious

place or historical monument

Whether it falls in flood prone area

Whether it falls in earthquake

fault line area

Quantity of waste land filled each day

Whether landfill site is fenced

Whether Lighting facility is

available on site

Whether Weigh bridge facility available

Vehicle and equipments used at

landfill (specify)

Manpower deployed at landfill site

Whether covering is done on daily basis

If, not Frequency of covering the

waste deposited at the landfill

Cover material used

Whether adequate covering

material is available

Provisions for gas venting provided

Provision for Leachate Collection

Whether an Action Plan has been

prepared from improving solid waste

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10 What separate provisions are made for

Dairy related activities Slaughter house waste C&D waste (construction debris)

11 Details of post Closure plan

12 How many slums are identified and

whether these are provided with Solid Waste Management facilities

13 Give details of :

Local Body's own manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

14 Give details of :

Contractor/concessionaire's manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

15 Mention briefly the difficulties being experienced by the local body is complying with provision of these rules

16 Mention briefly if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a problem related to solid waste, which could be replicated by other local bodies

(Sd.) ...........................,

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Kalakote.

EXTRAORDINARY REGD. NO. JK—33 THE JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR GOVERNMENT

MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE RAMBAN

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BYE-LAWS, 2019

Notification

Ramban, the 6th September, 2019.

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (9) of rule 3 read with clauses (e), (f), (zf) and (zg) of rule 15 of the Solid Waste Management Rule, 2016, the Authority hereby make the following bye- laws ; namely :—

CHAPTER I

1. Short Title and Commencement.—(1) These bye-laws shall be called the Municipal Committee Ramban, Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

J&K Government Gazette.

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2. Extent of Application.—These bye-laws shall be applicable

within the territorial limits of Municipal Council, Ramban.

3. Definitions.—(1) In these bye-laws, unless the context otherwise

requires,—

(1) "Agency" means Municipal Committee, Ramban ;

(2) "Aerobic composting" means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen ;

(3) ''Anaerobic digestion'' means a controlled process involving microbial decomposition of organic matter in the absence of oxygen ;

(4) ''Authorization'' means the permission given by the State Pollution Control Board, to the operator of a facility or Urban Local authority, or any other agency responsible for processing and disposal of Solid waste ;

(5) ''Biodegradable waste'' means any organic material that can be degraded by micro-organism into simpler stable compounds ;

(6) ''Bio-methanation'' means a process which entails enzymatic decomposition of the organic matter by microbial action to produce methane rich biogas ;

(7) ''Brand owner'' means a person or company who sells

any commodity under a registered brand label ;

(8) ''Bulk Garden and Parks & Horticultural Waste'' means bulk waste from parks, gardens etc. including grass clippings, weeds, woody 'brown' carbon-rich material such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves, tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(9) ''Bulk Waste Generator'' means bulk waste generator defined under Rule 3(1)(8) of the Solid Waste Management No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 3 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as 'SWM Rules') and any other waste generator including buildings occupied by the Central Government departments or undertakings, State Government departments or undertaking, Local bodies, public sector undertakings or private companies, hospitals, nursing homes, schools, colleges, universities, other educational institutions, hostels, hotels, commercial establishments, markets, places of worship, stadia and sport complexes having an average waste generation rate exceeding 100 Kg. per day ;

(10) ''C&D waste (Construction and Demolition waste)'' means Construction and Demolition Waste (Debris) that are non-hazardous in nature generated out of building materials, debris and rubble in the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(11) ''Clean Area'' means the public place in front of and all around or adjacent to any premises extending to the kerb side and including the drain, foot path and kerb cleaned and so maintained in accordance with these bye-laws ;

(12) ''Cleanliness Fee'' means an amount of fees collected by the managers/Organizers for cleaning the site by the Agency ;

(13) ''Collection'' means lifting and removal of solid waste from source of waste generation, collection points or any other location ;

(14) "Collection Counter" means where the user charges shall be remitted which will be available at all Zonal Officers and headquarters.

(15) ''Combustible waste'' means non-biodegradable, non- recyclable, non-reusable, non-hazardous solid waste having minimum calorific value exceeding 1500 kcal/kg and excluding chlorinated materials like plastic, wood pulp, etc.;

(16) ''Community waste storage bin'' means any storage facility setup and maintained by the Municipal Committee No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 4 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

Ramban, in the State collectively by owners and or/occupiers of one or more premises for storage of Municipal Solid Waste in a segregated manner in the road side/premises of anyone of such owners/occupiers or in their common premises ;

(17) ''Composting'' means a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter ;

(18) ''Co-processing'' means use of non-biodegradable and non- recyclable solid waste having calorific value exceeding 1500k/ cal as raw material or as a source of energy or both to replace or supplement the natural mineral resources and fossil fuels in industrial processes ;

(19) ''Containerised Hand Cart'' means the hand cart provided by the Municipal Council Ramnagar, or the agency/agent appointed by it for point-to-point collection of solid waste ;

(20) ''Decentralized processing'' means establishment of dispersed facilities for maximizing the processing of biodegradable waste and recovery of recyclables closest to the source of generation so as to minimize transportation of waste for processing or disposal ;

(21) ''Delivery'' means handing over any category of solid waste to worker of Municipal Committee, Ramban or any other person appointed, authorised or licensed by Municipal Committee, Ramban for taking delivery of such waste or depositing it in any vehicle provided by Municipal Committee,

Ramban, or by any other authorised agency or licensed by Municipal Committee, Ramban, to do so ;

(22) ''Disposal'' means the final and safe disposal of post processed residual solid waste and inert street sweepings and silt from surface drains on land to prevent contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction of animals or birds ;

(23) ''Domestic hazardous waste'' means discarded paint drums, pesticide cans, CFL bulbs, tube lights, expired No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 5 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

medicines, broken mercury thermometers, used batteries, used needles and syringes and contaminated gauge, etc., generated at the household level ;

(24) ''Door to door collection'' means collection of solid waste from the door step of households, shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutional or any other non-residential premises and includes collection of such waste from entry gate or a designated location on the ground floor in a housing society, multistoried building or apartments, large residential, commercial or institutional complex or premises ;

(25) ''Dry waste'' means waste other than bio-degradable waste and inert street sweepings and includes recyclable and non recyclable waste, combustible waste and sanitary napkin and diapers, etc. ;

(26) ''Dump sites'' means a land utilized by local body for disposal of solid waste without following the principles of sanitary land filling ;

(27) ''Event'' means any gatherings for the purpose of functions, celebrations, meetings, rallies, processions, open air theatre activities, cinema shootings in public places.

(28) ''Extended producer responsibility'' (EPR) means responsibility of any producer of packaging products such as plastic, tin, glass, wrappers and corrugated boxes, etc., for environmentally sound management, till end-of-life of the packaging products ;

(29) ''E-waste'' shall have the same meaning as defined under

Rule 3(l) (r) of the E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.

(30) ''Facility'' means any establishment wherein the solid waste management processes namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection, recycling, processing, treatment or safe disposal are carried out ;

(31) ''Familiarization/warning period'' means that specific period, during which there is a relaxation in the fines for contravention of these bye-laws ;

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(32) ''Fine'' means penalty imposed on waste generators or

operators of waste processing and disposal facilities under

the bye-laws for non- compliance of the directions contained

in rules and/or these bye- laws ;

(33) ''Fixed Compactor Transfer Station (FCTS)'' means a

powered machine which is designed to compact segregated

solid waste and remains stationary when in operation. The

compacts or may also be mobile when in operation, which

may be called Mobile Transfer Station (MTS).

(34) ''Handling'' includes all activities relating to sorting,

segregation, material recovery, collection, secondary storage,

shredding, baling, crushing, loading, unloading, transportation,

processing and disposal of solid wastes ;

(35) ''Hazardous waste'' means any waste which by reason of

any of its physical, chemical, reactive, toxic, causing danger

or is likely to cause danger to health or environment, whether

alone or when in contact with other wastes or substances

and all other hazardous wastes as defined in the Hazardous

Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 as amended

to date and the Hazardous and other waste (Management

and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

(36) ''Horticulture, Parks and Garden Waste'' means waste

from parks, gardens traffic island etc. These include grass

clipping, annual weeds woody 'brown' carbon-rich material

such as branches, twigs, wood chipping, straw, dead leaves,

tree trimmings, etc. which cannot be accommodated in the

daily collection system for bio-degradable waste ;

(37) ''House-gully'' means a passage or strip of land,

constructed, set apart or utilized for the purpose of serving

as or carrying a drain or affording access to the latrine,

urinal, cesspool or other receptacle for filling of other polluted

matter by persons employed in the clearing thereof or in the

removal of such matter therefrom.

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(38) ''Incineration'' means an engineered process involving burning or combustion of solid waste to thermally degraded waste materials at high temperatures ;

(39) ''Inerts'' means wastes which are not bio-degradable, recyclable or combustible street sweeping or dust and silt removed from the surface drains ;

(40) ''Informal waste collector'' includes individuals, associations or waste traders who are involved in sorting, sale and purchase of recyclable materials ;

(41) ''Leachate'' means the liquid that seeps through solid waste or other medium and has extracts of dissolved or suspended material from it ;

(42) ''Litter'' means all refuse and includes any other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited under these Bye-Laws, tends to create uncleanliness or a danger or nuisance to public health, safety or welfare.

(43) ''Littering'' means putting litter in such a location that it falls, descends, blows, is washed, percolates or otherwise escapes or is likely to fall, descend blow, be washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place, or causing, permitting or allowing litter to fall, descend, blow, washed, percolate or otherwise escape into or onto any public place.

(44) ''Local body'' for the purpose of these bye-laws means JMC/SMC and other Local Bodies including, Municipal Councils, Municipal Committees, Town Area Committees, in the State.

(45) ''Materials Recovery facility'' (MRF) means a facility where non-compostable solid waste can be temporarily stored by the local body or any other entity or any person or agency authorised by any of them to facilitate segregation, sorting and recovery of recyclables from various components of waste by authorised informal sector of waste pickers, informal recyclers or any other work force engaged by the No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 8 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

local body or entity for the purpose before the waste is

delivered or taken up for its processing or disposal ;

(46) ''Neighbourhood'' means a clearly defined locality, with reference to its physical layout, character or inhabitants ;

(47) ''New construction'' means all buildings under construction

within the limits of the Municipal Committee, Ramban ;

(48) ''Non-biodegradable waste'' means any waste that cannot

be degraded by microorganisms into simpler stable compounds ;

(49) ''Nuisance'' includes any act, omission, place or thing which comes or is likely to cause injury, danger, annoyance or offence to the sense of sight, smelling or hearing or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or

property ;

(50) ''Nuisance Detectors'' (NOs) means those employees of the Municipal Committee, Ramban who are appointed to detect the acts of Public nuisance, etc. ;

(51) ''Occupier/occupant'' includes any person who for the

time being is in occupation of, or otherwise using, any land or building or part thereof, for any purpose whatsoever ;

(52) ''Operator of a facility'' means a person or entity, who owns or operates a facility for handling solid waste which includes the Municipal Committee, Ramban and any other entity or agency appointed by the Municipal Committee,

Ramban ;

(53) ''Owner'' means any person who exercises the rights of an owner of any building, or land or part thereof ;

(54) ''Pelletisation'' means a process whereby pellets are prepared which are small cubes or cylindrical pieces made

out of solid waste and includes, fuel pellets which are also

referred as refuse derived fuel ;

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(55) ''Primary collection'' means collecting, lifting and removal of segregated solid waste from source of its generation including households, shops, offices and any other non- residential premises or from any collection points or any other location specified by the Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(56) ''Processing'' means any scientific process by which segregated solid waste is handled for the purpose of reuse, recycling or transformation into new products ;

(57) ''Public place'' includes any road, arch road, viaduct, lane, footway, alley or passage, highway, causeway, bridge, square alley or passage whether a thoroughfare or not over which the public have a right of passage, and such places to which the public has access such as parks, gardens, recreation grounds, playgrounds, beaches, water bodies, water courses, public plazas and promenades, government and municipal buildings, public hospitals, markets, slaughter houses, courts, etc. ;

(58) ''Prescribed'' means prescribed by SWM Rules and/or

these bye-laws ;

(59) ''Receptacle'' means any storage container, including bins and bags, used for the storage of any category of MSW ;

(60) ''Recycling'' means the process of transforming segregated non-biodegradable solid waste into new material or product or as raw material for producing new products which mayor may not be similar to the original products ;

(61) ''Recyclable Waste'' means the waste that is commonly found in the MSW. It is also called as "Dry Waste". These include many kinds of glass, paper, metal, plastic, textiles, electronics goods, etc.

(62) ''Redevelopment'' means rebuilding of old residential or commercial buildings at the same site, where the existing buildings and other infrastructures have become

dilapidated ;

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(63) ''Refuse'' means any waste matter generated out of different activities, processes, either Bio-degradable/Non- biodegradable/recyclable in nature in either solid or semi- solid form which cannot be consumed, used or processed by

the generator in its existing form.

(64) ''Refuse Derived Fuel'' (RDF) means fuel derived from combustible waste fraction of solid waste like plastic, wood, pulp or organic waste, other than chlorinated materials, in the form of pellets or fluff produced by drying, shredding, dehydrating and compacting of solid waste ;

(65) ''Residual solid waste'' means and includes the waste and rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable for recycling or further processing ;

(66) ''Rule'' means Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 ;

(67) ''Sanitation'' means the promotion of hygiene and the prevention of disease and other consequences of ill health

relating to environmental factors ;

(68) ''Sanitary Landfill Facility'' means a waste disposal site for the deposit of residual solid waste in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and air fugitive dust, wind-blown litter, bad

odour, fire hazard, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, slope instability and erosion ;

(69) ''Sanitary land filling'' means the final and safe disposal of residual solid waste and inert wastes on land in a facility designed with protective measures against pollution of ground water, surface water and fugitive air dust, wind-blown litter,

bad odour, fire hazard, animal menace, bird menace, pests or rodents, greenhouse gas emissions, persistent organic pollutants slope instability and erosion ;

(70) ''Sanitary waste'' means wastes comprising of used diapers, sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and any other similar waste ;

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(71) ''Sanitary worker'' means a person employed by the municipal corporation for collecting or removing MSW or cleansing the drains in the municipal/corporation areas ;

(72) ''Schedule'' means the Schedule appended to these rules ;

(73) ''Storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste in a manner so as to prevent littering, attraction to vectors, stray animals and excessive foul odour ;

(74) ''Secondary storage'' means the temporary containment of solid waste after collection at secondary waste storage depots or MRFs or bins for onward transportation of the waste to the processing or disposal facility ;

(75) ''Segregation'' means sorting and separate storage of various components of solid waste namely biodegradable wastes including agriculture and dairy waste, non biodegradable wastes including recyclable waste, non- recyclable combustible waste, sanitary waste and non recyclable inert waste, domestic hazardous wastes, and construction and demolition wastes ;

(76) ''Service provider'' means an authority providing public utility services like water, sewerage, electricity, telephone, roads, drainage, etc. ;

(77) ''Solid waste'' means and includes solid or semi-solid domestic waste, sanitary waste, commercial waste, institutional waste, catering and market waste and other non-residential wastes, street sweepings, silt removed or collected from the surface drains, horticulture waste, agriculture and dairy waste, treated bio-medical waste, Hazardous waste excluding industrial waste, bio-medical waste and e-waste, battery waste, radio-active waste generated in the area under the local authorities and other entities ;

(78) ''Sorting'' means separating various components and categories of recyclables such as paper, plastic, cardboards, metal, glass, etc., from mixed waste as may be appropriate to facilitate recycling ;

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(79) ''Source'' means the premises in which the waste is generated or a community storage centre used by owners/ occupiers of one or more premises for segregated storage of MSW ;

(80) ''Spittoon'' means a metal or earthenware pot typically

having a funnel-shaped top, used for spitting into.

(81) ''Stabilising'' means the biological decomposition of biodegradable wastes to a stable state where it generates no leachate or offensive odours and is fit for application to farm land, soil erosion control and soil remediation ;

(82) ''Stabilised biodegradable waste'' means the biologically stabilized (free of pathogens) waste resulting from the mechanical/biological treatment of bio degradable waste ; only when stabilised can such waste be used with no further restrictions ;

(83) ''Street vendor'' means any person engaged in vending of articles, goods, wares, food items or merchandise of everyday use or offering services to the general public, in a street, lane, side walk, footpath, pavement, public park or any other public place or private area, from a temporary built up structure or by moving from place to place and includes hawker, peddler, squatter and all other synonymous terms which may be local or region specific; and the words ''street vending'' with their grammatical variations and cognate expressions, shall be construed accordingly ;

(84) ''Tipping fee'' means a fee or support price determined by the local authorities or any state agency authorised by the State government to be paid to the concessionaire or operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid waste at the landfill ;

(85) ''Transportation'' means conveyance of solid waste, either treated, partly treated or untreated from a location to another location in an environmentally sound manner through specially designed and covered transport system so as to prevent the foul odour, littering and unsightly conditions ;

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(86) ''Transfer station'' means a facility created to receive

solid waste from collection areas and transport in bulk in

covered vehicles or containers to waste processing and, or,

disposal facilities ;

(87) ''Treatment'' means the method, technique or process

designed to modify physical, chemical or biological

characteristics or composition of any waste so as to reduce

its volume and potential to cause harm ;

(88) ''User fee/Charges'' means fees or charges imposed by

Municipal Committee, Ramban through general or special

order of the Competent Authority from time-to-time, on the

waste generator to cover full or part cost of providing solid

waste collection, transportation, processing and disposal

services ;

(89) ''Vacant Plot'' means any Land or open space

belonging to a private party/person that is not occupied by

them/him ;

(90) ''Vermi composting'' means the process of conversion of

bio-degradable waste into compost using earth worms ;

(91) ''Waste hierarchy'' means the priority order in which the

solid waste is to be managed by giving emphasis to

prevention, reduction reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal,

with prevention being the most preferred option and the

disposal at the landfill being the least ;

(92) ''Waste generator'' means and includes every person or

group of persons, every residential premises and non-

residential establishments including Indian Railways, defence

establishments, which generate solid waste or other

institutions i. e. Hotels, restaurants, malls, private/government

business/ industrial establishments falling within the limits of

Municipal Committee, Ramban.

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(93) ''Waste picker'' means a person or groups of persons

informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable solid waste from the source of waste generation, streets, bins, material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their livelihood.

CHAPTER II

SEGREGATION AND PRIMARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

4. Segregation and storage of solid waste at source.—(1)

It shall be necessary for all waste generators to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places regularly into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste; and deposit it into covered waste bins, and handover segregated waste to designated waste collectors as per the direction of Municipal Committee, Ramban, from time to time.

(2) Every bulk waste generator is to separate and store the solid waste coming out of their own places into three streams namely :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) hazardous waste in suitable bins ; and handover segregated waste to authorised waste processing or disposal facilities or deposition centres through the authorised waste collection agency with paying the carrying charges specified by Municipal Committee, Ramban from time to time.

(3) The colour of bins for storage of segregated waste shall be green- for biodegradable waste or wet waste blue - for non- biodegradable or dry waste and black- for domestic hazardous waste.

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(4) All resident welfare and market associations shall ensure

segregation of waste at source by the generators, facilitate collection of

segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable material to

either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised recyclers. The bio-

degradable waste shall be processed, treated and disposed of through

composting or bio-methanation within the premises as far as possible. The

residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors or agency as directed

by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(5) All gated communities and institutions with more than 5,000

sq. m. area shall ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators,

facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover

recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorised

recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated and

disposed off through composting or bio- methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(6) All hotels and restaurants shall ensure segregation of waste

at source, facilitate collection of segregated waste in separate streams,

handover recyclable material to either the authorised waste pickers or the

authorised recyclers. The bio-degradable waste shall be processed, treated

and disposed of through composting or bio-methanation within the premises

as far as possible. The residual waste shall be given to the waste collectors

or agency as directed by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(7) No person shall organize an event or gathering of more

than one hundred persons at any unlicensed place without intimating

Municipal Committee, Ramban along with payment of user fee as

prescribed in the schedule, at least three working days in advance and the

person or the organizer of such event shall ensure segregation of waste

at source and handing over of segregated waste to waste collector or

agency as specified by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(8) Used sanitary waste are to be securely wrapped as and

when generated in the pouches provided by the manufacturers or brand

owners of these products or in a news paper or suitable biodegradable

wrapping material and place the same in the bin meant for non-

biodegradable waste or dry waste.

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(9) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for storage of segregate waste generated during the course of his activity such as food waste, disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells, leftover food, vegetables, fruits, etc., and shall deposit such waste at waste storage depot or container or vehicle as notified by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(10) Waste generator of garden and horticulture waste generated from his premises shall store such waste separately in his own premises and dispose of the same as per the directions of Municipal Committee, Ramban from time to time.

(11) Domestic Hazardous Waste shall be stored and delivered by every waste generator to the collection vehicle which shall be provided weekly/periodically by Municipal Committee, Ramban or any other Agency authorised by it for collection of such waste, or to a centre designed for collection of such waste for disposal in a manner that is mandated by the Government of Jammu and Kashmir or State Pollution Control Board.

(12) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be stored and delivered separately as per the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(13) No untreated bio-medical waste, e-waste, hazardous chemicals and industrial waste shall be mixed with solid waste. Such waste shall be disposed off in accordance with the respective rules framed under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(14) Every owner/occupier of any premises other than designated slaughter houses and markets, who generates poultry, fish and slaughter waste as a result of any commercial activity, shall store the same separately in closed, hygienic condition and deliver it at a specified time, on a daily basis to the Municipal Committee, Ramban collection vehicle provided for this purpose. Depositing of such waste in any community waste bin is strictly prohibited.

(15) Segregated bio-degradable solid waste if not composted by the generators, shall be stored by them within their premises and its delivery shall be ensured to the municipal worker/vehicle/waste picker/ waste collector or to the bio-degradable waste collection vehicle provided

for specified commercial generators of bulk bio-degradable waste at such times as may be notified from time to time.

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CHAPTER III

SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

5. Collection of Solid Waste.—(1) In compliance with SWM

Rules, 2016, door to door collection of segregated solid waste shall be implemented in all areas or Wards of Municipal Committee, Ramban, to

collect garbage from every house, including slums and informal settlements on a daily basis by integrating the informal door to door collection system

with Municipal Committee, Ramban collection system.

(2) In order to collect garbage from every house, area-wise specific time slot shall be set and published at conspicuous parts of that

area and on the website of Municipal Committee, Ramban. Commonly, time for house to house garbage collection shall be set from 5.30 A. M.

to 10.30 A. M. for summer and for winter 7:00 A. M. to 11:00 A. M. For

collection of garbage from trading establishments, shops in commercial areas or any other institutional waste generators, commonly the time shall

be from 7.30 A. M. to 11.00 A. M. However, sweeping can be undertaken twice daily, if required at public and commercial places. The timing for

collection of garbage from the trading establishments, shops in commercial

areas or any other institutional waste generators shall be decided by the Municipal Committee, Ramban accordingly.

(3) Arrangements shall be made for collection of residual solid waste from bulk waste generators, which are processing waste in-situ.

(4) Residual solid waste from vegetable, fruit, flower, meat,

poultry and fish market shall be collected on day to day basis.

(5) Horticulture and garden waste shall be separately collected

and disposed off. One or two days in a week shall be specified for this purpose.

(6) To make optimum use of bio-degradable waste from fruits and vegetable markets, meat and fish markets, bulk horticulture and garden

waste and to minimize the cost of collection and transportation, such

waste shall be processed or treated within the area where waste is

generated.

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(7) Manual handling of waste in the containers shall be

prohibited. If unavoidable due to constraints, manual handling shall be

carried out under proper protection with due care for safety of workers.

(8) Waste generators shall be responsible to deposit their

segregated waste in the Auto-Tipper/Rickshaws etc. deployed by Municipal

Committee, Ramban. Segregated waste from multistoried buildings,

apartments, housing complexes may be collected from the entry gate or

any other designated location.

(9) Changing needs and advances in technology shall be taken

into consideration for selection of collection equipment and vehicles. Auto-

Tippers or vehicles of specific capacity with hydraulically operated hopper

covering mechanism from top having two compartments for carrying

biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste separately with a hooter shall

be deployed for collection of waste.

(10) Automatic voice recorded device, bell or horn having sound

not more than the permissible noise level shall be installed on every

garbage collection vehicle used by waste collectors.

(11) Route plans for each primary collection and transportation

vehicle shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Ramban or by the

notified authorised waste collector. These plans in tabular as well as GIS

map form, duly approved by Municipal Committee, Ramban shall mention

starting point, start time, waiting points, waiting time on route, end point

and end time of the specified route. Municipal Committee, Ramban or the

notified authorised waste collector shall provide a 'Board' at each street

to display time-table of primary collection and transportation vehicles to

allow residents avail the facility at prescribed time. Such information shall

also be uploaded on the website of Municipal Committee, Ramban and

published in the local leading newspaper periodically for the information

of General Public.

(12) In narrow streets that cannot be serviced by auto tipper or

the vehicle, a 3-Wheeler or smaller motorized vehicle with hydraulically

operated hopper covering mechanism from top having two compartments

for carrying wet and dry waste separately with a hooter, compatible with

mobile transfer station shall be deployed.

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(13) In congested and narrower streets that cannot even be

serviced by 3-Wheeler or smaller vehicle, cycle rickshaws or any other

type of suitable equipment shall be deployed.

(14) Smaller, narrow and congested streets/lanes where even a

3-wheeler/ rickshaw etc. cannot operate, vantage points shall be designated

at the start of the locality/street where the collection vehicle shall be

parked and the helper/driver of vehicle shall carry a whistle and walk in

the locality to announce arrival of vehicle for collecting solid waste. Time

table for such collection system shall be displayed at the notice board and

uploaded on the website of Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(15) Auto tippers, 3-wheelers, rickshaws and any other type of

collection vehicles engaged in this service shall collect waste only from

households and not from any other source viz. dhalaos, open sites, ground,

bins and drains etc.

(16) Municipal Committee, Ramban or its notified authorised

waste collectors shall be responsible to cover all the streets/lanes of each

zone for the primary collection.

CHAPTER IV

SECONDARY STORAGE OF SOLID WASTE

6. Storage of solid waste in the secondary storage points.—

(1) Segregated solid waste collected from doorsteps shall be taken to

waste storage depots, community storage bins or fixed or mobile transfer

stations or the locations specified by Municipal Committee, Ramban for

secondary storage of waste.

(2) Such secondary storage points shall have covered containers

(of specified colour) for separate storage of :—

(a) non-biodegradable or dry waste ;

(b) biodegradable or wet waste ;

(c) domestic hazardous waste ;

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(3) Different containers shall be used in the areas demarcated

by Municipal Committee, Ramban to keep segregated waste in the following

manner :—

(a) green- for biodegradable waste ;

(b) blue - for non-biodegradable ;

(c) black - for domestic hazardous waste ;

Municipal Committee, Ramban shall separately notify, from

time to time, mandatory colour coding and other specifications

of receptacles prescribed for storage and delivery of different

types of solid waste to enable safe and easy collection

without any mixing or spillage of waste, which generators of

different types of solid waste shall have to adhere to.

(4) Municipal Committee, Ramban on its own or through

outsourcing agencies shall maintain the storage facilities for solid waste

in a manner that does not create unhygienic and unsanitary conditions

around it.

(5) Containers of various sizes in the secondary storage depots

shall be provided by Municipal Committee, Ramban or any assigned

agencies in different colours as mentioned in these bye-laws.

(6) Storage facilities shall be created and established by taking

into account quantities of waste generation in a given area and the density

of population.

(7) Storage facilities shall be user friendly and shall be so

designed that it ensures compaction of waste and that the waste stored

is not exposed to open atmosphere.

(8) All the housing cooperative societies, associations, residential

and commercial establishments and gated communities etc. shall have the

responsibility to put coloured bins as prescribed by these bye-laws and to

keep adequate number of containers in appropriate places in their own

complexes, so that the daily waste generated there can be properly

deposited.

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(9) Municipal Committee, Ramban or its specified agency shall

carry out washing and disinfection of all the bins on a weekly basis.

(10) Recycling Centers for Dry Waste (Non-Biodegradable

Waste)—

(a) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall convert its existing

Dhalaos or identify specific location as per requirement, as

'Recycling Centers' which shall be used for segregation of

dry waste received through street/door to door waste

collection service. Recycling centers may be increased

depending on the quantity of dry waste received.

(b) Dry (non-biodegradable) waste from street/door-to-door

collection system and from commercial establishments shall

be transferred only to these designated 'recycling centers'.

These designated centers shall receive only dry waste.

(c) There shall also be a provision for the households to directly

deposit or sell their recyclable dry waste to the authorised

agents and/or authorised waste dealers of Municipal

Committee, Ramban at these recycling centers at pre-notified

rates. A weighing scale and a counter shall be provided at

each recycling unit for this purpose. The authorised agents

and/or authorised waste dealers shall be allowed to dispose

off or sell the recyclable waste to the secondary market or

recycling units only in consonance with the provisions of

SWM Rules, 2016. The authorised agents and/or authorised

waste dealers will be entitled to retain sales realization thereof.

(11) Deposition Centre for specified Domestic Hazardous

Waste—

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specified domestic hazardous waste. Such facility shall be

set in each ward in a manner as per guidelines prescribed

and notify the timing of receiving of such waste.

(b) Municipal Committee, Ramban may also give the

responsibility to its agency or concessionaire to collect

domestic hazardous waste from all waste generators in

segregated manner.

(c) Such waste shall be transported separately to the hazardous

waste disposal facility set up by the Government.

CHAPTER V

TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE

7. Transportation of solid waste.—(1) Vehicles used for

transportation of waste shall be covered in such manner that the collected

waste is not exposed to open environment. The vehicles may also include

compactors and mobile transfer stations depending upon choice of

technology by Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(2) The storage facilities set up by Municipal Committee,

Ramban shall be attended daily for clearing waste. The areas around the

place where the bins or containers are kept shall also be cleaned.

(3) Collected segregated bio-degradable waste from residential

and other areas shall be transferred to the processing plants like compost

plants, bio-methanation plants or any such other facilities in a covered

manner.

(4) Wherever applicable, for bio-degradable waste, preference

shall be given for on-site processing of such waste.

(5) Collected non-bio-degradable waste shall be transported to

the respective processing facilities or secondary storage facilities.

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(6) Construction and Demolition Waste shall be transported as

per the provisions of the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016.

(7) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall make arrangements for transportation of inerts in a proper manner. The street sweeping waste and removable drain silt shall be removed immediately after the

work is over.

(8) Transportation vehicles shall be so designed that multiple handling

of waste, prior to final disposal, is avoided.

(9) The collection vehicles engaged for the purpose shall deposit/

transfer waste only at the MTS (Mobile Transfer Station) or FCTS (Fixed

compactor Transfer Stations) wherever provided.

(10) In case MTS/FCTS is not stationed at the designated location

at that point of time for any reason, then the 'loaded vehicle' shall go to

the next designated location of the MTS or FCTS or the site specified by

Municipal Committee, Ramban to unload the waste.

(11) Fixed compactor transfer station shall be transported through

hook loader.

(12) MTS or FCTS shall transport the waste directly to compost

plant, waste to energy plant or any other site/plant designated by Municipal

Committee, Ramban.

(13) There should be no inter-mixing of waste from various

sources during the transportation of waste.

(14) The services of street level collection and transportation of

waste shall be provided every day including holidays.

(15) MTS engaged in this service shall receive waste only from

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in street-level and door-to-door collection of solid waste from households

and commercial establishments as per the approved route plans.

(17) Design of MTS and FCTS shall allow unloading of waste

from primary collection vehicles by consuming minimum time and without

littering waste.

(18) Garbage spilled near MTS and FCTS, while transferring the

solid waste, should be cleaned so that no spillage is left. Disinfectant

should be used after cleaning process at that location.

(19) Municipal Committee, Ramban or its specified agency shall

install CCTV cameras at all secondary storage facilities.

CHAPTER VI

PROCESSING OF SOLID WASTE

8. Processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal Committee,

Ramban shall facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of solid

waste processing facilities and associated infrastructure on their own or

through any agency for optimum utilisation of various components of solid

waste adopting suitable technology including the following technologies

and adhering to the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Urban Development

from time to time and standards prescribed by the Central Pollution

Control Board :—

(a) to minimise transportation cost and environmental impacts,

preference shall be given to decentralised processing such

as bio-methanation, microbial composting, vermi-composting,

anaerobic digestion or any other appropriate processing for

bio-stabilisation of biodegradable waste ;

(b) through medium/large composting bio-methanation plants at

centralised locations ;

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(d) through construction and demolition waste management

plants.

(2) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall endeavour to create a

market for consumption of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel). The cement factories are liable to take RDF from municipal dumping sites who have to use RDF to the order of 5% of the total fuel burnt by them in their kilns.

(3) In waste to energy plant by direct incineration, absolute

segregation shall be mandatory and be part of the terms and conditions

of the relevant contracts.

(4) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall ensure that recyclables such

as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile etc. go to authorised recyclers.

9. Other guidelines for processing of solid waste.—(1) Municipal

Committee, Ramban shall enforce processing of bio-degradable waste on

site of generation of such waste through composting or bio-methanation,

as far as possible, at RWAs (Resident Welfare Associations), group housing

societies, markets, gated communities and institutions with more than

5000 sq. m. areas, all hotels and restaurants, banquet halls and places of

such nature. Preference shall be given for on site processing of

biodegradable waste generated by other waste generators as well.

(2) Bulk generators who fail to install waste processing units within

their premises shall be liable for fine to install such processing units with

time line envisaged in the notices. If they perpetually fail to establish

waste disposal system within six months after first notice issued to them,

the Municipal Committee, Ramban are empowered to seal such erring

bulk waste generating business establishments.

(3) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall enforce that markets dealing

with vegetables, fruits, flowers, meat, poultry and fish waste while

processing bio-degradable waste ensure hygienic conditions.

(4) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall enforce processing of

horticulture, parks and garden waste separately in the parks and gardens

by the generators.

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(5) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall involve communities in waste

management and promote home composting, bio gas generation,

decentralized processing of waste at community level, subject to control

of odour and maintenance of hygienic conditions around the facility.

(6) The waste generator has to pay user charges/sanitation fee to

the local bodies inspite of the fact if they process their waste at their

institutional level.

CHAPTER VII

DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

10. Disposal of Solid waste.—Municipal Committee, Ramban

shall undertake on its own or through any other agency, the construction,

operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill and associated infrastructure

for disposal of residual waste and inert street sweepings and silt from

surface drains in a manner prescribed under SWM Rules and any other

obligation imposed by any other law for the time being in force.

CHAPTER VIII

USER FEE AND LEVYING OF SPOT FINE/PENALTY

11. User fee for collection, transportation, disposal of solid

waste.—(1) User fee shall be fixed for providing services for garbage

collection, transportation and disposal from waste generators by Municipal

Committee, Ramban. The rates of user fee are specified in Schedule-I.

(2) The user fee so fixed shall be collected from waste

generators by Municipal Committee, Ramban or the authorised agency or

person as may be authorised by Director of Urban Local Bodies, Jammu

in this behalf.

(3) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall prepare the database

of all the waste generators for the purpose of levying user fee, and evolve

appropriate mechanism for billing/collection/recovery of user charges, within

three months from the date of notification of these bye-laws. The database

shall be updated regularly.

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(4) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall adopt different methods

for collection of user fee including online payment.

(5) Special days in a month, preferably in first week of each

month, shall be fixed for collection of user fee.

(6) There shall also be a system of yearly or half yearly payment.

If the user fee is paid in advance for the entire year, then amount for ten

months will be charged instead of twelve months. Similarly, for six months

advance payment, five and half months demand amount will be charged

instead of six months.

(7) The user fee mentioned in Schedule-I shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from 1st

January of the year.

(8) The user fee shall be collected only by the institution/person

authorised by the competent authority by a general or special order in this

behalf.

(9) In case of default of payment of user fee/fine, the competent

authority may recover the same from the defaulter as an arrear of land

revenue as per the provision of Land Revenue Act, 1996. However,

Municipal Corporation, Jammu/Srinagar shall be allowed to effect the

recovery under the provisions of Jammu and Kashmir Municipal

Corporation Act, 2000.

12. Fine/Penalty for contravention of SWM Rules.—(1)

Whosoever' contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of

SWM Rules or these bye-laws shall be imposed with fine as mentioned

in Schedule-II appended to these bye-laws.

(2) In case of repeated contravention or non-compliance as

mentioned in clause (a) above, fine amount for every such default shall

be levied per day or month, as the case may be.

(3) The Commissioners shall designate officers for levying fine

or penalty by a general or special order in this behalf. The fine/penalty

amount is specified in Schedule-II.

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(4) The fine or penalty mentioned in Schedule-II shall stand

automatically increased by 5% after every 3 years with effect from

1st January of the year.

(5) The fine shall be levied and collected on the spot by the designated

officers. In case of non-payment of fine at the spot, the procedure for

prosecution prescribed under provisions of the Environment (Protection)

Act, 1986 shall follow.

(6) In realization of fines imposed on defaulters, the J&K State

Pollution Control Board shall not renew the licenses of hotels and other

business units unless an NOC is not procured by the business unit/s from

the concerned Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(7) Fine shall be imposed on the hospitals and allied concerns if

they are found mixing bio-medical wastes with municipal solid waste.

(h) Charges for the material recovery by rag pickers or waste

dealers to be decided by the Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(8) Concession to bulk purchasers of compost/plastic/tin and

recyclables on the price of by product, if any, as a result of processing

of Solid Waste shall be decided by the Municipal Committee, Ramban.

(j) The cement manufacturing units shall be responsible to lift the

RDF from municipal dumping sites and their license renewals be

linked with Municipal Committee, Ramban NOC's.

(9) Tippers ferrying building material and causing avoidable waste

on the streets shall be liable for fine to be decided by the Municipal

Committee, Ramban but not less than Rupees Five Hundred (500/-) per

default.

13. Responsibilities of Waste Generators.—(1) Prohibition of

littering—

(a) Littering in any public place : No person shall litter in any

public place except in authorised public or private litter

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any public place except in such public facilities or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes.

(b) Littering ·on any property : No person shall litter on any open or vacant property except in authorised private or public receptacles.

(c) Litter-throwing from vehicles : No person, whether a driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall litter upon any street, road, sidewalk, playground, garden, traffic island or other public place. No vehicle shall be washed on roads, river banks, near public parks, water bodies.

(d) Litter from goods vehicles : No person shall drive or move any truck or other goods vehicle unless such vehicle is so constructed and loaded as to prevent any load, contents or litter from being blown off or deposited upon any road, sidewalks, traffic island, playground, garden or other public place.

(e) Litter by owned/pet animals : It shall be the responsibility of the owner of any pet animal including dog, cat etc. to promptly scoop/clean up any litter created by such pet on the street or any public place and take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste preferably by their own sewage system.

(f) Disposal of waste in drain etc. No person shall litter in any

drain/river/open pond/water bodies.

(2) Burning of waste : Disposal by burning of any type of solid waste at public places or at any private or public property is strictly prohibited.

(3) "Clean Area" : Every person shall endeavour that any public place in front of or adjacent to any premises owned or occupied by him including the footpath and open drain/gutter and kerb is free of any waste, either in solid or liquid form.

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rallies, commercial, religious, socio-cultural events, protests and

demonstrations, etc.) where the permission from the Police Department

and/or from the Municipal Committee, Ramban is required, it will be the

responsibility of the organiser of the event or gathering to ensure the

cleanliness of that area as well as all appurtenant areas.

(5) Refundable Cleanliness Deposit, as may be notified by the

Municipal Committee, Ramban, will be taken from the organiser, by the

concerned zonal office for the duration of the event. This deposit will be

refunded on the completion of the event after it is noted that the said

public place has been restored back to a clean state, and any waste

generated as a result of the event has been collected and transported to

designated sites. This deposit will be only for the cleanliness of the public

place and does not cover any damage to property. In case the organisers

of the event wish to avail of the services of the Municipal Committee,

Ramban for the cleaning, collection and transport of waste generated as

a result of that event, they must apply to the Chief Executive Officer/

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Ramban for availing the services

and pay the necessary charges as may be fixed by the Competent Authority

for this purpose.

(6) Dumping of solid waste on vacant plot and depositing

construction and demolition waste at non-designated locations shall be

dealt with by the Municipal Committee, Ramban in the following

manner :—

(a) The Municipal Committee, Ramban may serve a notice on

the owner/occupier of any premises, requiring such owner/

occupier to clear any waste on such premises in a manner

and within a time specified in such notice.

(b) If the person on whom the notice has been served fails to

comply with the requirements imposed by the notice, such

person shall be liable to pay penalties as prescribed from

time to time.

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(c) If the person on whom the notice is served fails to comply with any requirements imposed by such notice, the Municipal Committee, Ramban may—

(i) Enter on the premises and clear the waste ; and

(ii) Recover from the occupier the expenditure incurred

in having done so.

(7) Duty of manufacturers or brand owners of disposable

products and sanitary napkins and diapers—

(a) All manufacturers/sole distributors/whole sellers of disposal products such as tin, glass, plastics packaging, wrappers etc., or brand owners who introduce such products in the market within the jurisdiction of Municipal Committee, Ramban shall provide necessary financial assistance to Municipal Committee, Ramban for establishment of waste management system. Municipal Committee, Ramban may also coordinate with the concerned departments of Central Govt. and/or the Govt. of J&K for implementation of this provision.

0.5% of Annual turnover shall be chargeable from

them for establishment/maintenance of solid waste

management facilities to be deposited with the

concerned corporation/local body.

(b) All such brand owners who sell or market their products in such packaging material which are non-biodegradable shall put in place a system to collect back the packaging waste generated due to their production.

(c) Manufacturers or brand owners or marketing companies of sanitary napkins and diapers shall explore the possibility of using all recyclable materials in their products or they shall provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal of each napkin or diapers along with the packet of their sanitary products.

(d) All such manufacturers, brand owners or marketing companies shall educate the masses for wrapping and

disposal of their products.

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(8) All industrial units using fuel and located within one hundred Km. from a solid waste based refuse derived fuel plant shall make arrangements to replace at least five percent of their fuel requirement by refused derived fuel so produced.

14. Responsibilities of Municipal Committee, Ramban.—(1) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall within its territorial area, be responsible for ensuring regular system of surface cleaning of all common streets/ roads, public places, temporary settlements, slum areas, markets, its own parks, gardens, drains etc. by employing human resources and machines and shall be bound to collect the garbage from the declared storage containers, and transport it every day to the final disposal point in closed vehicles for which Municipal Committee, Ramban may engage private parties on contract or Public Private Partnership mechanism with the prior approval of Govt., apart from its own cleaning staff and vehicles. In addition, Municipal Committee, Ramban shall identify all the commercial areas for carrying out sweeping twice a day.

(2) Municipal Committee, Ramban or the authorised agency engaged by it shall provide and maintain sufficient number of community litter bins of sufficient size on public roads, in surroundings of railway stations, bus stops, religious places, in commercial areas etc.

(3) Municipal Committee, Ramban for the purpose of managing solid waste activities in decentralized and regular manner shall designate one officer in every ward to supervise the spots of containers, public toilets, community toilets or urinals in public places, transfer station for public garbage, landfill processing units etc.

(4) The competent authority shall designate sufficient Senior Officer/s, preferably not below the rank of to be decided by the Municipal Committee, Ramban, as Nodal Officer/s to monitor the progress of segregation, collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste.

(5) Each ward shall be divided into sweeping beats based on the prescribed parameter and deploy manpower accordingly or rationalize the existing deployment and monitor their work by using latest technology. Wherever it is unable to get sweeping through its own staff, it may outsource through contract. Each beat shall be inspected by the supervising officials on daily basis prescribed as per directions.

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(6) Municipal Committee, Ramban, shall employ latest road/street cleaning machines, mechanical sweepers or other equipments which improves the efficiency of sweeping and drainage cleaning.

(7) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall create awareness and sensitization through Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaign and educate the waste generators and other stakeholders about the various provisions of Solid Waste Management Rules and these bye- laws with special emphasis on user fee and fines/penalties.

(8) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall encourage waste generators to treat wet waste at source. It may consider creating systems for incentives for adoption of decentralized technologies such as bio-methanation, composting etc. Incentives may be like awarding and recognizing the households. RWAs and institutions etc. by giving certificates by publishing their names on respective websites or rebate in property tax etc.

(9) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall ensure that the authorities of Agriculture Department, Floriculture Department, Horticulture, SKAUST are supplied with sufficient quantity of compost generated out of organic waste to phase out the use of chemical fertilizers and use compost in all parks, gardens maintained by them and wherever possible in other places under its jurisdiction. Incentives may be provided to recycling initiatives by informal waste recycling sector and shall take up with the Directorate of Horticulture, Agriculture and Floriculture for use of compost.

(10) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall make efforts to streamline and formalize solid waste management systems and endeavour that the informal sector workers in waste management (waste pickers) are given priority to upgrade their work conditions and are enumerated and integrated into the formal system of solid waste management.

(11) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall ensure that the operator of a facility provides personal protection equipment including uniform, fluorescent jacket, hand gloves, raincoats, appropriate foot wear and masks to all workers handling solid waste and the same are used by the workforce.

(12) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall ensure occupational safety of its own staff and staff of outsourced agency involved in collection transport and handling of waste by providing appropriate and adequate personal protective equipments.

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(13) In case of an accident at any solid waste processing or treatment or disposal facility or landfill site, the officer-in-charge of the facility shall report to Municipal Committee, Ramban immediately which shall review and issue instructions, if any, to the in-charge of the facility.

(14) Regular checks : Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer/ Assistant Sanitation Officer, Municipal Committee, Ramban shall conduct regular checks in various parts of the wards and other places of collection, transportation, processing and disposal of solid waste to supervise compliance of various provisions of SWM Rules and these bye-laws.

(15) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall develop a public grievance redressal system (PGRS) by setting up of call centre at its headquarter. The PGRS may include SMS based service mobile application or web based services.

(16) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall install bio-metric/smart card technologies/ICT System for tracking and recording attendance of employees associated with the working of SWM Rules and these bye- laws at Hq./all zones/ward offices etc. and shall make an endeavour to integrate such system with the salary/wages/remuneration.

(17) Transparency and Public Accessibility : To ensure greater transparency and public accessibility, Municipal Committee, Ramban, shall provide all necessary information through its website.

(18) Municipal Committee, Ramban shall perform all other duties mentioned in SWM Rules, which have not been specifically mentioned in these bye-laws.

CHAPTER-X

MISCELLANEOUS

15. If any doubt or difficulty arises in the interpretation or implementation of these bye-laws the same shall be placed before Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department, whose decision in the matter shall be final.

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and authorities, to ensure compliance of these bye-laws within areas under the jurisdiction or control of such bodies. In case of any difficulty matter shall be placed before Chief Secretary of Government of J&K.

17. The Competent Authority may issue general or special orders from time to time for proper implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and these bye-laws.

1 8 . Right to Appeal.—Any person aggrieved or affected by Jammu and Kashmir Solid Waste Management Bye-Laws, 2018 shall have the right to appeal before Director Urban Local Bodies, Jammu within 30 days and in case he is not satisfied with the disposal of Director concerned, the second appellate authority shall be Administrative Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Department whose decision shall be final and binding.

(19) Jurisdiction.—For filing cases against the Bye-Laws the

Jurisdiction is Jammu and Srinagar only.

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SCHEDULE-I

USER FEE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

S.No. Categories User Fee from each premises/

House/Dwelling Unit/Flat per

month (In Rupees)

Municipal Municipal

Councils Committees

3

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1. Residential dwelling unit (Covered area)

i. Up to 2000 Sq. ft. 50 50

ii. Over 2000 Sq. ft. 75 75

2. Street Vendor 50 50

3. Commercial Establishments, Shops,

Eating Places (Dhaba/Sweet/Shops/ Coffee house, Saloon etc.) 250 100 No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 36 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

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  4.    Guest  House/Dharamshalas/Hostels/
        Paying  Guest                                1000     500
  5.    Restaurant  up  to  sitting  of  50  person  1000     500
  6.    Restaurant  with  sitting  of  more
        than  50  person                             2000     1000
  7.    Hotel  (Up  to  3  star)                     1000     1000
  8.    Hotel  (above  3  star)                      5000     5000
  9.    Commercial  offices,  government  officers,
        bank,  insurance  offices,  coaching  classes,
        educational  institutes  etc.                500      100
10.     Kinder  Garten,  Cretches  etc.              --       --
11.     Clinic, dispensary, laboratories,            1000     500
12.(a) Nursing  homes  (up  to  50  beds)            1000     500
        only  non-bio  medical  waste.
12.(b) Hospitals,  Nursing  Homes                    4000     4000
        (above  50  beds)
13.     Small  and  cottage  industry,  workshop     1000     500
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
14.     Godowns,  cold  storages                     2000     1000
        (only  non-hazardous  waste)
15.     Automobiles,  showrooms                      2000     1000
16.     Service  Stations, Automobile  Workshops     1000     500
17.     Marriage/Party Halls, Festivals  Halls,      2000     1000
        Party  Lawns,  exhibition  and  fairs.
18.     Clubs, cinemas halls, pubs, multiplexes      2000     1000
        and  other  such  places.
19.     Any  other  non-commercial,  commercial,     500      500
        religious or charitable institution not
        covered  in  any  of  above  categories.
20.     Dairies  &  Kennels                          1000     500

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21. Other places/activity As decided by As decided by not marked as above. the Cocerned the Concerned

CEO/EO Municipal CEO/EO Councils by Municipal general or Committees by special order general or special

order.

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SCHEDULE–II

FINE/PENALTY

S.No Rule/Bye- Offences Applicable to Fine for

Laws No.

every default (In Rs.)

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1 2 3 4 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 1. Rule 4 (1)(a) Failure to Residential 500

of SWM segregate Marriage/Party 10,000 Rules and store Halls, Festival

waste and Halls, Party handover Lawns, segregated Exhibition and waste in accordance Clubs, Cinema 5000 with the Rule Halls, Pubs,

Community Halls, Multiplexes and other such places with area less than 5000 sq. m. Other non-residential 1000 entities with area less than 5000 sq.m.

2. Rule 4 (1) o Failure to Residential 500

(b) and (d) deal with of SWM sanitary Rules waste in No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 38 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

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accordance with the Rule o Failure to Non-Residential 1000 deal with horticulture waste and garden waste in accordance with the Rule

3. Rule 4 (1) Failure to Residential 2000

(c) of SWM deal with Rules construction

and demolition Non-Residential 5000 waste in accordance with the Rule

4. Rule 4 (2) Open Violator 5000

of SWM burning of Rules solid waste

5. Rule 4 (4) Organizing Person(s), 5000

of SWM an event or who has/ve Rules gathering of organised

more than such event or one hundred gathering or, person at any on whose unlicensed behalf such place without event or following the gathering has prescribed been organized procedure and the event

manager(s), if any, who has/ve organized such event or gathering

6. Rule 4 (5) Street Violator 500

of SWM vendor Rules failing to No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 39 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

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deal with waste in accordance with the Rule

7. Bye-Law 13 Littering Offender 500

(i) read with Rule 15 (g) of SWM Rules

8. Rule 4 (6) Failure to Resident 5000

of SWM deal with Welfare Rules waste in Association accordance with the Rule Market 10,000 Association

9. Rule 4 (7) Failure to Gated Community 10,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Institution 15,000

accordance with the Rule

10. Rule 4 (8) Failure to Hotel 20,000

of SWM deal with Rules waste in Restaurant 10,000

accordance with the Rule

11. Rule 17 (2) Selling or Manufacturer 50,000

of SWM marketing of and/or Brand Rules disposable Owner products without a system of collecting back the packaging waste generated due to their

production No. 23-3] The J&K Govt. Gazette, 6th Sept., 2019/15th Bhad., 1941. 40 –––––––—––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––—––——

1 2 3 4 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 12. Rule 17 (3) Failure to Manufacturer 50,000

of SWM take measure and/or Brand Rules in accordance owner and/or

with the Rule marketing

companies

13. Rule 18 of Failure to Industrial Unit 50,000

SWM Rules replace fuel requirement by refuse derived fuel

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FORM-A

APPLICATION FOR REMITTING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USER CHARGES

From

……………………………………

.,…………………………………

……………………………………

To

The Chief Executive Officer/Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Ramban

Sir,

I/We hereby affirm to state that I/We do carry out business at (address of the applicant with the nature of business). I/We hereby agree to hand over the Municipal Solid Waste generated by me/us at my/our premises in segregated form and also agree to pay the SWM User

Charges of Rs. …………………… (in words) as fixed in the SWM

Bye-Laws.

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I/We further affirm to state that in the event I/We change the place

of business I/We would duly intimate the Commissioner, JMC in writing

before 30 days for the consequent action to be taken for cancellation of

the SWM User Charges.

Yours faithfully,

(Signature of the applicant with date)

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FORM-IV

FORMAT TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT ANNUAL REPORT ON

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT- 2016

[Rule 15 (Z)(a), 24(2)]

Calendar Year: Date of Submission of

report

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1

2

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1 Name of the City/Town and State

2 Population :

3 Area in Sq. Kilometers

4 Name and Address of local body

Telephone

Fax No.

E-mail:

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1

2

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5 Name of the officer-in-charge dealing

with Solid Waste Management

Phone No.

Fax No.

E-mail :

6 Number of households in the

city/town

Number of non-residential premises

in the city

Number of election/administrative

wads in the City/town

7 Quantity of Solid Waste

Estimated Quantity of Solid Waste

generated in the local body area

per day in metric tones

Quality of Solid Waste collected

per day

Per capita waste collected per day

Quality of solid waste processed

Quality of solid waste disposal at

dumpsite/landfill

8 Status of solid waste

management service

Segregation and storage

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2

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Whether SOLID WASTE is stored

at source in domestic/commercial/

institutional bins, if yes.

Percentage of Household practice

storage of waste at source in

domestic bins

Percentage of non-residential

premises practices storage of waste at source in commercial/

institutional bins

Percentage of households dispose

or throw solid waste on the streets

Percentage of non-residential premise dispose or throw solid

waste on the streets

Whether solid waste is stored at

source in segregated form, if yes.

Percentage of premises segregating the waste at source

Door to Door Collection of solid waste

Whether door to door collection

(D2D) of solid waste is being done in the city/town, if yes

Number of wards covered in D2D collection of waste

Number of household covered

Number of non-residential

premises including commercial

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1

2

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Percentage of residential and

non-residential premises covered in

door to door collection through:

Motorized vehicle

Contained tricycle/Handcart

Other device

If not, method of primary

collection adopted

Sweeping of streets

Length of roads, streets, lanes,

bye-lanes in the city that need

to be cleaned

Frequency of street sweeping and

percentage of population covered

Total used

Manual sweeping

Mechanical Sweeping

Whether long handle broom used

by sanitation workers

Whether each sanitation worker is

given handcart/tricycle for

collection of waste

Whether handcart/tricycle is

containerized

Whether the collection tools

synchronizes with collection/waste

storage containers utilized

Secondary Waste Storage facilities

No. and type of waste storage

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Open waste storage sites

Masonry bins

Cement concrete cylinder bins `

Dhalao/covered rooms/space

Covered metal/plastic containers

Up to 1.1 m3 bins

2 to 5 m3 bins

Above 5 m3 containers

Bin-less city

Bin/Population ratio

Ward-wise details of waste

storage depots (attach):

Ward No. :

Area :

Population :

No. of bins placed

Total volume of bins placed

Total storage capacity of waste

storage facilities in cubic meters

Total Waste actually stored at the

waste storage depots daily

Give frequency of collection of

waste from the depots

Number of bins cleared

Whether storage depots have facility

for storage of segregated waste in

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2

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Whether lifting of solid waste from

storage depots in manual or mechanical,

give percentage

(%) of manual lifting of solid waste

(%) of mechanical lifting

If mechanical specify the method used

Whether solid waste is lifted from door

to door and transported to treatment plant

directly in a segregated form

Waste transportation per day Type

and number of vehicles used

Animal cart

Tractors

Non-tipping Truck

Tipping Truck

Dumper Placers

Refuse Collectors

Compactors

Others

JCB/Loader

Frequency of transportation

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2

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Quantity of waste transported

each day

Percentage of total waste

transported daily

Waste Treatment Technologies used

Whether solid waste is processed

If yes, Quantity of waste

processed daily

Whether treatment is done by local

body or through an agency

Land (s) available with the local

body for waste processing

Land currently utilized for

waste processing

Solid Waste processing facilities

in operation

Solid Waste processing under construction

Distance of processing facilities

from city/town boundary

Details of technologies adopted

Composting

Vermi composting

Bio-methanation

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Waste to Energy technology such as

incineration, gasification, pyrolysis or

any other technology

Co-processing

Combustible waste supplied to

Cement plant

Combustible waste supplied to

solid waste based power plants

Others

Solid waste disposal facilities

No. of dumpsite sites available

with the local body

No. of sanitary Landfill sites

available with the body

Area of each such sites available

for waste disposal

Area of land currently used

for waste disposal

Distance of dumpsites/landfill

facility from city/town

Distance from the nearest habitation

Distance from water body

Distance from state/national highway

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Distance from important religious

place or historical monument

Whether it falls in flood prone area

Whether it falls in earthquake

fault line area

Quantity of waste land filled each day

Whether landfill site is fenced

Whether Lighting facility is

available on site

Whether Weigh bridge facility available

Vehicle and equipments used at

landfill (specify)

Manpower deployed at landfill site

Whether covering is done on daily basis

If, not Frequency of covering the

waste deposited at the landfill

Cover material used

Whether adequate covering

material is available

Provisions for gas venting provided

Provision for Leachate Collection

Whether an Action Plan has been

prepared from improving solid waste

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10 What separate provisions are made for

Dairy related activities Slaughter house waste C&D waste (construction debris)

11 Details of post Closure plan

12 How many slums are identified and

whether these are provided with Solid Waste Management facilities

13 Give details of :

Local Body's own manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

14 Give details of :

Contractor/concessionaire's manpower deployed for collection including street sweeping, secondary storage, transportation, processing and disposal of waste

15 Mention briefly the difficulties being experienced by the local body is complying with provision of these rules

16 Mention briefly if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a problem related to solid waste, which could be replicated by other local bodies

(Sd.) ...........................,

Executive Officer, Municipal Committee, Ramban.

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