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REGD NO. JK––33

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

....

Printed at the Ranbir Government Press, Jammu.

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391-398

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251-254

99-102

213-220

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.).

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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.

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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

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K. M. S.

Poonch

Mandi

Arai

1323

min

00–00–7½

1319

min

00–16–06

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Total

00–17–4½

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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 ;

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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

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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 ;

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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

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1

2

3

4

5

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K. M.

Samba

Rajpora

Chachwal

950

min

00–14

951

04–00

952

min

01–00

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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

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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

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1

2

3

4

5

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K. M.

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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

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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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PART II––A

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

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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.

————

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

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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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[No. 28

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.)

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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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Jammu, Thu., the 10 Oct., 2019/18th Asvi., 1941.

[No. 28

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Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a

separate compilation.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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,

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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.

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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.

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.

EXTRAORDINARY

REGD. NO. JK—33

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PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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, 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 ;

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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, 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 ;

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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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‘‘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.

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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, 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.

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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, 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.

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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, 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.

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(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

centre will be set up at a suitable location for receiving the

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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.

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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, 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

receive waste from the Auto Tippers, 3-Wheelers, Rickshaws etc. engaged

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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

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(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.

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(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

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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.

(4)

For Public Gatherings and Events organised in public places

for any reason (including for processions, exhibitions, circuses, fairs, political

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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, 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.

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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, 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.

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(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

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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.

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. 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

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2

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

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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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2

3

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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.)

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1

2

3

4

5

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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

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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

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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

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2

3

4

5

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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.

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2

3

4

5

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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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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

of waste at source

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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

establishments, hotels, restaurant,

educational Institution/offices

etc. covered

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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

depots in the city/town

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

green, blue and black bins

1

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

of waste

1

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

Refuse Derived Fuel

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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

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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

management practices in the City

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What separate provisions are made for

Dairy related activities

Slaughter house waste

C&D waste (construction debris)

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Details of post Closure plan

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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

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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.

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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.

EXTRAORDINARY

REGD. NO. JK—33

THE

JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a

separate compilation.

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PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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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

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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,

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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

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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

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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—

(a)

For the collection of domestic hazardous waste, a deposition

centre will be set up at a suitable location for receiving the

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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.

(16)

Dedicated MTS shall be deployed at specified locations to

receive waste from the Auto Tippers, 3-Wheelers, Rickshaws etc. engaged

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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

for combustible fraction of waste or supply as feed stock to

solid waste based power plants ; and/or

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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

utensils or any other object or keep any type of storage in

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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.

(4)

For Public Gatherings and Events organised in public places

for any reason (including for processions, exhibitions, circuses, fairs, political

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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.

16. Co-ordination with Government Bodies.—Municipal

Committee, Kalakote shall co-ordinate with other government agencies

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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

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1

2

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

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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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2

3

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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.)

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1

2

3

4

5

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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

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2

3

4

5

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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

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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

of SWM

marketing of

and/or Brand

Rules

disposable

Owner

products

without a

system of

collecting back

the packaging

waste

generated due

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2

3

4

5

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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.

1

2

3

4

5

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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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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

of waste at source

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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

establishments, hotels, restaurant,

educational Institution/offices

etc. covered

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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

depots in the city/town

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

green, blue and black bins

1

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

of waste

1

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

Refuse Derived Fuel

1

2

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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

1

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

prepared from improving solid waste

management practices in the City

1

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, Kalakote.

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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.

EXTRAORDINARY

REGD. NO. JK—33

THE

JAMMU & KASHMIR GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

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Separate paging is given to this part in order that it may be filed as a

separate compilation.

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PART III

Laws, Regulations and Rules passed thereunder.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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, 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—

(a)

For the collection of domestic hazardous waste, a deposition

centre will be set up at a suitable location for receiving the

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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

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

street level operations.

(16)

Dedicated MTS shall be deployed at specified locations to

receive waste from the Auto Tippers, 3-Wheelers, Rickshaws etc. engaged

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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 ;

(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

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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

receptacles. No person shall repair vehicles, wash/clean

utensils or any other object or keep any type of storage in

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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.

(4)

For Public Gatherings and Events organised in public places

for any reason (including for processions, exhibitions, circuses, fairs, political

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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.

16. Co-ordination with Government Bodies.—Municipal

Committee, Ramban shall co-ordinate with other government agencies

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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.

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. 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

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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

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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.

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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.)

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3

4

5

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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

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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

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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

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2

3

4

5

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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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3

4

5

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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

of waste at source

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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

etc. covered

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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

depots in the city/town

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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

green, blue and black bins

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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

of waste

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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

Refuse Derived Fuel

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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

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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

management practices in the City

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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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