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MANNADIPET COMMUNE PANCHAYAT, PUDUCHERRY

No. 68-28/MCP/2020-21/W.

Thirubuvanai, dated 21st July 2023.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 320 of the

Puducherry Village and Commune Panchayat Act 1973 (No. 10 of 1973),

read with the Puducherry Commune Panchayats (Procedure for framing

of Bye-laws) Rules, 1975 under sections 3, 6 and 25 of the Environment

[Protection Act, 1986 (29 of 1986)], the Solid Waste Management Rules

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2016 notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change, Government of India on 08-04-2016 in the Extraordinary Gazette

(Part-II) No. 178 of the Government of India, the following proposed

Bye-laws incorporating the provisions of the said rules was published

as draft Bye-laws in the Extraordinary Gazette (Part-II) No. 48 of the

Government of Puducherry on 13-06-2023 for information of all persons

likely to be affected there by and notice was given that the Bye-laws

shall be taken into consideration after the expiration 30 (Thirty) days

from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

2. No objection or suggestion was received within the aforesaid

stipulated period.

3. The Designated Officer who has been appointed by the

Government under clause (b) of sub-section 208 of the Puducherry

Village and Commune Panchayats Act, 1973 (vide G.O. Ms. No. 08/LAS/

A4/2017-18, dated 15-06-2017 of the Local Administration Department

to exercise all the powers and to perform all the functions of Mannadipet

Commune Panachayat council has, therefore, adopted the following draft

Bye-laws as final one.

4. In exercise of the powers conferred upon by rule 3 of the

Puducherry Commune Panchayats (Procedure for framing of Bye-laws)

rules, 1975, the Director (Local Administration) has approved and

confirmed the following Bye-laws vide Order No. 68-28/MCP/2020-21/W,

dated 18-07-2023 of the Local Administration Department.

5. The following Bye-laws as approved and confirmed by the

Director, Local Administration Department are hereby published for

information of the public as required under rule 4 of the Puducherry

Commune Panchayats (Procedure for framing of Bye-laws) Rules, 1975.

These Bye-laws will come into force after 30 (Thirty) days from

the date of publication in the Gazette.

V. EJILERADJANE,

Commissioner.

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BYE-LAWS

GENERAL

CHAPTER–I

1. Short Title and commencement.— (1) These Bye-laws may be

called “Bye-Laws for Solid Waste Management, 2022”.

2. Application.— These rules shall apply to every urban Local

Body, outgrowths in urban agglomerations, census towns as declared

by the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, notified

areas, notified industrial townships, areas under the control of Indian

Railways, airports, airbases, Ports and harbours, defence establishments,

special economic zones, State and Central government organisations,

places of pilgrims, religious and historical importance as may be notified

by respective State Government from time to time and to every domestic,

institutional, commercial and any other non residential solid waste

generator situated in the areas except industrial waste, hazardous waste,

hazardous chemicals, bio medical wastes, e-waste, lead acid batteries

and radio-active waste, that are covered under separate rules framed

under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

3. Definitions.— (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise

requires,-

1. “aerobic composting” mean, a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter in the presence of oxygen;

2. “anaerobic digestion” mean, a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter in absence of oxygen;

3. “authorisation” means, the permission given by the State

Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the case may

be, to the operator of a facility or urban Local Authority, or any other

agency responsible for processing and disposal of solid waste;

4. “biodegradable waste” mean, any organic material that can

be degraded by micro-organisms into simpler stable compounds;

5. “bio-methanation” means, a process which entails enzymatic

decomposition of the organic matter by microbial action to produce

methane rich biogas;

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6. “brand owner” mean, a person or company who sells any

commodity under a registered brand label.

7. “buffer zone” mean, zone of no development to be maintained

around solid waste processing and disposal facility, exceeding 5 TPD

of installed capacity. This will be maintained within total and area allotted

for the solid waste processing and disposal facility.

8. “bulk waste generator” mean, and includes buildings

occupied by the Central Government Departments or undertakings, State

Government Departments or undertakings, 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 sports

complexes having an average waste generation rate exceeding 100 kg

per day;

9. “bye-laws” means, regulatory framework notified by local

body, census town and notified area townships for facilitating the

implementation of these rules effectively in their jurisdiction.

10. “census town” mean, an urban area as defined by the

Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India;

11. “combustible waste” mean, 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;

12. “composting” means, a controlled process involving

microbial decomposition of organic matter;

13. “contractor” means, a person or firm that undertakes a

contract to provide materials or labour to perform a service or do a job

for service providing authority;

14. “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;

15. “decentralised processing” mean, 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;

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16. “disposal” means, the final and safe disposal of post

processed residual solid waste and inert street sweepings and silt from

surface drains on land as specified in Schedule I to prevent

contamination of ground water, surface water, ambient air and attraction

of animals or birds;

17. “domestic hazardous waste” mean, discarded paint drums,

pesticide cans, CFL bulbs, tube lights, expired medicines, broken mercury

thermometers, used batteries, used needles and syringes and

contaminated gauge, etc., generated at the household level;

18. “door to door collection” mean, 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, multi storied building or

apartments, large residential, commercial or institutional complex or

premises;.

19. “dry waste” mean, 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;

20. “dump sites” mean, a land utilised by local body for disposal

of solid waste without following the principles of sanitary land filling;

21. “Event” means, any gatherings for the purpose of functions,

celebrations, meetings, rallies, processions, open air theatre activities,

cinema shootings, etc., in public places;

22. “extended producer responsibility” (EPR) mean, responsibility

of any producer of packaging products such as plastic, tin, glass and

corrugated boxes, etc., for environmentally sound management, till

end-of-life of the packaging products;

23. “E-waste” shall have the same meaning as assigned under

clause (r) of sub- rule ( 1) of rule (3) of the E-Waste Management Rules,

2016;

24. “Empaneled Vendor” mean, any company, registered society,

trust, partnership, limited liability partnership and or registered entity

including registered organization of Waste Pickers and or Waste Traders

empanelled with Mannadipet Panchayat for providing services relating

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to Solid Waste Management after Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

carries out a due diligence exercise to verify if, such persons/entities

have the necessary infrastructure including approved destinations for

processing of solid waste, to carry out the duties or functions under

the SWM Rules and these Bye-laws.

25. “facility” means, any establishment wherein the solid waste

management processes namely segregation, recovery, storage, collection,

recycling, processing, treatment or safe disposal are carried out;

26. “Familiarization/warning period” mean, that specific period,

during which there is a relaxation in the fines for contravention of these

Bye-laws;

27. “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 these rules and/or

Bye-laws

28. “Form” means, a F8orm appended to these rules;

29. “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;

30. “Hazardous Waste” mean, 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 shall inc lude wastes

specifically listed in Part C of Schedule-I, of these Bye-laws and all

otherhazardous wastes as defined in the Hazardous Wastes

(Management and Handling) Rules, 1989 as amended to date and the

Hazardous and Other waste (Management and Tran sbo und ary

Movement) Rules,2016.

31. “inerts” means, wastes which are not bio-degradable,

recyclable or combustible street sweeping or dust and silt removed from

the surface drains;

32. “incineration” means, an engineered process involving

burning or combustion of solid waste to thermally degrade waste

materials at high temperatures;

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33. “informal waste collector” include individuals, associations

or waste traders who are involved in sorting, sale and purchase of

recyclable materials;

34. “leachate” means, the liquid that seeps through solid waste

or other medium and has extracts of dissolved or suspended material

from it;

35. “Litter” means, all refuse and includes any other waste

material which, if, thrown or deposited as prohibited under these

Bye-laws, tends to create un cleanliness or a danger or nuisance to

public health, safety or welfare.

36. “Littering” means, putting /throwing 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.

37. “Local Body” for the purpose of these rules mean and

includes the municipal corporation, nagar nigam, municipal council,

nagarpalika, nagar Palikaparishad, municipal board, nagar panchayat and

town panchayat, village panchayat, census towns, notified areas and

notified industrial townships with whatever name they are called in

different States and union territories in India;

38. “Market Associations” mean, a group or association of shop

owners or shopkeepers, traders, businessmen, dealers, merchants,

brokers or other Agency or Service Providers of a particular

neighbourhood, market or locality that may or may not be registered with

the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and, or any other Authority;

39. “materials recovery facility” (MRF) mean, a facility where

non-compostable solid waste can be temporarily stored by the local body

or any other entity mentioned in rule 2 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 Local Body or entity mentioned in rule 2 for the purpose

before the waste is delivered or taken up for its processing or disposal;

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40. “Neighborhood” means, a clearly defined locality, with

reference to its physical layout, character or inhabitants;

41. “New construction” mean, all buildings under construction

within the limits of the Mannadipet Commune Panchayat;

42. “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.

43. “Nuisance Detectors” (NDs) mean, those employees of the

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat who are appointed by the

Commissioner to detect, the acts of public nuisance, etc., or those tech

no logical interventions which also detect, acts of Public Nuisance.

44. “non-biodegradable waste” mean, any waste that cannot be

degraded by micro organisms into simpler stable compounds;

45. “Occupier” means, and includes, any Person who is paying

or is liable to pay-

(i) To the owner the rent on enjoying the premises at free of

cost or any part thereof for the land, building(s);

(ii) room(s) and/or similar premises for occupation or use;

(iii) An owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land,

building(s), room(s) and/or similar premises;

(iv) A rent-free tenant of any land, building(s), room(s) and/

or similar premises;

(v) A licensee in occupation of any land, building(s), room(s)

and/or similar premises;

(vi) Any Person who is liable to pay to the owner damages

for the use and occupation of any land, building, room(s) and/

o r similar premises; and

(vii) Relevant Head of a Government Department or Office,

in respect of properties under their respective control;

46. “Operator of a facility” mean, a person or entity, who owns

or operates a facility for handling solid waste which includes the Local

Body and any other entity or agency appointed by the Local Body;

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47. “Owner” means, any person who exercises the rights of an

owner of any building, or land or part thereof;

48. “Point to Point Collection” mean, the system of collection

of Solid Waste from specific pick-up points as designated by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, up to which the Waste Generator must

bring the collected and segregated Solid Waste for storage at collection

points/waste depots waste receiving kiosks or designated locations for

on ward delivery in vehicles so provided by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat and/or the Agency/Service Provider;

49. “PPCC” means, the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee.

50. “Processing Fee” means, a fee or support price as determined

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat to be paid to the owner/concessionaire

or operator of waste processing facility or for disposal of residual solid

waste at the land fill being used, wherever felt necessary;

51. “Public place” include 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, watercourses, public plazas and promenades, Government and

Commune Panchayat buildings, public hospitals, markets, slaughter

houses, Courts, etc.;

52. “Public Nuisance” mean, any act, omission, offence or

wrong-doing in any public place which causes or is likely to cause injury,

danger, to the sense of sight, smell, hearing or disturbance to movement,

work or rest, or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to

health or property;

53. “Premises” means, any land, building or part of a building

and includes any gardens and grounds appertaining to a building or part

thereof and structures constructed on the land, used for purposes of

residence, trade, industry, service, bu siness, Government or any other

public or private purpose including weddings, banquets, meetings,

exhibitions, organized events, etc., It also includes any portion of a

public road that is permitted by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat to be

used for the time being for parking of vehicles, street vending, storage

of materials at a work site or for any public or private purpose what so

ever other than the movement of vehicles;

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54. “primary collection” mean, 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 local

body;

55. “Processing” means, any scientific process by which

segregated solid waste is handled for the purpose of reuse, recycling

or transformation into new products;

56. “Receptacle” means, any storage container, including bins

and bags, used for the storage of any category of solid waste;

57. “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 may or may not be similar to

the original products;

58. “Recyclable Waste” mean, the waste that is commonly

found in the solid waste and is also collectively and commonly called

as “Dry Waste”. These include many kinds of glass, paper ,metal, plastic,

textiles, electronics goods, etc.

59. “Refuse” means, any waste m atter 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.

60. “Rendering” means, the slaughter of animals and fowl,

processing of the carcasses into cured, canned, and other meat products,

and the rendering of inedible and discarded remains in to useful

by-products such as lards and oils.

61. “Residual Inert Waste” mean, and includes the waste and

rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable

for recycling or further processing;

62. “Rules” means, Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Plastic

Waste Management Rules, 2016, Biomedical waste Management Rules ,

2016, The E-Waste Management Rules, 2016, The Hazardous and other

waste (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.

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63. “Resident Welfare Associations” mean, a group or

association of owners or occupiers of residential premises of a particular

neighborhood or locality lying within the jurisdicti on of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat, that may or may not be registered with the Registrar

of Co-operative Societies (or) any other Authority, and which involves

itself in civic issues pertaining to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat;

64. “redevelopment” means, rebuilding of old residential or

commercial buildings at the same site, where the existing buildings and

other infrastructures have become dilapidated;

65. “refused derived fuel” (RDF) mean, 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;

66. “residual solid waste” mean, and includes the waste and

rejects from the solid waste processing facilities which are not suitable

for recycling or further processing;

67. “sanitary land filling” mean, 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;

68. “sanitary waste” mean, wastes comprising of used diapers,

sanitary towels or napkins, tampons, condoms, incontinence sheets and

any other similar waste;

69. “Schedule” means, the Schedule appended to these rules;

70. “secondary storage” mean, 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;

71. “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, nonrecyclable combustible waste, sanitary

waste and non recyclable inert waste, domestic hazardous wastes, and

construction and demolition wastes;

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72. “service provider” mean, an authority providing public

utility services like water, sewerage, electricity, telephone, roads,

drainage, etc;

73. “solid waste” mean, 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 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 mentioned in rule 2;

74. “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;

75. “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;

76. “Stabilised biodegradable waste” mean, the biologically

stabilized (free of pathogens) waste resulting from the mechanical/

biological treatment of biodegradable waste; and only when Stabilised

can such waste be used with no further restrictions.

77. “street vendor” mean, 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;

78. “tipping fee” mean, 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;

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79. “transfer station” mean, 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;

80. “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;

81. “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;

82. “user fee” mean, a fee imposed by the local body and any

entity mentioned in rule 2 on the waste generator to cover full or part

cost of providing solid waste collection, transportation, processing and

disposal services.

83. “Vacant Plot” mean, any Land or open space belonging to

a private party/person that is presently not occupied by their/him.

84. “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;

85. “Waste Hierarchy” mean, the solid waste management

priority order in which the solid waste is to be managed by giving

emphasis in the following order to the `5, i.e., Refusal (prevention of

use), Reduction, Reuse, Recycling and Recovery and only as a last

option Disposal, i.e., With Prevention being the most preferred option

and the Disposal at the landfill being the least;

86. “Ward Micro Plan” mean, the schematic layout indicating

collection times for different categories of Solid Waste, details of the

collection vehicles and points, map of the Ward, roads/streets for street

sweeping and optimal route map for collection and transportation of

waste, manpower and other information required for effective

implementation of the solid waste management as may be considered

appropriate by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

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87. “waste picker” mean, a person or groups of persons

informally engaged in collection and recovery of reusable and recyclable

solid waste from the source of waste generation the streets, bins,

material recovery facilities, processing and waste disposal facilities for

sale to recyclers directly or through intermediaries to earn their

livelihood.

88. “Waste Traders” mean, persons or entities such as scrap

dealers, itinerant buyers and traders who are involved in the sorting,

sale and purchase of Recyclable Non-biodegradable Waste.

89. “Zero Waste Campus” mean, a residential or non-residential/

commercial/educational/State/Central Government/Official colony or

campus which ensures that solid waste generated within the campus

is 100% source segregated and processed/treated in situ and ot her

recyclable wastes pick up are tied up directly with recyclers, without

depending on the waste collection system of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat/Service Providers or Empanelled Vendors.

4. Duties of waste generators.— (1) Every waste generator shall,-

(a) segregate and store the waste generated by them in three

separate streams namely, bio-degradable, non-bio-degradable

and domestic hazardous wastes in suitable bins and handover

segregated wastes to authorised waste pickers or waste

collectors as per the direction or notification by the local

authorities from time to time;

(b) wrap securely the used sanitary waste like diapers,

sanitary pads, etc., in the pouches provided by the manufacturers

or brand owners of these products or in a suitable wrapping

material as instructed by the local authorities and shall place

the same in the bin meant for dry waste or non-bio-degradable

waste;

and when generated, in his own premises and shall dispose off

as per the Construction and Demolition Waste Management

Rules, 2016; and

(d) store horticulture waste and garden waste generated from

his premises separately in his own premises and dispose of as

per the directions of the Local Body from time to time.

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(2) No waste generator shall throw, burn or burry the solid waste

generated by him, on streets, open public spaces outside his premises

or in the drain or water bodies.

(3) All waste generators shall pay such user fee for solid waste

management, as specified in the Bye-laws of the Local Bodies.

(4) No person shall organise an event or gathering of more than

one hundred persons at any unlicensed place without intimating the

Local Body, at least three working days in advance and such person or

the organiser of such event shall ensure segregation of waste at source

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

specified by the Local Body.

(5) Every street vendor shall keep suitable containers for

storage of 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 the Local

Body.

(6) All resident welfare and market associations shall, within one

year from the date of notification of these rules and in partnership with

the Local Body ensure segregation of waste at source by the generators

as prescribed in these rules, 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

the Local Body.

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

sqm area shall, within one year from the date of notification of these

rules and in partnership with the Local Body, ensure segregation of

waste at source by the generators as prescribed in these rules, facilitate

collection of segregated waste in separate streams, handover recyclable

material to either the authorised waste pickers or the authorized

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 the Local Body.

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(8) All hotels and restaurants shall, within one year from the

date of notification of these rules and in partnership with the Local Body

ensure segregation of waste at source as prescribed in these rules,

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 the Local Body.

(9) All kalyanamandapams, hotel/restaurant, malls and other

categories of bulk waste generators shall within 15 days from the date

of notification of the Bye-law in situ Green waste composting system

and Grey Water treatment system.

5. Duties of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate

Change.— (1) The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

shall be responsible for over all monitoring the implementation of these

rules in the country. It shall constitute a Central Monitoring Committee

under the Chairmanship of Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest

and Climate Change comprising officer not below the rank of Joint

Secretary or Advisor from the following, namely,-

(1) Ministry of Urban Development

(2) Ministry of Rural Development

(3) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

(4) Ministry of Agriculture

(5) Central Pollution Control Board

(6) Three State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution Control

Committees by rotation

(7) Urban Development Departments of three State

Governments by rotation

(8) Rural Development Departments from two State

Governments by rotation

(9) Three Urban Local bodies by rotation

(10) Two census towns by rotation

(11) FICCI, CII

(12) Two subject experts

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(2) This Central Monitoring Committee shall meet at least once

in a year to monitor and review the implementation of these rules. The

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change may coopt other

experts, if needed. The Committee shall be renewed every three years.

6. Duties of Ministry of Urban Development.— (1) The Ministry

of Urban Development shall coordinate with State Governments and

Union Territory Administrations to,-

(a) take periodic review of the measures taken by the States and

Local Bodies for improving solid waste management practices and

execution of solid waste management projects funded by the Ministry

and external agencies at least once in a year and give advice on taking

corrective measures;

(b) formulate national policy and strategy on solid waste

management including policy on waste to energy in consultation with

stakeholders within six months from the date of notification of these

rules;

Policy and strategy on solid management based on national solid waste

management policy and national urban sanitation policy;

(d) promote research and development in solid waste

management sector and disseminate information to States and Local

Bodies;

(e) undertake training and capacity building of Local Bodies and

other stakeholders; and

(f) provide technical guidelines and project finance to States,

Union Territories and Local Bodies on solid waste management to

facilitate meeting timelines and standards.

7. Duties of Department of Fertilisers, Ministry of Chemicals and

Fertilisers.— (1) The Department of Fertilisers through appropriate

mechanisms shall,-

(a) provide market development assistance on city compost; and

(b) ensure promotion of co-marketing of compost with chemical

fertilisers in the ratio of 3 to 4 bags: 6 to 7 bags by the fertiliser

companies to the extent compost is made available for marketing to the

companies.

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8. Duties of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India.— The

Ministry of Agriculture through appropriate mechanisms shall,-

(a) provide flexibility in Fertiliser Control Order for

manufacturing and sale of compost;

(b) propagate utilisation of compost on farmland;

local authorities or their authorised agencies; and

(d) issue suitable guidelines for maintaining the quality of

compost and ratio of use of compost visa-a-vis chemical fertilizers while

applying compost to farmland.

9. Duties of the Ministry of Power.— The Ministry of Power

through appropriate mechanisms shall,-

(a) decide tariff or charges for the power generated from the

waste to energy plants based on solid waste.

(b) compulsory purchase power generated from such waste to

energy plants by distribution company.

10. Duties of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources.—

The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources through

appropriate mechanisms shall,-

(a) facilitate infrastructure creation for waste to energy plants;

and

(b) provide appropriate subsidy or incentives for such waste to

energy plants.

11. Duties of the Secretary-in-charge, Urban Development in the

States and Union Territories.— (1) The Secretary, Urban Development

Department in the State or Union Territory through the Commissioner

or Director of Municipal Administration or Director of Local Bodies

shall,-

(a) prepare a State policy and solid waste management strategy

for the state or the Union Territory in consultation with stakeholders

including representative of waste pickers, self-help group and similar

groups working in the field of waste management consistent with these

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rules, national policy on solid waste management and national urban

sanitation policy of the ministry of urban development, in a period not

later than one year from the date of notification of these rules;

(b) while preparing State policy and strategy on solid waste

management, lay emphasis on waste reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery

and optimum utilisation of various components of solid waste to ensure

minimisation of waste going to the landfill and minimise impact of solid

waste on human health and environment;

role played by the informal sector of waste pickers, waste collectors and

recycling industry in reducing waste and provide broad guidelines

regarding integration of waste picker or informal waste collectors in the

waste management system.

(d) ensure implementation of provisions of these rules by all

local authorities;

(e) direct the Town Planning Department of the State to ensure

that master plan of every city in the State or Union Territory provisions

for setting up of solid waste processing and disposal facilities except

for the cities who are members of common waste processing facility or

regional sanitary landfill for a group of cities; and

(f) ensure identification and allocation of suitable land to the

Local Bodies within one year for setting up of processing and disposal

facilities for solid wastes and incorporate them in the master plans (land

use plan) of the State or as the case may be, cities through metropolitan

and District Planning Committees or Town and Country Planning

Department;

(g) direct the Town Planning Department of the State and Local

Bodies to ensure that a separate space for segregation, storage,

decentralised processing of solid waste is demarcated in the

development plan for group housing or commercial, institutional or any

other non-residential complex exceeding 200 dwelling or having a plot

area exceeding 5,000 square metres;

(h) direct the developers of Special Economic Zone, Industrial

Estate, Industrial Park to earmark at least five percent of the total area

of the plot or minimum five plots or sheds for recovery and recycling

facility.

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(i) facilitate establishment of common regional sanitary landfill

for a group of cities and towns falling within a distance of 50 km

(or more) from the regional facility on a cost sharing basis and ensure

professional management of such sanitary landfills;

(j) arrange for capacity building of Local Bodies in managing

solid waste, segregation and transportation or processing of such waste

at source;

(k) notify buffer zone for the solid waste processing and disposal

facilities of more than five tons per day in consultation with the State

Pollution Control Board; and

(l) start a Scheme on registration of waste pickers and waste

dealers.

12. Duties of District Magistrate or District Collector or Deputy

Commissioner.— The District Magistrate or District Collector or as the

case may be, the Deputy Commissioner shall, -

(a) facilitate identification and allocation of suitable land as per

clause (f) of rules 11 for setting up solid waste processing and disposal

facilities to local authorities in his District in close coordination with

the Secretary-in-charge of State Urban Development Department within

one year from the date of notification of these rules;

(b) review the performance of Local Bodies, at least once in a

quarter on waste segregation, processing, treatment and disposal and

take corrective measures in consultation with the Commissioner or

Director of Municipal Administration or Director of Local Bodies and

secretary-in-charge of the State Urban Development.

13. Duties of the Secretary-in-charge of Village Panchayats or

Rural Development Department in the State and Union Territory.—

(1) The Secretary-in-charge of Village Panchayats or Rural Development

Department in the State and Union Territory shall have the same duties

as the Secretary-in-charge, Urban Development in the States and Union

territories, for the areas which are covered under these rules and are

under their jurisdictions.

14. Duties of Central Pollution Control Board.— The Central

Pollution Control Board shall, -

(a) coordinate with the State Pollution Control Boards and the

Pollution Control Committees for implementation of these rules and

adherence to the prescribed standards by local authorities;

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(b) formulate the standards for ground water, ambient air, noise

pollution, leachate in respect of all solid waste processing and disposal

facilities;

solid waste processing facilities or treatment technologies and update

them as and when required;

(d) review through State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution

Control Committees, at least once in a year, the implementation of

prescribed environmental standards for solid waste processing facilities

or treatment technologies and compile the data monitored by them;

(e) review the proposals of State Pollution Control Boards or

Pollution Control Committees on use of any new technologies for

processing, recycling and treatment of solid waste and prescribe

performance standards, emission norms for the same within 6 months;

(f) monitor through State Pollution Control Boards or Pollution

Control Committees the implementation of these rules by Local Bodies;

(g) prepare an annual report on implementation of these rules

on the basis of reports received from State Pollution Control Boards and

Committees and submit to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and

Climate Change and the report shall also be put in public domain;

(h) publish guidelines for maintaining buffer zone restricting any

residential, commercial or any other construction activity from the outer

boundary of the waste processing and disposal facilities for different

sizes of facilities handling more than five tons per day of solid waste;

(i) publish guidelines, from time to time, on environmental

aspects of processing and disposal of solid waste to enable Local Bodies

to comply with the provisions of these rules; and

(j) provide guidance to States or Union Territories on Inter-State

movement of waste.

15. Duties and responsibilities of Local Authorities and village

Panchayats of census towns and urban agglomerations.— The local

authorities and Panchayats shall,-

(a) prepare a solid waste management plan as per State policy

and strategy on solid waste management within six months from the date

of notification of State policy and strategy and submit a copy to

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respective departments of State Government or Union Territory

Administration or agency authorised by the State Government or Union

Territory Administration;

(b) arrange for door to door collection of segregated solid waste

from all households including slums and informal settlements,

commercial, institutional and other non-residential premises. From

multi-storage buildings, large commercial complexes, malls, housing

complexes, etc., this may be collected from the entry gate or any other

designated location;

pickers or informal waste collectors and promote and establish a system

for integration of these authorised waste-pickers and waste collectors

to facilitate their participation in solid waste management including door

to door collection of waste;

(d) facilitate formation of Self Help Groups, provide identity

cards and thereafter encourage integration in solid waste management

including door to door collection of waste;

(e) frame Bye-laws incorporating the provisions of these rules

within one year from the date of notification of these rules and ensure

timely implementation;

(f) prescribe from time to time user fee as deemed appropriate

and collect the fee from the waste generators on its own or through

authorised agency;

(g) direct waste generators not to litter i.e., throw or dispose of

any waste such as paper, water bottles, liquor bottles, soft drink canes,

tetra packs, fruit peel, wrappers, etc., or burn or burry waste on streets,

open public spaces, drains, waste bodies and to segregate the waste at

source as prescribed under these rules and hand over the segregated

waste to authorised the waste pickers or waste collectors authorised by

the Local Body;

(h) setup material recovery facilities or secondary storage

facilities with sufficient space for sorting of recyclable materials to enable

informal or authorised waste pickers and waste collectors to separate

recyclables from the waste and provide easy access to waste pickers

and recyclers for collection of segregated recyclable waste such as

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paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile from the source of generation or from

material recovery facilities; Bins for storage of bio-degradable wastes

shall be painted green, those for storage of recyclable wastes shall be

printed white and those for storage of other wastes shall be printed

black;

(i) establish waste deposition centres for domestic hazardous

waste and give direction for waste generators to deposit domestic

hazardous wastes at this centre for its safe disposal. Such facility shall

be established in a city or town in a manner that one centre is set up

for the area of twenty square kilometres or part thereof and notify the

timings of receiving domestic hazardous waste at such centres;

(j) ensure safe storage and transportation of the domestic

hazardous waste to the hazardous waste disposal facility or as may be

directed by the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee;

(k) direct street sweepers not to burn tree leaves collected from

street sweeping and store them separately and handover to the waste

collectors or agency authorised by Local Body;

(l) provide training on solid waste management to waste-pickers

and waste collectors;

(m) collect waste from vegetable, fruit, flower, meat, poultry and

fish market on day to day basis and promote setting up of decentralised

compost plant or bio-methanation plant at suitable locations in the

markets or in the vicinity of markets ensuring hygienic conditions;

(n) collect separately waste from sweeping of streets, lanes and

by-lanes daily, or on alternate days or twice a week depending on the

density of population, commercial activity and local situation;

(o) set up covered secondary storage facility for temporary

storage of street sweepings and silt removed from surface drains in cases

where direct collection of such waste into transport vehicles is not

convenient. Waste so collected shall be collected and disposed of at

regular intervals as decided by the Local Body;

(p) collect horticulture, parks and garden waste separately and

process in the parks and gardens, as far as possible;

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(q) transport segregated bio-degradable waste to the processing

facilities like compost plant, bio-methanation plant or any such facility.

Preference shall be given for on site processing of such waste;

(r) transport non-bio-degradable waste to the respective

processing facility or material recovery facilities or secondary storage

facility;

(s) transport construction and demolition waste as per the

provisions of the Construction and Demolition Waste Management

Rules, 2016;

(t) involve communities in waste management and promotion of

home composting, bio-gas generation, decentralised processing of waste

at community level subject to control of odour and maintenance of

hygienic conditions around the facility;

(u) phase out the use of chemical fertilizer in two years and use

compost in all parks, gardens maintained by the Local Body and

wherever possible in other places under its jurisdiction. Incentives may

be provided to recycling initiatives by informal waste recycling sector.

(v) facilitate construction, operation and maintenance of solid

waste processing facilities and associated infrastructure on their own

or with private sector participation 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.

Preference shall be given to decentralised processing to minimize

transportation cost and environmental impacts such as

(a) bio-methanation, microbial composting, vermi-composting,

anaerobic digestion or any other appropriate processing for

bio-stabilisation of bio-degradable wastes;

(b) waste to energy processes including refused derived fuel

for combustible fraction of waste or supply as feedstock to solid

waste based power plants or cement kilns;

(w) undertake on their own or through any other agency

construction, operation and maintenance of sanitary landfill and

associated infrastructure as per Schedule-1 for disposal of residual

wastes in a manner prescribed under these rules;

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(x) make adequate provision of funds for capital investments as

well as operation and maintenance of solid waste management services

in the annual budget ensuring that funds for discretionary functions of

the Local Body have been allocated only after meeting the requirement

of necessary funds for solid waste management and other obligatory

functions of the Local Body as per these rules;

(y) make an application in Form-I for grant of authorisation for

setting up waste processing, treatment or disposal facility, if, the volume

of waste is exceeding five metric tones per day including sanitary

landfills from the State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee, as the case may be;

(z) submit application for renewal of authorisation at least sixty

days before the expiry of the validity of authorisation;

(za) prepare and submit annual report in Form-IV on or before

the 30th April of the succeeding year to the Commissioner or Director,

Municipal Administration or designated Officer;

(zb) the annual report shall then be sent to the Secretary-in-

Charge of the State Urban Development Department or Village Panchayat

or Rural Development Department and to the respective State Pollution

Control Board or Pollution Control Committee by the 31st May of every

year;

(zc) educate workers including contract workers and supervisors

for door to door collection of segregated waste and transporting the

unmixed waste during primary and secondary transportation to

processing or disposal facility;

(zd) 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;

(ze) ensure that provisions for setting up of centres for

collection, segregation and storage of segregated wastes, are

incorporated in building plan while granting approval of building plan

of a group Housing Society or market complex; and

(zf) frame Bye-laws and prescribe criteria for levying of spot fine

for persons who litters or fails to comply with the provisions of these

rules and delegate powers to Officers or Local Bodies to levy spot fines

as per the bye-laws framed; and

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(zg) create public awareness through information, education and

communication campaign and educate the waste generators on the

following; namely:-

(i) not to litter;

(ii) minimise generation of waste;

(iii) reuse the waste to the extent possible;

(iv) practice segregation of waste into bio-degradable,

non-bio-degradable (recyclable and combustible), sanitary waste

and domestic hazardous wastes at source;

(v) practice home composting, vermi-composting, bio-gas

generation or community level composting;

(vi) wrap securely used sanitary waste as and when generated

in the pouches provided by the brand owners or a suitable

wrapping as prescribed by the Local Body and place the same

in the bin meant for non-bio-degradable waste;

(vii) storage of segregated waste at source in different bins;

(viii) handover segregated waste to waste pickers, waste

collectors, recyclers or waste collection agencies; and

(ix) pay monthly user fee or charges to waste collectors or

Local Bodies or any other person authorised by the Local Body

for sustainability of solid waste management.

(zh) stop land filling or dumping of mixed waste soon after the

timeline as specified in rule 23 for setting up and operationalisation of

sanitary landfill is over;

(zi) allow only the non-usable, non-recyclable, non-bio-degradable,

non-combustible and non-reactive inert waste and pre-processing rejects

and residues from waste processing facilities to go to sanitary landfill

and the sanitary landfill sites shall meet the specifications as given in

Schedule-I, however, every effort shall be made to recycle or reuse the

rejects to achieve the desired objective of zero waste going to landfill;

(zj) investigate and analyse all old open dumpsites and existing

operational dumpsites for their potential of biomining and

bio-remediation and wheresoever feasible, take necessary actions to

bio-mine or bio-remediate the sites;

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(zk) in absence of the potential of bio-mining and bio-

remediation of dumpsite, it shall be scientifically capped as per landfill

capping norms to prevent further damage to the environment.

16. Duties of State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee.— (1) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee shall,-

(a) enforce these rules in their State through Local Bodies in

their respective jurisdiction and review implementation of these

rules at least twice a year in close coordination with concerned

Directorate of Municipal Administration or Secretary-in- charge

of State Urban Development Department;

(b) monitor environmental standards and adherence to

conditions as specified under the Schedule-I and Schedule-II

for waste processing and disposal sites;

inquiries as deemed fit, after the receipt of the application for

the same in Form-I from the Local Body or any other agency

authorised by the Local Body;

(d) while examining the proposal for authorisation, the

requirement of consents under respective enactments and views

of other agencies like the State Urban Development Department,

the Town and Country Planning Department, District Planning

Committee or Metropolitan Area Planning Committee, as may be

applicable, Airport or Airbase Authority, the Ground Water

Board, Railways, Power Distribution Companies, High Way

Department and other relevant agencies shall be taken into

consideration and they shall be given four weeks time to give

their views, if any;

(e) issue authorisation within a period of sixty days in

Form-II to the Local Body or an operator of a facility or any

other agency authorised by Local Body stipulating compliance

criteria and environmental standards as specified in Schedules-I

and II including other conditions, as may be necessary;

(f) synchronise the validity of said authorisation with the

validity of the consents;

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(g) suspend or cancel the authorization issued under clause

(a) any time, if, the Local Body or operator of the facility fails

to operate the facility as per the conditions stipulated: provided

that no such authorization shall be suspended or cancelled

without giving notice to the Local Body or operator, as the case

may be; and

(h) on receipt of application for renewal, renew the

authorisation for next five years, after examining every

application on merit and subject to the condition that the

operator of the facility has fulfilled all the provisions of the rules,

standards or conditions specified in the authorisation, consents

or environment clearance.

(2) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee shall, after giving reasonable opportunity of being heard to

the applicant and for reasons thereof to be recorded in writing, refuse

to grant or renew an authorisation.

(3) In case of new technologies, where no standards have been

prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control

Board or Pollution Control Committee, as the case may be, shall approach

Central Pollution Control Board for getting standards specified.

(4) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee, as the case may be, shall monitor the compliance of the

standards as prescribed or laid down and treatment technology as

approved and the conditions stipulated in the authorisation and the

standards specified in Schedules I and II under these rules as and when

deemed appropriate but, not less than once in a year.

(5) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee may give directions to Local Bodies for safe handling and

disposal of domestic hazardous waste deposited by the waste generators

at hazardous waste deposition facilities.

(6) The State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee shall regulate Inter-State movement of waste.

17. Duty of manufacturers or brand owners of disposable products

and sanitary napkins and diapers.— (1) All manufacturers of disposable

products such as tin, glass, plastics packaging, etc., or brand owners

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who introduce such products in the market shall provide necessary

financial assistance to local authorities for establishment of waste

management system.

(2) All such brand owners who sell or market their products in

such packaging material which are non-bio-degradable shall put in place

a system to collect back the packaging waste generated due to their

production.

(3) 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.

(4) All such manufacturers, brand owners or marketing

companies shall educate the masses for wrapping and disposal of their

products.

18. Duties of the industrial units located within one hundred km

from the refused derived fuel and waste to energy plants based on solid

waste.— All industrial units using fuel and located within one hundred

km from a solid waste based refused derived fuel plant shall make

arrangements within six months from the date of notification of these

rules to replace at least five percent of their fuel requirement by refused

derived fuel so produced.

19. Criteria for Duties regarding setting-up solid waste

processing and treatment facility.— (1) The Department in-charge of

the allocation of land assignment shall be responsible for providing

suitable land for setting up of the solid waste processing and treatment

facilities and notify such sites by the State Government or Union

Territory Administration.

(2) The operator of the facility shall design and set up the

facility as per the technical guidelines issued by the Central Pollution

Control Board in this regard from time to time and the manual on solid

waste management prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development.

(3) The operator of the facility shall obtain necessary approvals

from the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee.

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(4) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee shall monitor the environment standards of the operation of

the solid waste processing and treatment facilities.

(5) The operator of the facility shall be responsible for the safe

and environmentally sound operations of the solid waste processing

and or treatment facilities as per the guidelines issued by the Central

Pollution Control Board from time to time and the Manual on Municipal

Solid Waste Management published by the Ministry of Urban

Development and updated from time to time.

(6) The operator of the solid waste processing and treatment

facility shall submit annual report in Form-III each year by 30th April to

the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Committee and concerned

Local Body.

20. Criteria and actions to be taken for solid waste management

in hilly areas.— In the hilly areas, the duties and responsibilities of

the local authorities shall be the same as mentioned in rule 15 with

additional clauses as under:

(a) Construction of landfill on the hill shall be avoided.

A transfer station at a suitable enclosed location shall be setup to collect

residual waste from the processing facility and inert waste. A suitable

land shall be identified in the plain areas down the hill within 25 kilometres

for setting up sanitary landfill. The residual waste from the transfer

station shall be disposed of at this sanitary landfill.

(b) In case of non-availability of such land, efforts shall be made

to set up regional sanitary landfill for the inert and residual waste.

littering wastes on the streets and give strict direction to the tourists

not to dispose any waste such as paper, water bottles, liquor bottles,

soft drink canes, tetra packs, any other plastic or paper waste on the

streets or down the hills and instead direct to deposit such waste in the

litter bins that shall be placed by the Local Body at all tourist

destinations.

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(d) Local Body shall arrange to convey the provisions of solid

waste management under the Bye-laws to all tourists visiting the hilly

areas at the entry point in the town as well as through the hotels, guest

houses or like where they stay and by putting suitable hoardings at

tourist destinations.

(e) Local Body may levy solid waste management charge from

the tourist at the entry point to make the solid waste management

services sustainable.

(f) The Department in-charge of the allocation of land

assignment shall identify and allot suitable space on the hills for setting

up decentralised waste processing facilities. Local Body shall set up

such facilities. Step garden system may be adopted for optimum

utilisation of hill space.

21. Criteria for waste to energy process.— (1) Non-recyclable

waste having calorific value of 1500 K/cal/kg or more shall not be

disposed of on landfills and shall only be utilised for generating energy

either or through refuse derived fuel or by giving away as feed stock

for preparing refuse derived fuel.

(2) High calorific wastes shall be used for co-processing in

cement or thermal power plants.

(3) The Local Body or an operator of facility or an agency

designated by them proposing to set up waste to energy plant of more

than five tones per day processing capacity shall submit an application

in Form-I to the State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee, as the case may be, for authorisation.

(4) The State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee, on receiving such application for setting up waste to energy

facility, shall examine the same and grant permission within sixty days.

22. Time frame for implementation.— Necessary infrastructure for

implementation of these rules shall be created by the Local Bodies and

other concerned authorities, as the case may be, on their own, by directly

or engaging agencies within the time frame specified below:

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Sl.

Activity

Time-limit

No.

from the

date of

notification

of rules

(1)

(2)

(3)

Identification of suitable sites for setting up solid

1 year

waste processing facilities.

Identification of suitable sites for setting up common

1 year

regional sanitary landfill facilities for suitable clusters

of local authorities under 0.5 million population and

for setting up common regional sanitary landfill

facilities or stand alone sanitary landfill facilities by

all local authorities having a population of 0.5 million

or more.

Procurement of suitable sites for setting up solid

2 years

waste processing facility and sanitary landfill

facilities.

Enforcing waste generators to practice segregation

2 years

of bio-degradable, recyclable, combustible, sanitary

waste domestic hazardous and inert solid wastes at

source.

Ensure door to door collection of segregated waste

2 years

and its transportation in covered vehicles to

processing or disposal facilities.

Ensure separate storage, collection and transportation

2 years

of construction and demolition wastes.

Setting up solid waste processing facilities by all

2 years

Local Bodies having 100000 or more population.

Setting up solid waste processing facilities by Local

3 years

Bodies and census towns below 100000 population.

Setting up common or stand alone sanitary landfills

3 years

by or for all Local Bodies having 0.5 million or more

population for the disposal of only such residual

wastes from the processing facilities as well as

untreatable inert wastes as permitted under the rules.

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10.

Setting up common or regional sanitary landfills by

3 years

all Local Bodies and census towns under 0.5 million

population for the disposal of permitted waste under

the rules.

11.

Bio-remediation or capping of old and abandoned

5 years

dumpsites.

23. State Level Advisory Body.— (1) Every Department in-charge

of Local Bodies of the concerned State Government or Union Territory

administration shall constitute a State Level Advisory Body within six

months from the date of notification of these rules comprising the

following Members, namely:–

Sl.

Designation

Member

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

Secretary, Department of Urban Development or . . Chairperson,

Local Self Government Department of the State.

Ex-officio.

One representative of Panchayats or Rural . . Member,

Development Department not below the rank

Ex-officio.

of Joint Secretary to State Government.

One representative of Revenue Department of . . Member,

State Government.

Ex-officio.

One representative from Ministry of Environment, . . Member,

Forest and Climate Change Government of India.

Ex-officio.

One representative from Ministry of Urban . . Member,

Development, Government of India.

Ex-officio.

One representative from Ministry of Rural . . Member,

Development, Government of India.

Ex-officio.

One representative from the Central Pollution . . Member,

Control Board.

Ex-officio.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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One representtative from the State Pollution . . Member,

Control Board or Pollution Control Committee.

Ex-officio.

One representative from Indian Institute of . . Member,

Technology or National Institute of Technology.

Ex-officio.

10. Chief Town Planner of the State

. . Member

11. Three representatives from the Local Bodies by . . Members

rotation.

12. Two representatives from census towns or urban . . Members

agglomerations by rotation.

13. One representative from reputed Non-Governmental . . Member

Organisation or Civil Society working for the

waste pickers or informal recycler or solid waste

management.

14. One representative from a Body representing . . Member

Industries at the State or Central level.

15. One representative from waste recycling industry . . Member

16. Two subject experts

. . Members

17. Co-opt one representative each from Agriculture . . Members

Department and Labour Department of State

Government.

(2) The State Level Advisory Body shall meet at least one in

every six months to review the matters related to implementation of these

rules, State policy and strategy on solid waste management and give

advice to State Government for taking measures that are necessary for

expeditious and appropriate implementation of these rules.The copies

of the review report shall be forwarded to the State Pollution Control

Board or Pollution Control Committee for necessary action.

24. Annual report.— (1) The operator of facility shall submit the

annual report to the Local Body in Form-III on or before the 30th day

of April every year.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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(2) The Local Body shall submit its annual report in Form-IV to

State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Committee and the Secretary-

in-charge of the Department of Urban Development of the concerned

State or Union Territory in case of metropolitan city and to the Director

of Municipal Administration or Commissioner of Municipal

Administration or Officer in-charge of Urban Local Bodies in the State

in case of all other Local Bodies of State on or before the 30th day of

June every year.

(3) Each State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control

Committee as the case may be, shall prepare and submit the consolidated

annual report to the Central Pollution Control Board and Ministry of

Urban Development on the implementation of these rules and action

taken against non complying Local Body by the 31st day of July of each

year in Form-V.

(4) The Central Pollution Control Board shall prepare a

consolidated annual review report on the status of implementation of

these rules by Local Bodies in the country and forward the same to the

Ministry of Urban Development and Ministry of Environment, Forest

and Climate Change, along with its recommendations before the 31st day

of August each year.

(5) The annual report shall be reviewed by the Ministry of

Environment, Forest and Climate Change during the meeting of Central

Monitoring Committee.

25. Accident reporting.— 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 the local body in Form-VI and

the Local Body shall review and issue instructions if any, to the

in-charge of the facility.

SCHEDULE–I

[see rule 15 (w), (zi), 16 (1) (b) (e), 16 (4)]

SPECIFICATIONS FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS

(A) Criteria for site selection.— (i) The Department in the

business allocation of land assignment shall provide suitable site for

setting up of the solid waste processing and treatment facilities and

notify such sites.

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(ii) The sanitary landfill site shall be planned, designed and

developed with proper documentation of construction plan as well as a

closure plan in a phased manner. In case, a new landfill facility is being

established adjoining an existing landfill site, the closure plan of existing

landfill should form a part of the proposal of such new landfill.

(iii) The landfill sites shall be selected to make use of

nearby wastes processing facilities. Otherwise, wastes processing

facility shall be planned as an integral part of the landfill site.

(iv) Landfill sites shall be set up as per the guidelines of the

Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India and Central

Pollution Control Board.

(v) The existing landfill sites which are in use for more than five

years shall be improved in accordance with the specifications given in

this Schedule.

(vi) The land fill site shall be large enough to last for at least

20-25 years and shall develop ‘landfill cells’ in a phased manner to avoid

waterlogging and misuse.

(vii) The landfill site shall be 100 metre away from river,

200 metre from a pond, 200 metre from highways, habitations, public

parks and water supply wells and 20 km away from Airports or Airbase.

However, in a special case, landfill site may be set up within a distance

of 10 and 20 km away from the Airport/Airbase after obtaining No

Objection Certificate from the Civil Aviation authority/Air force as the

case may be. The Landfill site shall not be permitted within the flood

plains as recorded for the last 100 years, zone of coastal regulation,

wetland, critical habitat areas, sensitive eco-fragile areas.

(viii) The sites for landfill and processing and disposal of solid

waste shall be incorporated in the Town Planning Department’s land-use

plans.

(ix) A buffer zone of no development shall be maintained

around solid waste processing and disposal facility, exceeding five

tonnes per day of installed capacity. This will be maintained within the

total area of the solid waste processing and disposal facility. The buffer

zone shall be prescribed on case to case basis by the Local Body in

consultation with concerned State Pollution Control Board.

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(x) The biomedical waste shall be disposed of in accordance with

the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, as amended from time

to time. The hazardous waste shall be managed in accordance with the

Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary

Movement) Rules, 2016, as amended from time to time. The e-waste shall

be managed in accordance with the e-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016

as amended from time to time.

(xi) Temporary storage facility for solid waste shall be

established in each landfill site to accommodate the waste incase of

non-operation of waste processing and during emergency or natural

calamities.

(B) Criteria for development of facilities at the sanitary

landfills.— (i) Landfill site shall be fenced or hedged and provided with

proper gate to monitor incoming vehicles, to prevent entry of

unauthorized persons and stray animals.

(ii) The approach and/internal roads shall be concreted or paved

so as to avoid generation of dust particles due to vehicular movement

and shall be so designed to ensure free movement of vehicles and other

machinery.

(iii) The landfill site shall have waste inspection facility to

monitor waste brought in for landfilling, office facility for record keeping

and shelter for keeping equipment and machinery including pollution

monitoring equipment. The operator of the facility shall maintain record

of waste received, processed and disposed.

(iv) Provisions like weigh bridge to measure quantity of waste

brought at landfill site, fire protection equipment and other facilities as

may be required shall be provided.

(v) Utilities such as drinking water and sanitary facilities

(preferably washing/bathing facilities for workers) and lighting

arrangements for easy landfill operations during night hours shall be

provided.

(vi) Safety provisions including health inspections of workers

at landfill sites shall be carried out made.

(vii) Provisions for parking, cleaning, washing of transport

vehicles carrying solid waste shall be provided. The waste water so

generated shall be treated to meet the prescribed standards.

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(C) Criteria for specifications for landfilling operations and

closure on completion of landfilling.— (i) Waste for land filling shall

be compacted in thin layers using heavy compactors to achieve high

density of the waste. In high rainfall areas, where heavy compactors

cannot be used, alternative measures shall be adopted.

(ii) Till the time waste processing facilities for composting or

recycling or energy recovery are set up, the waste shall be sent to the

sanitary landfill. The landfill cell shall be covered at the end of each

working day with minimum 10 cm of soil, inert debris or construction

material.

(iii) Prior to the commencement of monsoon season, an

intermediate cover of 40-65 cm thickness of soil shall be placed on the

landfill with proper compaction and grading to prevent infiltration during

monsoon. Proper drainage shall be constructed to divert run-off away

from the active cell of the landfill.

(iv) After completion of landfill, a final cover shall be designed

to minimize infiltration and erosion. The final cover shall meet the

following specifications, namely:–

(a) The final cover shall have a barrier soil layer comprising

of 60cm of clay or amended soil with permeability coefficient

less than 1 x 10^-7cm/sec.

(b) On top of the barrier soil layer, there shall be a drainage

layer of 15 cm.

layer of 45 cm to support natural plant growth and to minimize

erosion.

(D) Criteria for pollution prevention.— In order to prevent

pollution from landfill operations, the following provisions shall be made,

namely:-

(i) The storm water drain shall be designed and constructed in

such a way that the surface runoff water is diverted from the landfilling

site and leachates from solid waste locations do not get mixed with the

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surface runoff water. Provisions for diversion of storm water discharge

drains shall be made to minimise leachate generation and prevent

pollution of surface water and also for avoiding flooding and creation

of marshy conditions.

(ii) Non-permeable lining system at the base and walls of waste

disposal area. For landfill receiving residues of waste processing

facilities or mixed waste or waste having contamination of hazardous

materials (such as aerosols, bleaches, polishes, batteries, waste oils,

paint products and pesticides) shall have liner of composite barrier of

1.5 mm thick high density polyethylene (HDPE) geo-membrane or

geo-synthetic liners, or equivalent, overlying 90 cm of soil (clay or

amended soil) having permeability coefficient not greater than 1 x 10-7

cm/sec. The highest level of water table shall be at least two metre below

the base of clay or amended soil barrier layer provided a the bottom of

landfills.

(iii) Provisions for management of leachates including its

collection and treatment shall be made. The treated leachate shall be

recycled or utilized as permitted, otherwise shall be released into the

sewerage line, after meeting the standards specified in Schedule-II.

In no case, leachate shall be released into open environment.

(iv) Arrangement shall be made to prevent leachate runoff from

landfill area entering any drain, stream, river, lake or pond. In case of

mixing of runoff water with leachate or solid waste, the entire mixed

water shall be treated by the concern authority.

(E) Criteria for water quality monitoring.— (i) Before establishing

any landfill site, baseline data of groundwater quality in the area shall

be collected and kept in record for future reference. The groundwater

quality within 50 metre of the periphery of landfill site shall be

periodically monitored covering different seasons in a year that is,

summer, monsoon and post-monsoon period to ensure that the

groundwater is not contaminated.

(ii) Usage of groundwater in and around landfill sites for any

purpose (including drinking and irrigation) shall be considered only after

ensuring its quality. The following specifications for drinking water

quality shall apply for monitoring purpose, namely:-

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Sl.

Parameters

IS10500 : 2012,

No.

Edition 2.2 (2003-09)

Desirable limit (mg/l)

(except for pH)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Arsenic

0.01

Cadmium

0.01

Chromium (as Cr⁶⁺)

0.05

Copper

0.05

Cyanide

0.05

Lead

0.05

Mercury

0.001

Nickel

–

Nitrate as NO3

45.0

6.5 - 8.5

Iron

0.3

Total hardness (as CaCO3)

300.0

Chlorides

250

Dissolved solids

500

Phenolic compounds (as C6H5OH)

0.001

Zinc

5.0

Sulphate (as SO4)

200

F. Criteria for ambient air quality monitoring.— (i) Landfill gas

control system including gas collection system shall be installed at

landfill site to minimize odour, prevent off-site migration of gases, to

protect vegetation planted on the rehabilitated landfill surface. For

enhancing landfill gas recovery, use of geomembranes in cover systems

along with gas collection wells should be considered.

(ii) The concentration of methane gas generated at landfill site

shall not exceed 25 per cent of the lower explosive limit (LEL).

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(iii) The landfill gas from the collection facility at a landfill site

shall be utilized for either direct thermal applications or power

generation, as per viability. Otherwise, landfill gas shall be burnt (flared)

and shall not be allowed to escape directly to the atmosphere or for

illegal tapping. Passive venting shall be allowed in case, if its utilization

or flaring is not possible.

(iv) Ambient air quality at the landfill site and at the vicinity

shall be regularly monitored. Ambient air quality shall Meet the

standards prescribed by the Central Pollution Control Board for

Industrial area.

G. Criteria for plantation at landfill site.— A vegetative cover shall

be provided over the completed site in accordance with the following

specifications, namely:-

(a) Locally adopted non-edible perennial plants that are

resistant to drought and extreme temperatures shall be planted;

(b) The selection of plants should be of such variety that their

roots do not penetrate more than 30cms. This condition shall apply till

the landfill is stabilized;

soil with minimum nutrient addition;

(d) Plantation to be made in sufficient density to minimize soil

erosion;

(e) Green belts shall be developed all around the boundary of

the landfill in consultation with State Pollution Control Boards or

Pollution Control Committees.

H. Criteria for post-care of landfill site.— (1) The post-closure

care of landfill site shall be conducted for at least fifteen years and long

term monitoring or care plan shall consist of the following, namely:-

(a) Maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of final cover,

making repairs and preventing runon and runoff from eroding

or otherwise damaging the final cover;

(b) Monitoring leachate collection system in accordance with

the requirement;

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(d) Maintaining and operating the landfill gas collection

system to meet the standards.

(2) Use of closed landfill sites after fifteen years of post-closure

monitoring can be considered for human settlement or otherwise only

after ensuring that gas eouse mission and leachate quality analysis

complies with the specified standard sand the soil stability is ensured.

I. Criteria for special provisions for hilly areas.— Cities and

towns located on hills shall have location-specific methods evolved for

final disposal of solid waste by the Local Body with the approval of

the concerned State Pollution Control Board or the Pollution Control

Committee. The Local Body shall set up processing facilities for

utilization of bio-degradable organic waste. The non-biodegradable

recyclable materials shall be stored and sent for recycling periodically.

The inert and non-biodegradable waste shall be used for building roads

or filling-up of appropriate areas on hills. In case of constraints, in

finding adequate land in hilly areas, waste not suitable for road-laying

or filling up shall be disposed of in regional landfills in plain areas.

J. Closure and Rehabilitation of Old Dumps.— Solid waste dumps

which have reached their full capacity or those which will not receive

additional waste after setting up of new and properly designed landfills

should be closed and rehabilitated by examining the following options:

(i) Reduction of waste by biomining and waste processing

followed by placement of residues in new landfills or capping as in (ii)

below.

(ii) Capping with solid waste cover or solid waste cover

enhanced with geomembrane to enable collection and flaring/utilisation

of greenhouse gases.

(iii) Capping as in (ii) above with additional measures (in alluvial

and other coarse grained soils) such as cut-off walls and extraction wells

for pumping and treating contaminated groundwater.

(iv) Any other method suitable for reducing environmental impact

to acceptable level.

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SCHEDULE–II

[see rule16 (1), (b), (e), 16 (4)]

STANDARDS OF PROCESSING AND TREATMENT OF

SOLID WASTE

A. Standards for composting.— The waste processing facilities

shall include composting as one of the technologies for processing of

bio-degradable waste. In order to prevent pollution from compost plant,

the following shall be complied with namely:-

(a) The incoming organic waste at site shall be stored properly

prior to further processing. To the extent possible, the waste storage

area should be covered. If, such storage is done in an open area, it shall

be provided with impermeable base with facility for collection of leachate

and surface water runoff into lined drains leading to a leachate treatment

and disposal facility;

(b) Necessary precaution shall be taken to minimize nuisance

of odour, flies, rodents, bird menace and fire hazard;

shall be stopped and arrangements be worked out for diversion of waste

to the temporary processing site or temporary landfill sites which will

be again reprocessed when plant is in order;

(d) Pre-process and post-process rejects shall be removed from

the processing facility on regular basis and shall not be allowed to pile

at the site. Recyclables shall be routed through appropriate vendors.

The non-recyclable high calorific fractions to be segregated and sent

to waste to energy or for RDF production, co-processing in cement

plants or to thermal power plants. Only rejects from all processes shall

be sent for sanitary landfill site(s).

(e) The windrow area shall be provided with impermeable base.

Such a base shall be made of concrete or compacted clay of 50cm thick

having permeability coefficient less than10-7cm/sec. The base shall be

provided with 1 to 2 per cent slope and circled by lined drains for

collection of leachate or surface runoff;

(f) Ambient air quality monitoring shall be regularly carried

out. Odour nuisance at down-wind direction on the boundary of

processing plant shall also be checked regularly.

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(g) Leachate shall be recirculated in compost plant for moisture

maintenance.

(h) The end product compost shall meet the standards

prescribed under Fertilizer Control Order notified from time to time.

(i) In order to ensure safe application of compost, the following

specifications for compost quality shall be met, namely:-

Parameters

Organic Compost

Phosphate Rich

( FCO2009)

Organic Manure

(FCO 2013)

(1)

(2)

(3)

Arsenic (mg/Kg)

10.00

Cadmium (mg/Kg)

5.00

Chromium (mg/Kg)

50.00

Copper (mg/Kg)

300.00

Lead (mg/Kg)

100.00

Mercury (mg/Kg)

0.15

Nickel (mg/Kg)

50.00

Zinc (mg/Kg)

1000.00

C/N ratio

<20

Less than 20:1

6.5-7.5

(1:5 solution)

maximum 6.7

Moisture, percent by

15.0-25.0

25.0

weight, maximum

Bulk density(g/cm³)

<1.0

Less than 1.6

Total Organic Carbon,

12.0

7.9

per cent by weight, minimum

Total Nitrogen (as N),

0.8

0.4

percent by weight, minimum

Total Phosphate (as P205)

0.4

10.4

per cent by weight, minimum

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Total Potassium (as K20),

0.4

–

per cent by weight minimum

Colour

Dark brown to black

–

Odour

Absence of foul Odour

–

Particle size

Minimum 90% material

Minimum 90%

should pass through

material should

4.0 mm IS sieve

pass through

4.0 mm IS sieve

Conductivity (as dsm-1),

4.0

8.2

not more than

*Compost (final product) exceeding the above stated concentration limits

shall not be used for food crops. However, it may be utilized for

purposes other than growing food crops.

B. Standards for treated leachates.— The disposal of treated

leachates shall meet the following standards, namely:-

Sl.

Parameter

Standards

No.

(Mode of Disposal)

Inland

Public

Land

surface

sewers

disposal

water

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1. Suspended solids, mg/l, max

100

600

200

2. Dissolved solids(inorganic)mg/

2100

1, max.

3. pH value

5.5 to 9.0

4. Ammonical nitrogen (as N),

–

mg/l, max.

5. Total Kjeldahl nitrogen (as N),

100

–

mg/l, max.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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6. Biochemical oxygen demand

350

100

(3 day sat 27^oC) max. (mg/l)

7. Chemical oxygen demand,

250

–

mg/l, max.

8. Arsenic (as As), mg/l, max

0.2

9. Mercury(as Hg), mg/l, max

0.01

–

10. Lead (as Pb), mg/l, max

0.1

1.0

–

11. Cadmium (as Cd),mg/l, max

2.0

1.0

–

12. Total Chromium (as Cr), mg/l, max

2.0

–

13. Copper (as Cu), mg/l, max.

3.0

–

14. Zinc (as Zn), mg/l, max.

5.0

–

15. Nickel (as Ni), mg/l, max

3.0

–

16. Cyanide (as CN), mg/l, max.

0.2

2.0

0.2

17. Chloride (as Cl), mg/l, max.

1000

600

18. Fluoride (as F), mg/l, max

2.0

1.5

–

19. Phenolic compounds

1.0

5.0

–

(as C6H5OH) mg/l, max.

Note : While discharging treated leachates into inland surface waters,

quantity of leachates being discharged and the quantity of

dilution water available in the receiving water body shall be

given due consideration.

C. Standards for incineration.— The Emission from incinerators/

thermal technologies in Solid Waste treatment/disposal facility shall

meet the following standards, namely:-

Parameter

Emission standard

(1)

(2)

(3)

Particulates

50mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

(1)

(2)

(3)

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HCl

50mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

SO2

200mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

100mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

50mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

Total Organic

20mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

Carbon

average value

4mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

average value

NOx (NO and NO2

400mg/Nm³

Standard refers to half hourly

expressed as NO2)

average value

Total dioxins and

0.1ngTEQ/Nm³

Standard refers to 6-8 hours

furans

sampling. Please refer guidelines

for 17 concerned congenres

for toxic equivalence values to

arrive at total toxic equivalence.

Cd +Th+ their

0.05mg/Nm³

Standard refers to sampling time

compounds

anywhere between 30 minutes

and 8 hours.

Hg and its

0.05mg/Nm³

Standard refers to sampling time

compounds

anywhere between 30 minutes

and 8 hours.

Sb + As + Pb +

0.5mg/Nm³

Standard refers to sampling time

Cr + Co + Cu +

any where between 30 minutes

Mn + Ni + V +

and 8 hours.

their compounds

Note : All values corrected to 11% oxygen on a dry basis.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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Note : (a) Suitably designed pollution control devices shall be installed

or retrofitted with the incinerator to achieve the above

emission limits.

(b) Waste to be incinerated shall not be chemically treated with

any chlorinated disinfectants.

within two years.

(d) If the concentration of toxic metals in incineration ash

exceeds the limits specified in the Hazardous Waste

(Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement)

Rules, 2008, as amended from time to time, the ash shall be

sent to the hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal

facility.

(e) Only low sulphur fuel like LDO, LSHS, Diesel, bio-mass, coal,

LNG, CNG, RDF and bio-gas shall be used as fuel in the

incinerator.

(f) The CO2 concentration in tail gas shall not be more than

7%.

(g) All the facilities in twin chamber incinerators shall be

designed to achieve a minimum temperature of 950^oC in

secondary combustion chamber and with a gas residence time

in secondary combustion chamber not less than 2 (two)

seconds.

(h) Incineration plants shall be operated (combustion chambers)

with such temperature, retention time and turbulence, as to

achieve Total Organic Carbon (TOC) content in the slag and

bottom ash less than 3%, or the loss on ignition is less than

5% of the dry weight.

(i)

Odour from sites shall be managed as per guidelines of CPCB

issued from time to time.

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FORM–I

[see rule15(y) 16(1) (c), 21(3)]

APPLICATION FOR OBTAINING AUTHORIZATION UNDER

SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT RULES FOR PROCESSING/

RECYCLING/TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

The Member Secretary,

State Pollution Control Board or Pollution Control Committee

Sir,

I/We hereby apply for authorization under the Solid Waste

Management Rules, 2016 for processing Solid Waste, recycling,

treatment and disposal of solid waste.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Name of the Local Body/agency appointed by

them/operator of facility

2. Correspondence address

Telephone No. Fax No.

e-mail:

3. Nodal Officer and designation (Officer authorised

by the Local Body or agency responsible for operation

of processing/ treatment or disposal facility)

4. Authorisation required for setting up and operation

waste

of the facility (Please tick mark)

processing

recycling

treatment

disposal

at landfill.

5. Attach copies of the –

(i)

Documents Site clearance (Local Body)

(ii)

Proof of Environmental

(iii) Clearance Consent for establishment

(iv) Agreement between municipal authority and operating agency

(v)

Investment on the project and expected return

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6. Processing/recycling/treatment of solid waste –

(i)

Total Quantity of waste to be processed per day

Quantity of waste to be recycled

Quantity of waste to be treated

Quantity of waste to be disposed into landfill

(ii)

Utilisation programme for waste processed

(Product utilisation)

(iii) Methodology for disposal (attach details)

Quantity of leachate

Treatment technology for leachate

(iv) Measures to be taken for prevention and

control of environmental pollution

(v)

Measures to be taken for safety of workers

working in the plant

(vi) Details on solid waste processing/recycling/

treatment/disposal facility (to be attached)

7. Disposal of solid waste –

(i)

Number of sites identified

(ii)

Quantity of waste to be disposed per day

(iii) Details of methodology or criteria followed for site selection

(attach)

(iv) Details of existing site under operation

(v)

Methodology and operational details of land filling

(vi) Measures taken to check environmental pollution

8. Any other information.

Date :

Signature

Place :

Designation:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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FORM–II

[see rule 16 (1) (e) ]

FORMAT FOR ISSUE OF AUTHORISATION

File No.: .................... Dated : .......................

Authorisation No.

Ref.: Your application number ......................., dated .................. .

The .................................. State Pollution Control Board/Pollution

Control Committee after examining the proposal here by authorizes

......................................... having administrative office at to set up and

operate waste processing/recycling/treatment/disposal facility at

............................ . The authorization is hereby granted to operate the

facility for processing, recycling, treatment and disposal of solid waste.

The authorisation is subject to the terms and conditions stated

below and such conditions as may be otherwise specified in these rules

and the standards laid down in Schedules I and II under these rules.

The ................................. State Pollution Control Board/Pollution

Control Committees of the Union Territory may, at any time, revoke any

of the conditions applicable under the authorization and shall

communicate the same in writing.

Any violation of the provision of the Solid Waste Management

Rules, 2016 will attract the penal provision of the Environment

(Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986).

Date :

(Member-Secretary) State Pollution

Place :

Control Board/Pollution Control

Committee of the Union Territory.

(Signature and designation)

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[PART–II

FORM–III

[see rule19(6), 24(1)]

FORMAT OF ANNUAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE

OPERATOR OF FACILITY TO THE LOCAL BODY

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Name of the Local Body

2. Population

3. Area in sq. kilometers

4. Name and Address of the Local

Body

Telephone No. :

Fax No. :

E-mail :

5. Name and address of operator of

the facility

6. Name of officer in-charge of the

facility

Phone No. :

Fax No. :

E-mail :

7. Number of households in the city/

town

Number of non-residential premises

in the city

Number of election/administrative

wards in the city/town

8. Quantity of Solid waste

Estimated Quantity of solid waste

/tpd

generated in the local body are

per day in metric tones

Quantity of solid waste collected

/tpd

per day

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Per capita waste collected per day

/gm/day

Quantity of solid waste processed

/tpd

Quantity of solid waste disposed

/tpd

at landfill

9. Status of Solid Waste Management

(SWM) service

10. Segregation and storage of waste

at source

Whether solid waste is stored at

Yes/No

source in domestic/commercial/

institutional bins.

Percentage of house holds practice

storage of waste at source in

domestic bins

Percentage of non-residential

premises practice storage of waste

at source in commercial/institutional

bins

Percentage of households dispose

of throw solid waste on the streets

Percentage of non-residential

premises dispose of throw solid

waste on the streets

Whether solid waste is stored at

Yes/No

source in a segregated form

If yes, Percentage of premises

segregating the waste at source

11. Door to Door collection of solid

waste

12. Whether door to door collection

Yes/No

(D2D) of solid waste is being done

in the city/town

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

13. If yes

14. Number of wards covered in D2D

collection of waste

15. No. of households covered

16. No. of non-residential premises

including commercial establishments,

hotels, restaurants, educational

institutions/offices, etc., covered

17. Percentage of residential and

non-residential premises covered

in door to door collection

through:

Motorized vehicle

Containerized tricycle/hand cart

Other device

18. If not, method of primary collection

adopted

19. Sweeping of streets

20. Length of roads, streets, lanes,

bye-lanes in the city that need to

be cleaned

21. Frequency of street

sweepings and percentage

of population covered

(1)

(2)

(3)

Occasionally

Frequency

Daily

Alternate days

Twice a week

% of

Population

covered

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Tools used

Manual sweeping

Mechanical sweeping

Whether long handle broom used

Yes/No

by sanitation workers

Whether each sanitation worker

Yes/No

is given handcart/tricycle for

collection of waste

Whether handcart/tricycle is

Yes/No

containerized

Whether the collection tool

Yes/No

synchronizes with collection/waste

storage containers utilized

22. Secondary Waste Storage facilities

23. No. and type of waste storage

No.

Capacity in m³

depots in the city/town

Open waste storage sites

Masonry bins

Cement concrete cylinder bins

Dhalao/covered rooms/space

Covered metal/plastic containers

Up to 1.1m³ bins

2 to 5m³ bins

Above 5m³ containers

Bin-less city

24. Bin/population ratio

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

25. Ward-wise details of waste

storage depots (attach) :

Ward No. :

Area

Population

No. of bins placed

Total volume of bins placed

26. Total storage capacity of waste

storage facilities in cubic meters

27. Total waste actually stored at the

waste storage depots daily

28. Give frequency of collection of

waste from the depots

Number of bins cleared

Frequency

No. of bins

Daily

Alternate days

Twice a week

Once a week

Occasionally

29. Whether storage depots have

Yes/No

facility for storage of segregated

(if yes, add details)

waste in green, blue and black bins

No. of green bins:

No. of blue bins:

No. of black bins:

30. Whether lifting of solid waste

(%) of Manual

from storage depots is manual or

Lifting of

mechanical. Give percentage.

SOLID WASTE

(%) of

Mechanical

lifting

(1)

(2)

(3)

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31. If mechanical-specify the

front-end loaders/top loaders

method used

32. Whether solid

Yes/No

Waste is lifted from door to

(if yes, specify)

door and transported to

treatment plant directly in a

segregated form

33. Waste Transportation per day

No. Trips made

Type and Number of vehicles

Waste transported

used (pl. tick or add)

34. Animal cart

Tractors

Non-tipping Truck

Tipping Truck

Dumper Placers

Refuse collectors

Compactors

Others

JCB/loader

35. Frequency of transportation of

Frequency

(%)

waste

Daily

of waste

transported

Alternate days

Twice a week

Once a week

Occasionally

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

36. Quantity of waste transported

/tpd

each day

37. Percentage of total waste

transported daily

38. Waste Treatment Technologies

used

39. Whether solid waste is processed

Yes/No

40. If yes, Quantity of waste

/tpd

processed daily

41. Land(s) available with the Local

Body for waste processing (in

hectares)

42. Land currently utilized for waste

processing

43. Solid waste processing facilities

in operation

44. Solid waste processing facilities

under construction

45. Distance of processing facilities

from city/town boundary

46. Details of technologies adopted

47. Composting

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

and filled

(1)

(2)

(3)

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48. Vermicomposting

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

49. Bio-methanation

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

50. Refuse Derived Fuel

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of

landfilled residual waste

51. Waste to Energy technology

Quantity raw material

processed

Such as incineration,

Quantity final product

gasification, pyrolysis or any

produced

other technology (give detail)

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

landfilled

52. Co-processing

Quantity raw material

processed

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

53. Combustible waste supplied

to cement plant

54. Combustible waste supplied to

solid waste based power plants

55. Others

Quantity

56. Solid waste disposal facilities

57. No. of dumpsites available with

the local body

58. No. of sanitary landfill sites

available with the local body

59. Area of each such sites available

for waste disposal

60. Area of land currently used for

waste disposal

61. Distance of dumpsite/landfill

kms.

facility from city/town

62. Distance from the nearest

kms.

habitation

63. Distance from waterbody

kms.

64. Distance from state/national

kms.

highway

65. Distance from Airport

kms.

66. Distance from important religious

kms.

places or historical monument

67. Whether it falls in flood prone area

Yes/No

68. Whether it falls in earthquake fault

Yes/No

line area

69. Quantity of waste landfilled each day

tpd

70. Whether landfill site is fenced

Yes/No

(1)

(2)

(3)

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71. Whether Lighting facility is

Yes/No

available on site

72. Whether Weigh bridge facility

Yes/No

available

73. Vehicles and equipments used

Bulldozer, Compacters, etc.,

at landfill (specify)

available

74. Manpower deployed at landfill

Yes/No (if yes, attach details)

site

75. Whether covering is done on

Yes/No

daily basis

76. If not, frequency of covering

the waste deposited at the

landfill

77. Cover material used

78. Whether adequate covering

Yes/No

material is available

79. Provisions for gas venting

Yes/No (if yes, attach

provided

technical data sheet)

80. Provision for leachate collection

Yes/No (if yes, attach

technical data sheet)

81. Whether an Action Plan has

Yes/No (if Yes attach

been prepared for improving

action Plan details)

solid waste management

practices in the city

82. What separate provisions are

Attach details on Proposals,

made for :

Steps taken.

Dairy related activities:

Yes/No

Slaughter house waste:

Yes/No

C&D waste (Construction

Yes/No

Debris):

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

83. Details of Post Closure Plan

Attach Plan

84. How many slums are identified

Yes/No

and whether these are provided

(if Yes, attach details)

with Solid Waste Management

facilities.

85. Give details of manpower

deployed for collection including

street sweeping, secondary

storage, transportation, processing

and disposal of waste.

86 Mention briefly, the difficulties

being experienced by the Local

Body in complying with provisions

of these rules.

87 Mention briefly, if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a

problem related to solid waste,

which could be replicated by

other local bodies.

Date :

Signature

Place :

FORM–IV

[see rules 15 (za), 24(2)]

FORMAT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON SOLID WASTE

MANAGEMENT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE LOCAL BODY

CALENDAR YEAR : DATE OF SUBMISSION OF REPORT :

(1)

(2)

(3)

1335

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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 No.

Fax No.

E-Mail

5. Name of 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

wards in the city/town

7. Quantity of Solid waste

(solid waste)

8. Estimated Quantity of solid waste

/tpd

generated in the Local Body per

day in metric tones

9. Quantity of solid waste collected

/tpd

per day

10. Per capita waste collected per day

/gm/day

11. Quantity of solid waste processed

/tpd

12. Quantity of solid waste disposed

/tpd

at dumpsite/landfill

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

13. Status of Solid Waste Management

service

14. Segregation and storage of waste

at source

Whether SOLID WASTE is

Yes/No

stored at source in domestic/

commercial/institutional bins,

If yes,

Percentage of households practice

storage of waste at source in

domestic bins

Percentage of non-residential

premises practice storage of

waste at source in commercial/

institutional bins

Percentage of households dispose

or throw solid waste on the streets

Percentage of non-residential

premises dispose of throw solid

waste on the streets

Whether solid waste is stored at

Yes/No

source in a segregated form,

If yes,

Percentage of premises segregating

the waste at source

15. Door to Door collection of solid

waste

16. Whether Door to Door collection

Yes/No

(D2D) of solid waste is being

done in the city/town

17. If yes

(1)

(2)

(3)

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18. Number of wards covered in D2D

collection of waste

19. No. of households covered

20. No. of non-residential premises

including commercial establishments,

hotels, restaurants, educational

institutions/offices, etc., covered

21. Percentage of residential and

non-residential premises covered

in Door to Door collection through:

Motorized vehicle Containerized

Tricycle/Handcart other device

22. If not, method of primary collection

adopted

23. Sweeping of streets

24. Length of roads, streets, lanes,

km.

bye-lanes in the city that need

to be cleaned

25. Frequency of street sweepings

and percentage of population

covered

(1)

(2)

(3)

Occasionally

Frequency

Daily

Alternate days

Twice a week

% of

Population

covered

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[PART–II

26. Tools used Manual

sweeping

Mechanical sweeping

Whether long handle broom used

Yes/No

by sanitation workers

Whether each sanitation worker

Yes/No

is given handcart/tricycle for

collection of waste

Whether handcart/tricycle is

Yes/No

containerized

Whether the collection tool

Yes/No

synchronizes with collection/

waste storage containers utilized

27. Secondary Waste Storage facilities

28. No. and type of waste storage

No.

Capacity in m³

depots in the city/town

Open waste storage sites

Masonry bins

Cement concrete cylinder bins

Dhalao/covered rooms/space

Covered metal/plastic containers

Upto 1.1m³ bins

2 to 5m³ bins

Above 5m³ containers

Bin-less city

29. Bin/population ratio

30. Ward-wise details of waste storage

depots(attach):

Ward No:

Area:

Population:

No. of bins placed

Total volume of bins placed

(1)

(2)

(3)

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31. Total storage capacity of waste

storage facilities in cubic meters

32. Total waste actually stored at the

waste storage depots daily

33. Give frequency of collection of

Frequency

No. of bins

waste from the depots

34. Number of bins cleared

Daily

Alternate day

Twice a week

Once a week

Occasionally

35. Whether storage depots have

Yes/No

facility for storage of segregated

(if yes, add details)

waste in green, blue and black

No. of green bins:

bins

No. of blue bins:

No. of black bins:

36. Whether lifting of solid waste

from storage depots

Is manual or mechanical

Give percentage

(%) of Manual Lifting of solid

waste

(%) of Mechanical lifting

37. If mechanical-specify the method

front-end loaders/top loaders

used

38. Whether solid waste is lifted from

Yes/No

Door to Door and transported to

(if yes, specify)

treatment plant directly in a

segregated form

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

39. Waste transportation per day

No. Trips made waste

Type and Number of vehicles

transported

used

40.

Animal cart

Tractors

Non-tipping Truck

Tipping Truck

Dumper Placers

Refuse collectors

Compactors

Others

JCB/loader

41. Frequency of transportation of

Frequency (%) of waste

waste

transported daily

Alternate day

Twice a week

Once a week

Occasionally

42. Quantity of waste transported

/tpd

each day

43. Percentage of total waste

transported daily

44. Waste Treatment Technologies

used

45. Whether solid waste is processed

Yes/No

46. If yes, quantity of waste processed

/tpd

daily

(1)

(2)

(3)

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47. Whether treatment is done by

Local Body or through an agency

48. Land(s) available with the Local

Body for waste processing

(in hectares)

49. Land currently utilized for waste

processing

50. Solid waste processing facilities

in operation

51. Solid waste processing facilities

under construction

52. Distance of processing facilities

from city/ town boundary

53. Details of technologies adopted

54. Composting

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

55. Vermicomposting

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

56. Bio-methanation

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

57. Refuse Derived Fuel

Quantity raw material

processed

Quantity final product

produced

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

58. Waste to Energy technology

Quantity raw material

processed

Such as incineration, gasification,

Quantity final product

pyrolysis or any other technology

produced

(give detail)

Quantity sold

Quantity of residual waste

land filled

59. Co-processing

Quantity raw material

processed

60. Combustible waste supplied to

cement plant

61. Combustible waste supplied to

solid waste based power plants

62. Others

Qty.

63. Solid waste disposal facilities

(1)

(2)

(3)

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64. No. of dumpsites available with

the Local Body.

65. No. of sanitary land fill sites

available with the Local Body.

66. Area of each such sites available

for waste disposal.

67. Area of land currently used for

waste disposal.

68. Distance of dumpsite/landfill

kms.

facility from city/town.

69. Distance from the nearest

kms.

habitation.

70. Distance from water body

kms.

71. Distance from state/national

kms.

highway.

72. Distance from Airport

kms.

73. Distance from important religious

kms.

places or historical monument.

74. Whether it falls in flood prone

Yes/No

area.

75. Whether it falls in earthquake

Yes/No

fault line area.

76. Quantity of waste land filled

tpd

each day.

77. Whether landfill site is fenced

Yes/No

78. Whether Lighting facility is

Yes/No

available on site.

79. Whether Weigh bridge facility

Yes/No

available.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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[PART–II

80. Vehicles and equipments used at

Bulldozer, Compactors, etc.,

landfill (specify).

available

81. Man power deployed at landfill

Yes/No

site.

(if yes ,attach details)

82. Whether covering is done on daily

Yes/No

basis.

83. If not, Frequency of covering the

waste deposited at the landfill.

84. Cover material used

85. Whether adequate covering

Yes/No

material is available.

86. Provisions for gas venting

Yes/No

provided.

(if yes, attach technical data

sheet)

87. Provision for leachate collection

Yes/No

(if yes, attach technical data

sheet)

88. Whether an Action Plan has been

Yes/No

prepared for improving solid waste

(if Yes attach action plan

management practices in the city.

details)

89. What separate provisions are

Attach details on Proposals,

made for:

Steps taken.

Dairy related activities :

Yes/No

Slaughter house waste:

Yes/No

C&D waste (construction debris):

Yes/No

90. Details of Post Closure Plan

Attach Plan

91. How many slums are identified

Yes/No

and whether these are provided

(if Yes, attach details)

with Solid Waste Management

facilities:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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92. Give details of:

Local Body’s own manpower

deployed for collection including

street sweeping, secondary storage,

transportation, processing and

disposal of waste.

93. Give details of:

Contractor/concessionaire’s

manpower deployed for

collection including street

sweeping, secondary storage,

transportation, processing and

disposal of waste.

94. Mention briefly, the difficulties

being experienced by the Local

Body in complying with provisions

of these rules.

95. Mention briefly, if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a

problem related to solid waste,

which could be replicated by other

local bodies.

96. Mention briefly, if any innovative

idea is implemented to tackle a

problem related to solid waste,

which could be replicated by other

local bodies.

Date :

Signature of CEO/Municipal Commissioner/

Place :

Executive Officer/Chief Officer

(1)

(2)

(3)

1346

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[PART–II

FORM–V

[see rule 24(3)]

FORMAT OF ANNUAL REPORT TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE

STATE POLLUTION CONTROL BOARD OR POLLUTION

CONTROL COMMITTEE TO THE CENTRAL POLLUTION

CONTROL BOARD

PART–A

The Chairman

Central Pollution Control Board Parivesh Bhawan,

East Arjun Nagar,

Delhi-110 032.

Name of the State/Union Territory

Name and address of the State Pollution

Control Board.

Number of local bodies responsible for

management of solid waste in the State/

Union Territory under these rules.

No. of authorization application Received

A Summary Statement on progress made by

Please attach

local body in respect of solid waste

as Annexure-I

management.

A Summary Statement on progress made by

Please attach

local bodies in respect of waste collection,

as Annexure-II

segregation transportation and disposal.

A summary statement on progress made by

Please attach

local bodies in respect of implementation of

as Annexure-III

Schedule II.

Date :

Chairman of the Member

Place :

Secretary State Pollution Control

Board/Pollution

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PART–B

Towns/cities

Total number of towns/cities

Total number of ULBs

Number of class I and class II cities /towns

Authorisation status (names/number)

Number of applications received

Number of authorisation granted

Authorisation under scrutiny

SOLID WASTE Generation status

Solid waste generation in the state (TPD)

Collected

Treated

Landfilled

Processing of SW (Number/names of towns/capacity)

Solid Waste processing facilities setup:

Sl. No.

Composting

Vermicomposting

Biogas RDF/Pelletization

Processing facility operational:

Sl.No.

Composting

Vermicomposting

Biogas RDF/Pelletization

Processing facility under installation/planned:

Sl.No.

Composting

Vermicomposting

Biogas RDF/Pelletisation

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[PART–II

Waste-to-Energy Plants:(Number/names of towns/capacity)

Sl.No. Plant Location Status of operation Power generation Remarks

(MW)

Disposal of solid waste (number/names of towns/capacity):

Landfill sites identified

Landfill constructed

Landfill under construction

Landfill in operation

Landfill exhausted

Landfilled capped

Solid Waste Dumpsites (number/names of towns/capacity):

Total number of existing dumpsites

Dumpsites reclaimed/capped

Dumpsites converted to sanitary

landfill

Monitoring at Waste processing/Landfill sites:

Sl.

Name of

Ambient

Ground

Leachate

Compost

VOCs

No.

facilities

air

water

quality

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

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Status of Action Plan prepared by Municipalities:

Total number of Municipalities :

Number of Action Plan Submitted :

FORM–VI

(see rule 25)

ACCIDENT REPORTING

Date and time of accident

Sequence of events leading to

accident

The waste involved in accident

Assessment of the effects of

the accidents on human health

and the environment

Emergency measures taken

Steps taken to alleviate the

effects of accidents

Steps taken to prevent the

recurrence of such an accident

Date: ...................................

Signature: ................................

Place: ..................................

Designation: ............................

[F.No.18-3/2004-HSMD]

BISHWANATHSINHA,

Joint Secretary.

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[PART–II

CHAPTER–II

SEGREGATION AND PRIMARY STORAGE

1. As per Rule 4 of Solid Waste Management Rules 2016.—

(a) Every waste generator including bulk waste generator shall be;

Required to segregate Solid Waste at source of generation and

store into the following categories, as applicable, namely:-

(i)

Bio-degradable Waste also referred to as Wet Waste;

(ii) Non-biodegradable Waste, including Dry Waste;

(iii) Domestic Hazardous Waste, including Sanitary Waste;

(iv)

Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste;

(v) Bulk Garden and Horticulture Waste ; and

(vi)

Electronic or e-Waste.

(b) The Sanitary Waste such as sanitary napkins, diapers,

tampons and similar products shall be securely wrapped in pouches

provided by the manufacturers or brand owners or in old newspapers

and all Sanitary Waste shall be stored along with the Domestic

Hazardous Waste. Waste Generators such as Bulk Waste Generators,

Educational Institutions, Ladies’ hostels and Paying guests

accommodations shall ensure that the provisions of these Bye-laws are

strictly complied with and such Sanitary Waste is not disposed in the

drainage or sewerage systems. Failure to comply with this shall lead to

fine being levied as per penalties listed at Schedule-X (a).

Domestic Hazardous Waste along with Sanitary Waste shall be each

stored separately, without mixing it, in specified Receptacles (without

using any plastic garbage liner bags) for handing over or delivery to

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service Provider, as the

case may be. The Waste Generator shall ensure that Non-biodegradable

Waste such as packets, food containers, boxes, bottles, tetra pack

cartons and other disposable items are cleaned and dried so that these

items can be effectively recycled. All Solid Waste including

Bio-degradable Waste shall not be wrapped in plastic bags for handing

over to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service

Provider. There shall be only bin to bin transfer of such waste i.e., from

segregated waste bin to bin (storage space) of waste collector vehicles.

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(d) The Construction and Demolition Waste and Bulk Garden

and Horticulture Waste shall be stored separately in the Waste

Generator’s Premises. No Biomedical Waste, e-Waste hazardous

chemicals and Industrial Waste shall be mixed with Solid Waste.

(e) The colour of the Receptacles/Bins where the following

segregated Solid Waste shall be stored before eventual handover to

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service Provider, as the

case may be, shall be:

(i)

Green for Bio-degradable/Wet Waste;

(ii) Blue for Non-biodegradable/Dry Waste; and

(iii)

Red for Domestic Hazardous Waste including Sanitary

Waste.

2. Responsibilities

specific

categories

of Waste

Generators.—(a) The Waste Generators such as Shops and Commercial

Establishments and Street Vendors shall segregate the Solid Waste

generated during the course of their activity such as food waste,

permissible disposable plates, cups, cans, wrappers, coconut shells,

leftover food, vegetables, fruits and similar items in accordance with the

categories specified in Bye-laws 4(a)/Schedule-I and shall have separate

bins to store for this purpose, without any litter/ spillage on ground

and handed over to the service provider. Any litter/spillage found in

front or in and around the establishment or storage of non-segregated/

mixed waste shall be deemed as violation under these Bye-laws and fine

shall be levied as per penalties listed at Schedule-X.

(b) Every occupier of any premises who generates poultry, fish,

meat and slaughter waste as a result of any commercial activity, shall

store such waste separately in a fully closed manner and in hygienic

condition and such waste shall not be mixed with any other category

of Solid Waste. Deposit of such waste in any other receptacle or

community bin or public place is prohibited and shall attract fines as

indicated in Schedule-X(a). Mannadipet Commune Panchayat would

directly or through its authorized service provider would collect

slaughterhouse waste daily and the relevant Occupier shall ensure that

such waste is ready for hand over at the times designated by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat. This local body/service provider shall provide

bins and vehicles for primary collection and secondary transportation

of poultry, fish, meat and slaughterhouse waste, will be taken care as

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per Schedule-VIII (Annexure-II). Such user charge/ service charge shall

be notified by the Mannadipet Commune Panchayat from time to time

and it shall be the duty of this category of waste generator to pay these

fees for the collection/transportation/scientific disposal service

provided.

Generators maintaining community receptacles on their premises shall

be responsible for collection of segregated Solid Waste from each

individual Waste Generator within its premises and storing it in separate

covered receptacles in accordance with Bye-law at the entry gate or a

designated location on the ground floor of such premises, to enable swift

and timely collection of such segregated waste. The Commissioner (or)

any other Officer Authorized by him shall designate any one entry gate

(or) designated location in the premises of BWG irrespective of the

number of entry/exists available in said premises.

(d) It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupier of

premises to ensure storage of the construction material and Construction

and Demolition (C&D) waste well within the premises and not encroach

or block any public spaces like footpath, road, etc. The storage, handling

and management of Construction and Demolition waste shall be governed

by Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 and

Building Bye-laws in vogue in Mannadipet Commune Panchayat/

Puducherry Planning Authority.

(e) In case, the construction material or Construction and

Demolition waste has to be stored on the road and other public spaces

due to unavoidable reasons like lack of space or requirements of

construction or demolition works, the owner or occupier of the premises

shall take specific permission from Mannadipet Commune Panchayat to

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall charge a fee as notified from time

to time by Commissioner, to allow storage of construction material and

Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste on the road and other public

spaces, in the minimum space required without causing undue hardship

to public. It shall be the responsibility of the owner or occupier of

premises to dispose Construction and Demolition waste at a place

designated by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat as per the collection

and transportation system authorized by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat.

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(f) In every designated commercial area or areas with commercial

establishments, it shall be the responsibility of the market associations

or group of shop owners or in case of absence of such Association or

Group, the individual shop owner to ensure that segregated wastebins

(as per the type of waste generated) are kept and that there is no littering

and throwing of any type of solid waste on the roads, footpaths, drains

and other such public spaces. Any litter/spillage found in front or in

and around the establishment or storage of non-segregated/mixed waste

in the commercial area shall be deemed as violation under this Bye-law

and fine shall be levied as per penalties listed at Schedule-X on the shop

or establishment concerned.

CHAPTER–III

COLLECTION, TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL OF

SOLID WASTE

1. Door to Door Collection of segregated Solid Waste.— (i) Subject

to provisions of Bye-law, Door to Door Collection shall be implemented

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat for all or certain categories of

segregated Solid Waste, in all Wards of the Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat from:

(a) Doorsteps of households, shops, small commercial

establishments and offices;

(b) Entry gate or at a designated location on the ground floor

in a Housing Society, multistoried buildings or apartments,

residential, commercial, institutional complexes or premises which

do not fall within entities specified in Bye-law 6 (i) and are not

Bulk Waste Generators; and/or

settlements.

(ii) Upon payment of Service Charge or User Charges specified

in Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I to VI) and subject to provisions of

Section13 of these Bye-Laws, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall

implement Door to Door Collection, for all or certain categories of

segregated Solid Waste from the entry gate or a designated location on

the ground floor of a Bulk Waste Generator to the extent they are not

processing their own waste in situ and/or are not engaging services of

an Empaneled Vendor.

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(iii) In addition to Door to Door Collection of Solid Waste under

Bye-law 6, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service

Provider as the case may be, shall collect Solid Waste from public spaces

such as parks, markets, roads, streets, gardens and similar areas at

specified times and days.

(iv) In order to carry out Door to Door Collection as specified

in Bye-law 6 (i), area-wise specific time slots including relevant day of

the week for different categories of Solid Waste shall be notified by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat or service provider and published at

prominently visible parts of that area and on the website of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat. In addition, route maps for collection including

stops, starting and ending times and other relevant details shall be

provided along with the time slots. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall collect Bio-degradable Waste and Sanitary Waste on a daily basis

and Non-Bio-degradable Dry Waste atleast twice or thrice a week as per

necessity or as specified by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat from time

to time.

(v) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, shall assess the number

of primary collection vehicles, pushcarts, secondary transportation

vehicles and manpower that will be allotted to each Ward for efficient

primary collection and transportation of segregated Solid Waste and to

ensure that there is no inter-mixing of segregated Solid Waste. The

movement of vehicles will be monitored through GPS tagging.

(vi) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service

Provider shall announce their arrival in the time notified earlier for

collection of Solid Waste by blowing a whistle and/or also play a

recorded message/announce through a loudspeaker or by any other such

means and at such time the Waste Generator must be ready to handover

the segregated Solid Waste for collection. In the event the Waste

Generator is not available to handover the Solid Waste, such Waste

Generator must ensure that the Solid Waste is stored in a segregated

manner at a prominently visible, convenient and accessible place within

their campus for Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/

Service Provider to collect the Solid Waste. The segregated Solid Waste

shall be kept in an enclosure and shall not be left in the open where

they are susceptible to damage by dogs, cows, pigs and other animals.

Also, such waste shall not be kept stored in single use plastic bags

and garbage bin liners which are banned.

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(vii) It shall be the duty of every Waste Generator to assist

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat in collection of the segregated Solid

Waste by ensuring that the Solid Waste is segregated and deposited in

correct receptacles and is ready for collection at the appointed time in

accordance with the time-slots published by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat and/or Agency/Service Provider. It shall be the responsibility

of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or designated person to monitor

and report the Waste Generators that are not complying with the

provisions of this Bye-Laws. The non-compliant Waste Generators

shall be penalized and fined in accordance with the provisions of

Schedule-X (a) of these Bye-laws.

(viii) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat may ensure Door to

Door Collection or Point to Point Collection, as the case may be for

E-Waste, atleast once in every two weeks, on payment basis till alternate

arrangements are made through notification. The E-Waste shall be

transported to Dry Waste Collection Centres, E-Waste collection centres

and/or materials recovery facility, as may be notified, for onward

processing in accordance with the E- Waste (Management) Rules, 2016.

(ix) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall specify atleast one

day in a week for Door to Door Collection of Bulky Waste and Bulk

Horticulture and Garden Waste. Any Waste Generator can also directly

deposit their Bulky Waste at the relevant Secondary Storage facility

designated or notified by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. Bulky Waste

generator shall pay the User charges/Service charges prescribed in

Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I to VI) for availing the services. Services of

on call pick up of Bulky Waste will also be provided by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service Provider.

(x) The collected segregated Solid Waste may be transported

to Secondary Storage facilities such as waste storage/collection depots,

material recovery facilitates or Transfer Stations or for respective

processing at compost plants, bio-methanation plants, recycling plants,

waste to energy plants or any other site/ plant designated by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(xi) There shall be no inter-mixing of segregated Solid Waste

that has been collected from different Waste Generators during the

transportation, transfer and processing of such waste, Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall penalize the waste collector and

transporter if, such mixing is found to have occurred as given in

Schedule-X.

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(xii) For collection of Construction and Demolition Waste, the

Waste Generator under Construction and Demolition Rules could contact

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat or the Agency/Service Provider, details

of which shall be provided on its website and in its Office. Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat/Agency/Service Provider as the case may be will

collect relevant charges specified in the Construction and Demolition

Rules or Bye-laws by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and intimate the

time of collection of the Segregated Construction and Demolition waste

from the waste generator to designated site. This waste shall be

transported to an authorised processing centre or any other designated

location in accordance with Construction and Demolition Rules, as

stipulated in the Bye-law-9.

2. Point to Point Collection.—Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

may notify certain areas within its jurisdiction which are inaccessible

for collection vehicles/pushcarts or for any other reason deemed

appropriate by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, for Point to Point

Collection. For implementation of Point to Point Collection,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall designate collection points/

spots/locations where segregated Solid Waste shall be deposited by the

Waste Generator. From these notified Point to Point Collection points

including waste receptacles if any, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/

or Agency/Service Provider shall make arrangements for transportation

of the segregated waste for Processing and Disposal as per the

provisions under these Bye-laws.

3. Delivery and transportation of Solid Waste by the Waste

Generators in certain cases.— (a) In the event, where an Empanelled

Vendor has been engaged by the Waste Generator (including Bulk Waste

Generator) to provide waste management services in accordance with

these Bye-laws, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall not implement

or facilitate Door to Door Collection of Solid Waste at the Premises

occupied by such Waste Generator. The Empanelled Vendor shall collect

and transport the Solid Waste from the premises of such Waste

Generator to the storage and processing Units within its system that

have been declared to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, within the

maximum rate notified by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat for this

purpose.

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(b) The Street Vendor has to deliver waste duly segregated

to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat/Service provider/Agency or

community bin/receptacle, as may be notified from time to time. No mixed

waste shall be delivered, failing which penalty as per Schedule-X shall

be levied.

Recyclable Non-bio-degradable Waste to Agency /Service Providers,

registered Waste Pickers and Waste Traders at mutually agreed rates.

Any waste generators can directly hand over or sell Non-Bio-degradable

wastes (dry wastes) to registered rag pickers.

(d) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat may, from time to time,

notify certain categories of Solid Waste, types of Waste Generators and

areas within its territorial limits where Waste Generators shall be

responsible to directly deliver and deposit their segregated Solid waste

to Secondary Storage facilities and/or processing facilities.

4. Collection and Transportation of Construction and

Demolition Waste and inert waste.— (i) Duties and Responsibilities

of Construction and Demolition waste Generators.

(a) Every waste generator shall prima facie be responsible for

collection, segregation of concrete, soil and other sand storage of

construction and demolition waste generated in consonance with these

Bye-laws.

(b) The generator shall ensure that other waste (wet waste) does

not get mixed with Construction and Demolition waste and is to be

stored and disposed off separately.

or institution, Residential and Commercial establishments including

Government Department or Government Undertakings and/or Contractor

working for the Government Departments or Government Undertakings

who generate more than 20 tons or more in One day or 300 tons per

project in a month shall segregate the waste into four streams such as

(i) Concrete, (ii) Soil, (iii) Bricks and mortar and (iv) Steel, Wood and

Plastic sand shall submit waste management plan and get appropriate

approvals from Mannadipet Commune Panchayat in prescribed in

Schedule-VI before starting construction or demolition or remodeling

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work and keep the concerned officers in Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat are to be informed regarding the relevant activities from the

planning stage to the implementation stage and an amount as per

Schedule-IX (b) has to be paid by the waste generator to the Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat. Such collected and stored waste shall be

transported immediately by the generator themselves at their own

expenditure without causing any disturbance to the general public on a

regular basis to the Construction and Demolition Yard notified by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(d) Every waste generator shall keep the construction and

demolition waste within their premise, or get the waste deposited at

designated collection centre or any other place notified by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat and ensure that there is no littering or deposition

of construction and demolition waste in public places, roads, drains, etc.,

so as to prevent obstruction to the traffic or the public or drains or cause

public nuisance.

(ii) Procedure for Storage of Construction and Demolition

Waste.— (a) The Commune Panchayat Health Officer/ Engineer/

Sanitary Inspector of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall be

empowered to identify temporary storage places (which shall not affect

the general Public/Residents) for the generator towards storing such

waste subject to proper pre-requisition made in prescribed Form as

prescribed in Schedule-VI by this Commune Panchayat and obtain

necessary written approval from the Commune Panchayat Health Officer/

Engineer/Sanitary Inspector of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

permitting to store the Construction and Demolition waste at permitted

Temporary storage site for which an amount as per Schedule-VIII

(Annexure-VI) has to be paid by the generator. This permit shall be valid

for a maximum of 2 days only. Within the allotted 2 days period the

generator shall shift the Construction and Demolition Waste to the

Construction and Demolition Waste storage yard notified by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat If, the generator fails to do so within the stipulated

2 days period, Construction and Demolition waste thus, stored shall be

removed and transported by the Commune Panchayat to designated/

notified Construction and Demolition Waste yard and fine shall be

imposed on the generator as per Schedule-X(d). In case of two such

failures to abide by these Bye-laws, the construction activity will be

stopped by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat without giving any notice

thereof.

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(b) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall earmark an area as

per the needs for the disposal of Construction and Demolition Waste

and other inert wastes generated during road sweepings, including that

arising out of mechanical sweeping excluding the IV stream as mentioned

in Bye-law 9(1)(c). This shall go to Construction and Demolition Yard.

opportunities for the gainful utilization of the Construction and

Demolition Waste.

5. Vehicles for transportation of Solid Waste.— (a) Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat/service provider shall deploy vehicles having

separate compartments for segregated wastes and such vehicle shall

have a suitable announcement system for informing the citizens on its

arrival and spreading relevant messages above Solid Waste Management

for collection of segregated Solid Wastes. In circumstances, where the

vehicles do not have these compartments for different streams of Solid

Waste, separate days shall be designated for collection of

Bio-degradable, Non-bio-degradable Waste and Domestic Hazardous

Waste to ensure that there is no mixing of different categories of Solid

Waste.

(b) In smaller, narrow and congested streets/lanes where even

such smaller motorized vehicle can not operate, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall assign appropriate manually driven and ergonomically

well-designed push carts with bins for collection, which will in turn drop

off the segregated Solid Waste in to the collection Vehicle/Transfer

Stations.

options for Door to Door Collection and transportation of Solid Waste

such as battery operated and/or electric vehicles. Motorized vehicles

dependent on fossil fuels which are in use now, shall be judiciously

phased out over a period of time. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall

introduce at least one such battery operated/electric vehicle in each

ward/division to encourage use of non-fossil fuel vehicles. This shall

be scaled up over a period of time.

(d) The Solid Waste shall be transported to larger secondary

transfer/transport vehicles such as Compactors at Secondary Transfer

Points and/or Secondary Storage Points depending on the infrastructure

set up by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. Every primary collection

vehicle shall be assigned a Secondary Transfer/Storage Point where the

segregated Solid Waste shall be transferred with minimising waste

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handling manually, i.e., directly into the secondary transportation

vehicle or secondary storage facility. Such Secondary Transfer/

Storage Point shall be identified in the ward micro plan and shall be

located at a convenient shortest possible distance from the primary Door-

to-Door collection areas. Each secondary vehicle shall have a destination

of a processing facility, material recovery facility, DWCC for disposal,

based on category of the Solid Waste that it receives.

(e) The vehicles used for transportation of Solid Waste shall

be covered in such a manner that the collected waste is,

(i)

Not exposed to open environment,

(ii) Not visible to the public and

(iii) Not found Scattered on the road and/or pavements

during transportation.

(iv)

No leakage/spillage of liquids from the vehicle.

(f) The design of the primary and secondary transportation

vehicles shall be such that the Solid Waste shall not be allowed to be

littered on the road until it reaches its final processing/disposal site,

and thereby eliminating the need for recurring manual handling of such

waste. Hence, transfer of segregated solid waste shall be bin to bin and

vehicle to vehicle. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall make best

efforts to ensure that there is no leakage of leachate from its primary

collection vehicles and secondary transportation vehicles while handling

wet waste. Measures shall also be taken to ensure that leachate collected

in the primary collection vehicles and secondary transportation vehicles

is disposed in a scientific manner and not discharged into storm water

drains and sewerage.

(g) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall ensure live GPS

tracking for all SWM vehicles on ICT enabled Applications, including

the primary collection vehicles and secondary transportation vehicles

to ensure monitoring of collection and transportation of Solid Waste.

Such tracking of vehicles shall be monitored remotely through a

Centralised Smart Data Centre set up by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat. For the purpose of transparency and accountability, general

public shall also be given access to the above.

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CHAPTER–IV

PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL OF SOLID WASTE

1. Facilities to be provided by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.—

(1) Dry Waste Collection Centres (DWCCs) and Materials Recovery

Facility (MRF) for Dry Waste:

(a) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall set up Dry Waste

Collection Centres and/or Materials Recovery Facilities and the same

shall be operated by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat through informal

waste picker organisations/Waste pickers and Women’s Self Help Groups

or any service provider integrated into the Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat’s dry waste collection system for collection and sorting of

Non-biodegradable Dry Waste, within one year from the date on which

of these Bye-laws come into force.

(b) The DWCCs and/or materials recovery facility shall have

adequate infrastructural facilities such as electricity, drinking water and

toilets and designed to ensure efficient sorting and storage of various

categories of dry waste. Dedicated manpower and budgetary provision

shall be provided by the Government. The EPR shall also be judiciously

tapped and used in this regard.

(2) Deposit Centre for Domestic Hazardous Waste.— (a)

Appropriate number of Deposit Centre(s) for the receipt of Domestic

Hazardous Waste shall be set up within the jurisdictional limits of

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat by the Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat or an Agency/Service Provider at suitable location(s). Such

facility shall be set up in a manner as per guidelines prescribed by the

PPCC/CPCB and other appropriate Governmental Agencies.

(b) The Domestic Hazardous Waste/Sanitary Waste at the

Secondary Storage/transfer facilities and/or deposit centres shall be

processed in accordance with Bye-law 12.

2. Processing of different categories of Solid Waste.— The

Waste Generator, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, Agency/Service

Provider, Empanelled Vendor and/or any other Person involved in

handling or management of Solid Waste shall ensure that different

categories of Solid Waste are processed in the following manner,

namely:-

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(a) Processing of the Bio-degradable Waste (Wet Waste).—

Decentralised and/or centralised processing such as composting,

vermi-composting, microbial composting, aerobic compositing,

anaerobic-digestion, bio-methanation or any other PPCC/CPCB

approved process for bio-stabilisation of Bio-degradable Waste shall

be adopted for processing of Bio-degradable Waste. Fresh Bio-degradable

waste can also be used as animal feed if, such waste is safe for

consumption by livestock.

(b) Processing of Recyclable Non-Biodegradable Waste

(Dry Waste).— The Recyclable Non-Biodegradable Waste shall be sent

to-

(i) Dry Waste Collection Centres, Materials Recovery

Facilities for sorting and baling of Dry Waste and thereafter to

authorised recycling Units; or

(ii) directly to authorised recycling units to be turned into

raw materials for producing new products.

(c) Processing of Domestic Hazardous Waste including

Sanitary Waste.— The Domestic Hazardous Waste shall be processed

through TSDF (Treatment Storage Disposal Facility) authorised by the

PPCC, incineration and/or any other suitable method determined by the

PPCC/CPCB. Sanitary Waste will be processed at the nearest common

biomedical treatment facility and/or incinerators to be setup in

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat along with other Bio-medical Waste

generated within the Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. Only process

rejects and inerts from these processing methods shall be transported

to Sanitary Landfills for final disposal.

(d) Processing of Non-Recyclable Non-biodegradable

waste.— The Non- Biodegradable Waste which cannot be recycled in

accordance with section 12(b) of these Bye-laws and having calorific

value exceeding 1,500 kcal./kg. shall be used for Waste to Energy (WtE)

processes including Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) for combustible fraction

of waste or supply as feedstock to Solid Waste based power plants or

cement kilns. The Non-biodegradable Waste which cannot be recycled

in accordance with section 12(b) of these Bye-laws and having calorific

value less than 1,500 kcal./kg. can be treated as per applicable CPCB

and/or PPCC guidelines to make it suitable for relevant waste to energy

processes.

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(e) Processing of Construction and Demolition Waste.— The

Construction and Demolition Waste shall be processed in

accordance with these Bye-laws and C&D Rules (including separate

Bye-laws to be issued by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat) and shall

be transported to appropriate processing plants, Landfills and/or other

designated locations.

(f) Processing of slaughterhouse waste.— Waste generated

from slaughterhouses, poultry and fish markets shall be processed or

disposed through Rendering, Composting, Bio-methanation, controlled

incineration or deep burial and/or by any other method prescribed by

CPCB and/or PPCC, as applicable.

(g) Processing of special streams of waste.— To the extent

possible, specific streams of Solid Waste such as leaf litter, cut waste

of tender coconuts and sugarcane husk shall be sent for processing

to leaflitter processing units, tender coconut waste processing unit and

other appropriate processing facilities available, as approved by PPCC

and/or CPCB, if, not available then it shall be taken to RRP for final

disposal.

(h) Disposal of Residual Waste.— The residual Solid Waste

and inerts which cannot be processed in any of methods set in section

12 (a) to (g) above shall be disposed in a Sanitary Landfill in a scientific

manner. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall strive to ensure that the

residue from different processing facilities shall not exceed 35% of the

Solid Waste delivered to the processing facility and shall be further

reduced to 30% within the next five years from the effective date of

notification of these Bye-laws. The Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall strive towards a goal where only minimal Solid Waste shall be

disposed in Sanitary Landfills (Zero landfilling).

3. Layout and specifications.— The processing facilities and

Sanitary Landfills should have weighbridges/weighing scales to measure

and record the amount of waste brought to the units. All rejects, residues

and surplus unprocessed waste shall be temporarily stored at a place

convenient for delivery to the notified collection system, in closed

Receptacles with protective measures against Littering, Public

Nuisance, foul odour, etc. The facilities shall have adequate utilities to

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ensure hygienic conditions, avoidance of nuisance to public or to

workers operating the facility, including water and areas for washing,

electricity and toilets. All processing facilities shall comply with any

additional standards, specifications and guidelines notified by PPCC,

CPCB, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or relevant authority or

prescribed by any law for the time being in force.

4. Disposal of Solid Waste.— (i) Biomedical Waste, E-waste,

hazardous chemicals and industrial waste shall be collected, processed

and disposed of in accordance with the relevant rules framed under the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

(ii) Disposal by burning of any type of Solid Waste at any

Premises, roadsides, any private or public property including at vacant

sites is strictly prohibited and would attract penalty as per Schedule-X

of these Bye-laws.

(iii) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall undertake on its own

or through any other Agency, the construction, operation and

maintenance of Sanitary Landfill in accordance with standards

prescribed under SWM Rules, 2016 and associated infrastructure for

disposal of residual waste i.e., Solid Waste which cannot be processed

in accordance with Bye-law 12(a) to (g) and inerts.

(iv) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall also investigate and

analyse allold open dumpsites and existing operational dumpsites

for their potential of bio-mining and bio-remediation and wheresoever

feasible, take necessary actions to bio-mine or bio-remediate these sites

as part of its commitment towards legacy waste management as

prescribed in SWM Rules 2016. In the absence of potential of bio-mining

and bio-remediation of dumpsite, it shall be scientifically capped as per

landfill capping norms issued by CPCB and/or PPCC and as prescribed

in SWM Rules, 2016 to prevent further damage to the environment.

The bio-remediation or capping of old and abandoned dumpsites shall

be carried out by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat within three years

of notification of these Bye-laws and Grants-in-aid shall be provided

by the Government for this purpose.

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CHAPTER–V

WELFARE OF SANITARY WORKERS AND INTEGRATION OF

THE INFORMAL SECTOR

1. Welfare, occupational safety and training of Sanitary Workers

and other personnel.— (1) Welfare measures,

(i) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall ensure compliance

of all labour and welfare regulations and schemes applicable to its

Street Sweepers or Sanitary Workers and other eligible waste workers

working in waste management sector in relation to wages, working hours,

holidays, statutory benefits such as provident fund, Employee’s State

Insurance and maternity benefit.

(ii) There shall be regular medical check-ups of the Sanitary

Workers and other eligible waste workers working in waste management

for occupational diseases and shall include examination of respiratory

organs and treatment of skin injuries and other occupational and lifestyle

diseases.

(iii) In case of any kind of injury or death during service, the

Sanitary Worker shall be eligible for adequate monetary compensation

as decided by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. However, in the case

of a waste worker working under a service contract, the service provider

shall be bound to provide adequate compensation as proposed by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat or as per the contract/Agreement/MOU

Executed.

(2) Protective equipment and other facilities.— (i) Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall ensure that two pairs of uniforms, shoes, hand

gloves, masks and other appropriate personal protective equipments are

provided every year to all Sanitary Workers including other eligible

workers working in waste management.

(ii) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall also provide potable

drinking water, toilets, changing rooms and first-aid facilities to all the

Sanitary Workers and other eligible workers involved in waste

management at the Office of the Sanitary Inspectors.

(3) Training and capacity building.— Training shall be given

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat through reputed Institutes/

Government Agency/reputed agency to educate Sanitary Workers and

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its other workers involved in handling and management of Solid Waste

on various topics such as collecting and transporting of Solid Waste

in a segregated manner, processing and disposing the Solid Waste in a

manner specified in the SWM Rules, 2016 and these Bye-laws, and

on environment, health and safety standards among others.

2. Integration of informal sector workers.— (1) Issuance of

Identity Cards: Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall, either through

itself or reputed Non-Governmental, Community or Educational/Research

Organisations, carry out surveys and drives for identification and

issuance of Identity Card to Waste Pickers, so identified. Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall maintain records of Waste Pickers operating

within its jurisdiction.

(2) Registration of Waste Traders.— Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall, either through itself or reputed Non-Governmental,

Community or Educational/Research Organisations, carry out surveys

and drives for identification and registration/licensing of Waste Traders.

It is mandatory to the waste traders to obtain Trade License from

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(3) Involvement in Solid Waste Management activities.—

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall make efforts to streamline and

formalize solid waste Management Systems and endeavor that the Waste

Pickers, Waste Traders and other informal sector players in waste

management are given priority to upgrade their work conditions and

are integrated into the formal system of Solid Waste Management.

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall involve organisations of Waste

Pickers and/or Waste Traders who fall within the meaning of “Agency/

Service Provider” in the operation of DWCCs and Materials Recovery

Facilities depending on the availability and experience of such Waste

Pickers and/or Waste Traders and Mannadipet Commune Panchayat's

requirements. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall also enable delivery

and sale of Non- Biodegradable Waste (especially Non-Recyclable

Non-Biodegradable Waste) from Waste Pickers at DWCCs and materials

recovery facilities. The Waste Generators, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat, Agency/Service Providers and other persons involved in

Solid Waste management shall be allowed to sell Recyclable

Non-Biodegradable Waste to the Waste Traders at mutually agreed rates,

in a mutually agreed manner.

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(4) Training and capacity building.— Training and capacity

building exercises shall be undertaken by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat, either through itself and/or reputed Agency/Service

Providers to train and educate Waste Pickers, Waste Traders and other

informal sector players on various topics such as environment, health

and safety standards, requirements of SWM Rules and other regulations,

authorised processing facilities for Non-Biodegradable Waste among

others.

CHAPTER–VI

LITTERING AND PUBLIC NUISANCE

1. Prohibition of littering and provision of community bins.—

(1) Littering in any public, open or vacant property.— No Person

shall throw, deposit or cause to be thrown or deposit any solid waste

in any public place, including in any type of Water Body (natural or

manmade) except in a manner provided for in these Bye-laws, the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the SWM Rules, 2016, or any other

applicable Act or Rules or Guidelines framed thereunder.

(2) Litter-throwing from vehicles.— No person, whether a

Driver or passenger in a vehicle, shall litter upon any street, road,

sidewalk, playground, garden, traffic is land or other public place.

(3) Litter from goods vehicles.— No person shall drive or

move any truck or other goods vehicle unless such vehicle is so

constructed and loaded so as to prevent any load, contents or litter from

being blown off or deposited upon any road, sidewalks, traffic is land,

playground, garden or other public place.

(4) Litter by owner of pet animals.— It shall be the

responsibility of the owner of any pet animal to promptly scoop or clean

up any littercreated by such pet on the street or any public place and

take adequate steps for the proper disposal of such waste as

Bio-degradable Waste.

(5) Community bins and Waste Receiving Kiosks in public

places.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall provide and maintain

suitable Community bins/Receptacles on public spaces such as roads

(in commercial and high footfall areas), gardens, parks and similar places,

through itself or through an Agency/Service Provider where litter can

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be deposited by the public. Every community bin/receptacle shall be

separate for Bio-degradable Waste and Non Bio-degradable Waste.

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or the Agency/Service Provider

shall ensure that the community bins/receptacles are not overflowing

or exposed to open environment and prevent their scattering by rag

pickers, stray animals or birds, etc. These bins shall be to the extent

possible manned and/or remotely monitored through RFID QR enabled

tags or other suitable technology to ensure there is no overflow of

waste affecting visual cleanliness and public health. Apart from this,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall also provide segregated waste

drop off points wherever feasible.

2. Prohibition of Public Nuisance.— (1) No person shall create

any Public Nuisance such as spitting, urinating, defecating, feeding

animals/birds or allowing their droppings, or any other object or keeping

any type of storage in any public place except in such public facilities

or conveniences specifically provided for any of these purposes and

permitted by concerned authorities. The provisions of these Bye-laws

relating to Public Nuisance will be construed and implemented in

harmony with the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and

Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014.

(2) Nuisance Detectors.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall strengthen and incentivize the system of Nuisance Detectors by

providing them,-

(i) the power to levy spot fines in accordance with

Schedule-X, using fine books or digital handheld equipment;

(ii) suitable uniforms, vehicles, wireless equipment, etc.; and

(iii) monetary or non-monetary incentives proportionate to

fineslevied.

(3) As part of its responsibility to appoint and empower

Nuisance Detectors, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall deploy any

suitable person/agency as SWM Marshals in every ward and other

SWM processing and disposal facilities who shall exercise control on

persons creating any public nuisance under these Bye-laws.

(4) To support and act as a liaison between ward related SWM

issues and SWM Cell of Head Office, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall also appoint an Officer, as a Nodal Officer for SWM called as the

SWM Nodal Officer.

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CHAPTER–VII

BULK WASTE GENERATORS

1. Definition of Bulk Waste Generator.— Bulk Waste Generator

includes buildings occupied by the Central Government Departments or

undertakings, State Government Departments or undertakings, 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, residential apartments/gated communities/group

housing having more than 25 dwelling units, stadia, and sports

complexes, with an average waste generation are exceeding 50 kg.

per day or area exceeding 5,000 sqm. However, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat reserves the right to modify the threshold of waste generation

for being declared as Bulk Waste Generator at any later point of time

and also the manner of collection of bulk waste, as notified through an

official order.

2. Identification of Bulk Waste Generator.— (a) Public notice and

verification.— within thirty days of these Bye-laws coming into force,

or thereafter, from time to time Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall

issue a public notice in the format specified in Schedule-II informing

the public about the waste generation threshold for being considered

and bulk waste generator and the provisions relating to Solid Waste

Management which are applicable to Bulk Waste Generators. In addition,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat through itself or an Agency/Service

Provider, shall carry out field survey as per its own records to identify

individual Bulk Waste Generators and issue notices to them as per the

format specified in Schedule-III instructing them to comply with the

applicable provisions of SWM Rules and these Bye-laws.

(b) Self declaration.— The individual Waste Generator

identified by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat under Bye-laws 20 (a)

shall have the option for self- declaration as non- Bulk Waste Generator

in accordance with the format specified in Schedule-IV. The Bulk Waste

Generator may also at a later date apply for declassification from such

category by submitting the declaration in the Form specified in

Schedule-IV to Mannadipet Municpality.

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(c) Penalties.— If, any self-declaration is found untrue, the

Occupier of the Premises shall be penalized in accordance with Schedule

X (b) and such amount shall be computed from the date of effect as per

notice under Schedule-III till the date of actual payment of penalty by

such Bulk Waste Generator.

3. Duties of Bulk Waste Generators and Responsibility of

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.—

(1)

(i) BWG shall allocate suitable space within the site i n

proportion to the estimated quantum of Solid Waste that

would be generated and has to be stored; and

(ii) set up processing units for onsite processing of

Bio-degradable

Waste

through

composting,

bio-methanation and/or any other technology approved

by PPCC/CPCB or any other appropriate Government

Authority.

(iii) set up sorting and temporary storage space for dry

waste and hazardous waste collected before they sent

to recyclers/informal waste picker organisations.

2. All Bulk Waste Generators shall ensure segregation of Solid

Waste at source within their premises into the following categories

namely:-

l Bio-degradable Waste, also referred to as Wet Waste,

l Non-biodegradable Waste, also referred to as Dry Waste,

l Domestic Hazardous Waste, including Sanitary Waste,

l Bulk Garden and Horticulture Waste; and

l Electronic or E-Waste.

and facilitate collection, processing and disposal of segregated Solid

Waste in the manner specified in these Bye-laws Schedule-I.

3. All Bulk Waste Generators shall, either,

(i) by their own arrangement, process the Non-biodegradable

Waste in accordance with these Bye-laws and SWM

Rules, 2016;

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(ii) engage Empanelled Vendors of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat for collection, transportation and processing

of their Non-biodegradable Waste on mutually agreed

terms; (or)

(iii) handover

their

Non-Biodegradable

Waste

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat or its service provider

collection vehicle as a part of the Door to Door

Collection System on payment of SWM User Charge/

Service Charge as specified in Schedule-VIII

(Annexure-II and V)/or through an empanelled vendor

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

4. Depending on availability of space, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall, either through itself or an Agency/Service Provider, set

up composting, bio-methanation or any other suitable facility for

processing Biodegradable Waste in,

(i) fruit and vegetable markets organised/set up by Market

Associations (excluding Agricultural Produce Market

Committee) generating 50 kg. or more of Wet Waste per

day; and

(ii) any other markets or bazaars notified by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat from time to time. In the event

there is no space to set up a Biodegradable Waste

processing facility in the market premises, the collection

vehicle of such Bulk Waste Generators shall collect the

Biodegradable Waste from these markets at specified

times and dates, and take it to the processing Unit.

5. The markets managed and/or set up by the Agricultural

Produce Market Committee shall,

(i) mandatorily ensure that their Biodegradable Waste is

processed through composting, bio-methanation or any

other methods approved by the PPCC/CPCB within their

respective premises (in-situ);

(ii) use fresh Biodegradable waste as animal feed if, such

waste is safe for consumption by livestock; and

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(iii) handover their Non-Biodegradable Waste to the

collection vehicle that will be provided by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat on dates and times notified by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat on payment of

necessary user charges at the rates specified in

Schedule-VIII (Annexure-II and V).

6. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall enforce in-situ

processing of Bulk Horticulture and Garden Waste in parks, gardens and

similar appropriate places, as far as possible. Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat through itself and/or an Agency/Service Provider, shall set

up small scale composting or bio-methanation plants (i.e., processing

less than five tons of Biodegradable Waste per day) in public parks,

playgrounds, recreation grounds, gardens, markets, large vacant lands

owned and maintained by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, any other

Public Authority or Governmental Department if, place available.

7. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall facilitate construction,

operation and maintenance of solid waste processing facilities and

associated infrastructure on its own or through any Agency for optimum

utilisation of various components of Solid Waste by adopting suitable

technology including the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Housing

and Urban Affairs from time to time and standards prescribed by the

Ministry of Environment and Forests so that the dependency of waste

disposal on the Sanitary Landfills can be minimised to the maximum

extent possible.

8. The Agency/Service Providers and/or Empanelled Vendors

as applicable shall be allowed to dispose of or sell the Recyclable

Non-biodegradable Waste to the Waste Traders or authorised recycling

units which recycle waste in accordance with the provisions of these

Bye-laws and shall be entitled to retain the amounts realised from these

sales.

9. The Waste Generators who do not use the services of

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat (or the Agency/Service Provider

engaged by it), under these Bye-laws shall be required to maintain daily

generation of Solid Waste and maintain daily accounts in respect to each

waste generator and to submit an annual return on the amount of Solid

Waste Generated at its Premises which is collected, processed and

disposed in the Form specified in Schedule-V. The Service Providers and

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Empanelled/Selected Vendors will also be required to file periodic returns

to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat with respect to its operations as

per directions issued by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat from time to

time.

4. Social Gathering/Events.— No person shall organise an event

or gathering of more than fifty persons at any licensed or unlicensed

place without intimating Mannadipet Commune Panchayat by submitting

an application at least three working days in advance and pay necessary

cleanliness deposit in advance as per Schedule-IX(a). Such Person

shallensure segregation of Solid Waste at source and hand over of

segregated Solid Waste in the manner specified in these Bye-laws

not later than 12 hours after the completion of the event. In case the

organizers of such event wishes to avail of the services of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat for the cleaning, collection and transport of Solid

Waste Generated as a result of that event, they shall apply to the

concerned authority at Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and pay the

necessary charges in advance as per Schedule-VIII (Annexure-V) fixed

for this purpose by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. Any notification

issued in this regard by the Commissioner, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall govern the management of waste at such social

gatherings and events and shall be binding on the event organisers.

In the event of a death the same may be intimated immediately to

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and obtain permission remain same

and during the funeral procession from home/hospital to burial ground/

cremation yard littering of flowers/any other materials on roads shall

not be done. Also littering of reed grass, flowers and any other materials

on roads on all type of occasion/functions shall not be done. In the

event of any violation in this regard will attract a fine as stipulated in

Schedule-X. The Kin who had approached Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat for obtaining such permission will be held responsible for

payment of fine.

5. Public gatherings and Events in Public Places.— In the event

of public gatherings and events in public places for any reason

(including for temple festivals, processions, exhibitions, circus, fairs,

political rallies, commercial, sociocultural events, protests and

demonstrations, etc.,) the organiser shall apply to the concerned

authority of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and pay the necessary

cleanliness deposit charges in advance as per Schedule-IX (a) fixed for

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the purpose by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and it shall be the

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

cleanliness of that area after the event and also that the Solid Waste is

segregated, collected and processed in accordance with these Bye-laws

not later than 12 hours after the completion of the event. In case, the

organisers of such event wishes to avail of the services of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat for the cleaning, collection and transport of Solid

Waste generated as a result of that event, they shall apply to the

concerned authority at Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and pay the

necessary charges in advance as per Schedule-VIII (Annexure-V) fixed

for this purpose by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

6. Refundable Cleanliness Deposit.— The organiser of such public

gatherings and events shall pay required cleanliness deposit as notified

in Schedule-IX (a), with the concerned office for the duration of the

event, which shall be refundable on the completion of the event on

notifying that the said public place has been restored back to a clean

State, and any Solid Waste generated as a result of the event has been

segregated, collected and transported to designated sites in accordance

with these Bye-laws, to the satisfaction of official/authority concerned.

In the event, the public space is not restored back to a clean State

within12 hours of the completion of the event, the cleanliness deposit

paid to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall be forfeited and the

organiser shall have no claim towards this amount. Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat may units discretion may also levy a penalty over

and above the forfeited amount as per Schedule-X (c).

CHAPTER–VIII

SERVICE CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE

1. Provisions with respect to SWM Cess and Service Charge

payable to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and Empanelled Vendors.—

(1) SWM Service Charge shall also be payable by all Waste Generators

including Bulk Waste Generators for provision of services for collection,

transportation, processing and disposal of Solid Waste by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat and/or the Agency/Service Provider/Empanelled

Vendors, at the rates as specified in Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I to VI).

The SWM Service Charge shall be payable to Mannadipet Commune

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Panchayat for the services provided by it, through itself or an Agency/

Service Provider or to Empanelled Vendors as the case may be from whom

such services are availed by the Waste Generator. The SWM Service

Charge mentioned in Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I to VI) shall stand

automatically increased by 10% every year (rounded off to the nearest

multiple of ` 5) with effect from April 1st of each successive year, unless

specifically increased to a higher level as per need, at any time during

the year. These rates shall be advertised on the website of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat and/or of the Agency/Service Provider.

(2) The rates for the Solid Waste Management services provided

by an Empanelled Vendor/Selected Vendor shall be as per the service

Charges detailed at Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I to VI).

(3) It is clarified that the Waste Generators who are Bulk

Generators who process their Solid Waste in accordance with these

Bye-laws, either through themselves (in situ) or an Empanelled Vendor

at Service Charges as detailed at Schedule-VIII (Annexure-V) and paid

directly; shall not be required to pay the relevant Service Charge to

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(4) The SWM Service Charge shall be collected in person

or through online payment by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/

or any other Person authorised by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

Specific days in a month, preferably in first week of each month, shall

be fixed by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, for collection of SWM

Service Charge. The SWM Service Charge may also be collected by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat by charging the amount through

property tax, licence fees, etc., under provisions of Puducherry Commune

Panchayat Act, 1973. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat may evolve

additional mechanisms for billing/collection/recovery of SWM Service

Charge, from time to time and these shall be notified through general or

special order/notification.

(5) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat by itself or through an

Agency or Service Provider shall prepare the database of all the Waste

Generators for the purpose of levying SWM Service Charge and this

database shall be updated regularly and published on the website of

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

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(6) A penalty of 2% per month shall be charged if, the Waste

Generators fails to pay the Service Charge as Schedule-VIII (Annexure-I

- VI) within 3 months of raising the demand for the amount by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(7) In case of default of payment of SWM Service Charge for

more than 6 (six) months, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat or any other

Competent Authority may recover the SWM Service Charge along with

the surcharge from the defaulter as arrears of Land Revenue under

Revenue Recovery Act, 1970. In addition, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat and/or the Agency/Service Provider, as the case may be, shall

also have the discretion to stop providing Solid Waste management

services till such SWM Service Charge along with the surcharge amount

is paid by the defaulter.

(8) All amounts collected as SWM Service Charge by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat under these Bye-laws shall be

transferred to a separate Escrow Bank Account maintained for funds

used for Solid Waste Management. These amounts shall be used towards

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat’s operation and maintenance costs for

providing Solid Waste Management services under these Bye-laws,

salaries of personnel, incentives, grants and other uses as may be

considered appropriate by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat from time

to time.

CHAPTER–IX

NON-COMPLIANCE OF BYE-LAWS, SPOT FINES AND

PENALTIES

1. Spot Fines.— The Nuisance Detectors shall have the power

to levy spot fines for violations of Bye-laws 17 (Littering) and Bye-laws

18 (Public Nuisance). However, the amount of such spot fines shall not

normally exceed the amount specified in Schedule-X(a). Higher fine may

be imposed subsequently by an authority higher to the authority levying

the fine by an order with proper justification.

2. Penalties.— (1) Whoever, contravenes or fails to comply with

any of the provisions of the SWM Rules and/or these Bye-laws shall

on conviction be punished with a fine as specified in Schedule-X (a-d).

In case of second contravention or non-compliance, Mannadipet

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Commune Panchayat shall have the power to levy a fine which could be

up to twice of the amount specified against the offence in Schedule-X

(a-d). In case of third contravention or non-compliance, Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall have the power to levy a fine which could

be up to thrice of the amount specified against the offence in Schedule-X

(a-d). Thereafter, in case of fourth contravention, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall have the power to suspend/cancel Trade Licence or

take any other appropriate legal action against the offender, including

filing of criminal cases, sealing of premises, etc.

(2) The fine or penalty mentioned in Schedule-X (a-d) shall be

increased upward by 10%. In addition, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat,

may at any time alter/amend/increase/vary any of the entries as

mentioned in Schedule-X (a-d) of these Bye-laws in order to modify

the penalties every 3 year automatically from the date of implementation

of these Bye-laws.

(3) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall take appropriate

Departmental action against the employees of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat, if any, of them mix segregated Solid Waste at any point of

collection or transportation, fail to pick up Solid Waste during the

specified time-slots, or otherwise, or violate any of the provisions of

these Bye-laws and the SWM Rules, 2016, Such Departmental action shall

include penalties as per Schedule-X (a-d), initiation of disciplinary

action, deductions from salaries or with holding of salaries itself.

(4) In the event an Agency/Service Provider or Empanelled/

Selected Vendor contravenes or fails to comply with any of the

provisions of the SWM Rules, and/or these Bye-laws, Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall have the power to take any one or more of

the following actions:

(i) levy a fine which may extend up to ` 25,000 (Rupees

twenty five thousand) for the first offence and for a second or

subsequent offence with fine which may extend up to twice the

penalty amount for the first offence,

(ii) termination of contract or arrangement with Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat for C&D Waste Management/Bulk Waste

Management/Solid Waste Management, cancellation of

Empanelment Certificate or any other authority granted by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat; and/or

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(iii) suspension or revocation of any licence to operate any

Solid Waste collection, transportation or processing facility

under these Bye-laws, SWM Rules and/or applicable regulations

in Mannadipet Commune Panchayat jurisdiction for atleast five

years.

(5) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat is at liberty to initiate

appropriate proceedings under any other law in addition to any action

under these Bye-laws and under suitable clauses of Puducherry

Commune Panchayaties Act, 1973 as the case may be such as the

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the

Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, the Air

(Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 for violation of any

provisions there under.

(6) All amounts collected as spot fines and penalties by and

on behalf of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat under these Bye-laws

shall be transferred to a separate Escrow Bank Account maintained for

collection of service charges/user charges for Solid Waste Management.

These funds shall be used towards Mannadipet Commune Panchayat’s

operation and maintenance costs for providing Solid Waste Management

services under these Bye-laws, salaries of personnel, incentives, grants

and other uses as may be considered appropriate by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat from time to time.

CHAPTER–X

OTHER RESPONSIBILTIES AND DUTIES OF

MANNADIPET COMMUNE PANCHAYAT

1. Other Responsibilities and Duties of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat.— In addition to the responsibilities and duties specified in

other Chapters of these Bye-laws, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall

also have the following additional duties, namely:

(i) Ward Micro Plan.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall

create a Solid Waste Management micro plan for every Ward after

discussions with relevant stakeholders and ensure its implementation.

The Ward Micro Plan for SWM shall contain the collection times for

different categories of Solid Waste, details of the collection vehicles and

points, detailed map of the Ward, roads/streets for street sweeping and

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optimal route map for collection and transportation of waste, manpower

and other information required for effective implementation of the Solid

Waste Management as may be considered appropriate by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat. This Ward Micro Plan shall be made available to

public to access.

(ii) Regular checks and review of Ward Micro plan.— The

officers authorised by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall conduct

regular checks in various parts of the Wards and other places of

collection, transportation, processing and disposal of Solid Waste within

its territorial limits to supervise compliance of various provisions of

SWM Rules and these Bye-laws. In addition, Authorised Officers by the

Commune Panchayat/Government shall monitor and review the

implementation of the Ward Micro Plan and prepare Ward action taken

report on a monthly basis for onward submission to the Commissioner

of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, as the case may be. Any Authorised

Officer of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall have right to enter,

inspect at all reasonable times, with such assistance as he considers

necessary, any place for the purpose of (i) performing any of the

functions entrusted to him by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat under

these Bye-laws, or (ii) determine compliance of the provisions of these

Bye-laws. Police authorities shall render necessary assistance

immediately upon request by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat is

writing.

(iii) Review of the Empanelled Vendors and Agency/Service

Providers.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall regularly review the

facilities and operations of the Empanelled Vendors and Agency/Service

Providers to ensure that they are in compliance with the empanelment

conditions (if applicable), provisions of the SWM Rules and these

Bye-laws. In the event of any non-compliance, Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat can take action against the defaulting Empanelled Vendors

and Agency/Service Providers including notice of remedial action,

cancellation of the Empanelment Certificate or contract for services,

imposition of fines and penalties as specified in this Bye-laws.

(iv) Publicity and citizen information services.— Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall publicise the provisions of the Bye-laws

through the print and electronic media, signs, advertisement, leaflets

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publishing in Mannadipet Commune Panchayat website and through

any other appropriate means,so that all citizens are made aware about

the duties of citizens and Mannadipet Commune Panchayat in relation

to segregation, recycling, littering, nuisance, penalties and fines.

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall provide information about

composting, bio-gas generation, recycling and decentralised processing

of waste at community level by conducting training classes, seminars,

workshops.

(v) Nodal Officers.— The Commissioner of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall designate Nodal Officer under him control for

each constituency who shall be responsible for-

(a) implementing the responsibilities of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat specified under these Bye-laws,

(b) address grievances of the Waste Generators and

suggestions for improvements in the implementation of the

Bye-laws,

(d) other functions as may be deemed appropriate by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, from time to time.

(vi) Transparency and public accessibility.— To ensure greater

transparency and public accessibility, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall provide the following information, data and reports in relation to

the activities under the Bye-laws on its website or through suitable

information and any other Communication Technologies. This

information shall also be available in the Offices of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat during its working hours such as-

(a) Name and contacts of the Nodal Officers who shall be

responsible for implementing the obligatory responsibilities of

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat specified under these

Bye-laws;

(b) Monthly data about the quantity of each category of

Solid Waste going to the different waste processing sites and

Sanitary Landfills.

Commune Panchayat to address the complaints;

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(d) Details of SWM Service Charge/User Charges, penalties

and spot fines collected by and on behalf of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat in monthly basis;

(e) Details and reports of SWM vehicles movement tracked

through GPS and Smart Data Centre set up for this purpose; and

(f) Reports and status of compliance of various provisions

of the SWM Rules and these Bye-laws including results of

regular and surprise checks by Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat.

(vii) Extended Producer Responsibility.— Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall monitor and ensure compliance of the

extended producer responsibility of manufacturers and producers under

the SWM Rules and the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall engage with the State

Government for ensuring that the funds available under EPR for specific

streams of waste are made available towards the cost for collection,

transportation, processing and disposal of wastes produced by them.

(viii) Regular cleaning and Street Sweeping.— Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall within its territorial area, be responsible for

cleaning of all public places, streets, roads, markets, parks, gardens, etc.,

and ensuring regular system of Street Sweeping through and/or using

mechanical sweeper machines, if necessary. The frequency of Street

Sweeping, location of community bins and related activities shall be

determined by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat having regard to

vehicular and pedestrian traffic, density of population, extent of

commercial activity, equipment used, labour welfare/safety and local

situation in any public street or public areas as per the normative

standards stipulated by the Government. The Solid Waste collected from

these Street Sweepings shall be segregated if, required and Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall provide for transportation of-

(i) bio-degradable Waste to a convenient Bio-degradable

processing facility;

(ii) non-Bio-degradable Waste to DWCC and materials

recovery facility; and

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(iii) silt, dust, drain silt and other inert waste to the sanitary

landfill and/or any other processing facility as may be notified

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat from time to time.

(ix) Creating Incentives.— (a) Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat may consider creating systems for incentives for adoption

of decentralised processing of Bio-degradable Waste such as

bio-methanation and composting such as awarding and recognizing the

Waste Generator by giving Certificates and publishing their names

on Mannadipet Commune Panchayat’s website.

(b) Zero-waste neighbourhoods, Apartment Complexes and

Commercial Buildings shall be adequately encouraged by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat and/or Agency/Service

Provider, as the case may be.

system to encourage its SWM Officials who work towards

achieving total segregation of waste, in situ processing of waste,

and creation of more zero waste neighbourhoods.

(x) Chemical fertilizers.— (a) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall phase out the use of Chemical fertilizers and use compost in all

parks, gardens maintained by it and wherever possible in other places

under its jurisdiction.

(b) Preference shall be given to use compost produced at

the small scale composting plants set up at Public Parks,

Playgrounds, Recreation Grounds and Gardens by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat and/or the Agency/Service Provider or that

obtained from home/in situ composting done by public.

(xi) Occupational safety.— (a) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall ensure occupational safety of its own staff. Staff of the Agency

involved in Solid Waste Management activities may be provided

appropriate and adequate personal protective equipment (PPEs) by the

Agency.

(b) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall also ensure that

the operator of various waste processing facilities provide

personal protection equipment (PPEs) including uniform,

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fluorescent jacket, hand gloves, raincoats, appropriate footwear

and masks to all workers handling Solid Waste and these are

used by the workforce. In case of an accident at any processing

and/or disposal facilities, the operator or person in-charge of

such facility shall report to the Police and Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat in the format specified in the SWM Rules

2016. The Head of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall review

the Form, conduct an enquiry if necessary, and issue appropriate

instruction to the oper ator or person in-charge of the facility

with respect to compensation, medical expenses, rectification of

the process or machinery that caused the accident among

others, as per prevailing laws.

(xii) Grievance redressal.— (a) Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall strengthen its public grievance redressal system(s)

including Swachtatha App making it accessible 24x7 for registering

complaints regarding non-collection of Solid Waste, littering of waste ,

violations of these Bye-laws among others. These systems could be

mobile applications, complaint centre, call centre, e-mail, social media

forums like WhatsApp/Twitter, and/or any other mechanism which

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat may consider appropriate keeping in

mind the population and quantity of Solid Waste generated. Hence, the

grievance may be submitted to the Mannadipet Commune Panchayat/

Service Provider through telephone, e-mail, post, on the mobile

application and/or in person by any citizen within the Territorial limits

of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

(b) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall ensure that each

SWM grievance is redressed and informed to the citizen in a

timely and efficient manner.

(xiii) Training and public awareness.— (a) Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat by its staff or other agency or service provider

or reputed agency shall ensure to create awareness to informal

waste pickers to collectthe waste in segregated form and to transport

as per SWM Rules, 2016 and procedure laid down in these Bye-laws.

(b) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat by itself or through

experts in the field undertake awareness and out reach

programmes about management of Solid Waste, responsibility

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of each stakeholder under the SWM Rules and these Bye-laws,

reduction and minimising of Solid Waste and grievance redressal

mechanisms under the Bye-laws.

publish lists of composting experts, licensed scrap dealers,

dealers of recyclables, container/bin manufacturers, agencies

with expertise in recycling, etc., who are registered by

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat on its website so as to

facilitate and support the citizens in processing their Solid

Waste.

(d) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, shall, carry out

awareness activities to achieve stream-wise segregation, waste

reduction through in situ composting and better management

of SWM through training of workers in the wards through

the Link workers in the wards.

(xiv) Conversion of all Government Offices and Schools within

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat jurisdiction into zero waste

campuses and homecomposting of waste by offices.— (a) Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat shall make efforts to ensure that all Government

Offices (Central, State and Local Government) practice in situ processing

of Solid Waste thereby transforming them into Zero Waste Campuses

and become a model for others.

(b) As far as possible all Government Officials residing

within the Territorial jurisdiction of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall b e expected to compost their wet waste within

their premises, thereby serving as an example for other residents

to follow.

(xv) Funds for Solid Waste management.— The Government

shall make adequate provision of funds for capital investments as well

as operation and maintenance of Solid Waste Management services in

the annual budget. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall prepare an

annual Action Plan seeking budgetary permission from Government and

submit it well in advance to meet the objectives towards SWM Rules

and Bye-laws.

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(xvi) Reduction of waste.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

shall make efforts to minimize and reduce the generation of Solid Waste

by discouraging the production, sale and consumption of products

containing unnecessary packaging material, disposable products through

awareness programs and provision of incentives. The 3Rs of Reduce,

Reuse and Recycle would be the guiding principle in waste handling

and processing.

(xvii) Management of Legacy Waste.— Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat, shall investigate and analyse all open dumpsites to

undertake management of Legacy Waste in old dumpsites and landfills

through appropriate measures such as bio-mining and bio- remediation

as per the guidelines for Disposal of Legacy Waste issued by CPCB in

accordance with SWM Rules, 2016. The site containing legacy waste

shall be cappedas per the landfill capping norms to prevent further

damage to the environment in the absence of the potential of bio-mining

and bio-remediation options.

(xviii) Enforcement of Plastic Ban.— (a) The penalty will be

levied for violation of the provisions of Bye-Laws For Plastic Waste

Management (Amendement), 2021, Notified in the Extraordinary Official

Gazette Part-II, No. 18, dated 18-04-2022.

(b) Strict action will also be taken to close and seal the

premises/suspend or even cancel the Trade Licence of those

shops and establishments who continue using banned plastic

even after two repeated warnings with in a month and levy of

penalty for the same.

customers and general public who use single use plastics as

banned in Bye-laws For Bye-Laws For Plastic Waste Management

(Amendement), 2021, Notified in the Extraordinary Official

Gazette Part-II, No. 18, dated 18-04-2022.

(d) Mannadipet Commune Panchayat shall have a right to

conduct raids, seize banned plastic manufactured/stocked/

being transported/sold. Also Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

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is empowered to seal the premises/vehicles of such single use

plastic manufacturing units/commercial establishment/godowns

and levy penalties in accordance with Plastic Waste Management

Rules, 2021.

(e) All the seized banned plastics shall be shredded and

stored at any of the designated facilities of Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat before they are utilized for permissible

uses such as laying of roads, co-processing, RDF feedstock,

etc., No seized banned plastics shall be returned to its owner.

(xix) Prohibition of Employment of as Manual Scavengers

and Rehabilitation Act -2013.— The provisions under the said law

has to be strictly followed by authorities of Commune Panchayat and

violators to be booked by filing FIR in Police Station at the place of

occurrence.

CHAPTER–XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

1. Coordination with Government Bodies.— Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat shall co- ordinate with other Government agencies and

authorities, to ensure compliance of these Bye-laws within areas under

the jurisdiction or control of such Bodies and all such Government

Agencies and authorities shall render necessary assistance without fail.

2. Review of implementation.— Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

will review the effective implementation of these Bye-laws and whether

any amendments or updating is required, atleast with in every three year

or earlier if, felt necessary, and take appropriate steps to ensure course

correction such as evaluation of Mannadipet Commune Panchayat’s

achievements against its targets.

3. The guidelines issued by the Ministry from time to time and

the details envisaged in such guidelines shall be applied in this Bye-law

also.

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SCHEDULE–I

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–II)

ILLUSTRATIVE LIST OF BIO-DEGRADABLE WASTE,

RECYCLABLE NON-BIO-DEGRADABLE WASTE,

DOMESTIC HAZARDOUS WASTE BIOMEDICAL

WASTE AND BULKY WASTE

PART–A

Illustrative list of Bio-degradable Waste

(i) Kitchen waste including tea leaves, egg shells, fruit and

vegetable peels, leftover and/or stale food.

(ii) Organic market waste such as fruit and vegetable peels, rotten

and/or spoilt vegetables and fruits.

(iii) Meat and bones

(iv) Garden and leaf litter, including flowers

(v) Coconut shells

(vi) Wood/leaf ashes

PART–B

Illustrative list of Recyclable Non-Bio-degradable Waste*

(listed items/articles)

(i) Newspapers

(ii) Paper, books and magazines

(iii) Glass

(iv) Metal objects and wire

(v) Plastic

(vi) Aluminum cans

(vii) Rexene

(viii) Rubber

(ix) Wood/furniture

(x) Packaging

(xi) Fabrics

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(xii) Styrofoam

(xiii) Thermocol

* The above are sample lists and will be customized (i.e., items to

be added or removed) by each Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

based on the identified processing and recycling destinations

for each item.

PART–C

Illustrative list of Hazardous Waste

(i) Aerosol cans

(ii) Batteries

(iii) Bleaches and household kitchen and drain cleaning Agent

(iv) Car batteries, oil filters and car care products and consumables

(v) Oils, chemicals and solvents and their empty containers

(vi) Cosmetic items, chemical-based insecticides and their empty

containers

(vii) Medicines including expired medicines

(viii) Paints, oils, lubricants, glues, thinners and their empty containers

(ix) Pesticides and herbicides and their empty containers

(x) Photographic chemicals

(xi) Soft foam packaging from new equipment

(xii) Thermometers and mercury-containing products

PART–D

Illustrative list of Biomedical Waste

[Refer Bye-law 3.8 (iii)]

(For a complete list, please refer to Schedule-I of

Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016)

(i) Items contaminated with blood, body fluids like dressings,

plaster casts, cotton swabs and bags containing residual or

discarded blood and blood components.

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(ii) Expired or discarded medicines such as pharmaceutical waste

like antibiotics, cytotoxic drugs including all items contaminated

with cytotoxic drugs along with glass or plastic ampoules, vials, etc.

(iii) Discarded linen, mattresses, beddings contaminated with blood

or body fluid.

(iv) tubing, bottles, intravenous tubes and sets, catheters, urine

bags, needles, scalpels, blades, syringes (without needles and

fixed needle syringes) and vacationers with their needles cut

and gloves.

PART–E

Illustrative list of Bulky Waste

(Refer Bye-law 3.12)

(i) Furniture and Furnishings such as wardrobes, tables, chairs,

shoe racks, computer tables, beds, cots, chair, dining tables,

sofas, etc.

(ii) Kitchen utensils

(iii) Mattresses

(iv) Musical instruments that do not qualify as E-waste

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SCHEDULE–II

(See Bye-Law CHAPTER–VII)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTIFYING BULK WASTE GENERATOR

Whereas, the Solid Waste Management SWM) Rules, 2016 notified

by the Government on April 08, 2016 mandate the Bulk Waste Generators

of Solid Waste and specified new constructions to carry out certain

waste management functions by themselves, the Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat, not withstanding any other rule/provision, hereby directs

all Bulk Waste Generators of Solid Waste defined as (i) generating 50 kg.

or more of Solid Waste (from all waste streams) per day or (ii) gated

communities, Central Government Departments or Undertakings, State

Government Departments or Undertakings, Local Bodies, Public Sector

Undertakings or Private Companies, Hospital, Nursing Homes, Schools,

Colleges, Universities, Other Educational Institutions, Hostels, Hotels,

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Commercial Establishments, Theaters, Markets, Places of Worship, Stadia

and Sports Complexes, etc., with an area of 5000 sqm. or more or

generating more than 50 kgs. or more of Solid Waste, to implement the

provisions of the SWM Rules, 2016 and the Bye-laws thereof notified

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat not later than 60 days (by date

.......................) from the date of this notice, including segregation of

Solid Waste into 5 (five) categories/streams (Bio-degradable, Non-Bio-

degradable, Domestic Hazardous Waste including sanitary waste, Bulk

Garden and Horticulture waste and Electronic or E-Waste) at source and

in-premises processing and treatment of Bio-degradable Waste. Detailed

instructions are available in the Bye-laws.

All RWAs, Market Association Members, Hotels and Restaurants

etc., will be classified as Bulk Generators as defined unless they submit

within the notice period, a self declaration of generating less than 50

kgs.of waste from their premises or 5,000 sq.m. or more than 25 dwelling

units. Such self-declaration will be subject to verification and applicable

penal costs (up to ` .......................) if, found untrue. Such

self-declarations shall be submitted to Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

within 20 days (by date .......................) of this notice for enabling

verification. Self-declarations sent/submitted after the due date will be

summarily rejected.

Any violation of the SWM Rules, 2016 and/or these Bye-laws for

Bulk Waste Generators after 60 days of this notice (after date

........................... ) will attract applicable penal charges/fines (up to

` .......................) as stated in the Bye-laws of Mannadipet Commune

Panchayat.

Place :

COMMISSIONER.

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SCHEDULE–III

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–VII)

INDIVIDUAL NOTICE FORMAT FOR BULK WASTE

GENERATORS

No.

Date :

To :

<Insert name of the proposed Bulk Waste Generator>Sir/Madam/

Messers,

Subject : OM – BWG – Categorization as Bulk Waste Generator.

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Considering the waste generated due to activities/business carried

out in your premises and/or area occupied by you, the Competent

Authority, Mannadipet Commune Panchayat has designated you as Bulk

Waste Generator. Accordingly, you are hereby directed to comply with

the provisions of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, Bye-laws

and implement segregation of waste at source, segregated storage within

premises and processing and treatment of Bio-degradable Waste within

premises or processing tied-up with an Empaneled vendor or a Vendor

selected by you.

In case, if, you claim that you are not to be a Bulk Waste Generator,

you are required to submit a self-declaration to that effect within 20 days

otherwise it will be deemed that you have no objection to be classified

as a Bulk Waste Generator.

The self-declaration pro forma is attached herewith (also available

in http://oulmun.in/) which should be filled up and submitted to

Mannadipet

Commune

Panchayat’s

designated

officers

and

acknowledgment obtained, which will serve as “Certificate of Non-Bulk

Waste Generator” till a verification certificate is issued.

In case, your self-declaration is found untrue, the same will be

cancelled and penalties in accordance with the Bye-laws will be levied.

COMMISSIONER,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

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SCHEDULE–IV

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–VII)

SELF-DECLARATION FORMAT

(for Non-Bulk Waste Generator)

Date :

I/We/M/s. ....................... located at premises ..................... (address)

......................................................................................... , (phone)

.............................................. (mobile) ...................................... , (e-mail)

............................................... and holder of .................................... .

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Rural Local Body Occupancy Certificate/Property Tax Assessment

No. ...................... or Trade Licence No.

I/We/M/s. ....................................................... hereby self-declare

that the total daily Solid Waste generated from our premises is less than

50 kgs., hence, not a Bulk Waste Generator.

I/We/M/s. .............................................................. understand that

the ................................. Mannadipet Commune Panchayat is free to enter

the premises to check and verify the quantity of Solid Waste generated

in the premises. During any such verification, if 50 kg. or more Solid

Waste is found generated, 5,000 sq.m./25 dwelling units this

self-declaration becomes void and I/we/M/s. can be categorized as Bulk

Waste Generator and Mannadipet Commune Panchayat can impose penal

charges as applicable from the date of effect for Bulk Waste Generator’s

responsibilities as per public notice.

(Authorized signatory)

For the Premises Occupier/Owner

To :

The Commissioner,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat.

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SCHEDULE–V

FORM OF ANNUAL RETURN BY A WASTE GENERATOR

WHO DOES NOT USE THE SERVICES OF MANNADIPET

COMMUNE PANCHAYAT AND/OR ITS AGENCY/

SERVICE PROVIDER

Sl.

Heading

Details No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Name and address of the Waste Generator-

Phone Number :

E-mail Address :

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2. Type of Waste Generator-Domestic

household

Commercial shop or establishment

Educational Institutions, School, College

and Research Institutes Government

Offices, Courts and other Premises

occupied by the local, State or Central.

3. Total quantity of Solid Waste Generated -

Quantity of Solid Waste generated per year

per capita waste generated per year.

4. Percentage of households/segregating the

waste at source.

5. Name and address of the Empaneled/

Selected Vendor, if any.

6. Whether Bio-degradable Waste is

processed Yes/Noon site or through

Empaneled/Selected Vendor.

7. Quantity of the Bio-degradable Waste

collected per year.

8. Details of technologies adopted for processing-

Composting

Quantity Bio-degradable

Waste processed per

Year.

Quantity of produced

per year.

Quantity of residual

waste generated per

year.

(1)

(2)

(3)

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Bio-methanation

Quantity Bio-degradable

Waste processed per

year.

Quantity of biogas

produced per year.

Quantity of residual

waste generated per

year.

9. Quantity of the Non-biodegradable

collected per year.

10. Quantity of the Domestic Hazardous

Waste collected per year.

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SCHEDULE–VI

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–III)

REQUISITION FOR STORING OF C&D WASTE

From :

Date :

< Name of the C&D Waste Generator>

< Address of the C&D Waste Generator>

< Contact No.>

To :

The Commissioner,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, Puducherry.

Sir,

Sub. : Permission for storing of Construction and Demolition

Waste – Reg.

I hereby request to permit to store Construction and Demolition

waste generated from my premises/in place allotted by Mannadipet

Commune Panchayat at ........................ from ......................... to

..........................

(1)

(2)

(3)

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The approximate quantity will be around tonne/m³.

(The days can’t exceed two calendar days at any cost).

Place :

Yours faithfully,

(Name and Signature of the applicant).

Permission by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat

The request is granted to store C&D Waste in the premises of the

applicant/(place allotted by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat)

from ......................................................... to ................................................

Failure to comply with this permission will effect time as given in

the Schedule X(d). Every two days the stored C&D Waste shall be

transported to the C&D waste yard without fail.

Place :

COMMISSIONER.

Date :

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SCHEDULE–VII

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–III)

FORM FOR TRANSPORTING OF C&D WASTE

Date :

< Name of the C& D Waste Generator>

< Address of the C&D Waste Generator>

< Contact No.>

To :

The Commissioner,

Mannadipet Commune Panchayat, Puducherry.

Sir,

Sub. : Permission for transporting of Construction and Demolition

Waste - Reg.

* * * *

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I hereby request you to take steps to transport the Construction

and Demolition waste generated and stored in my premises/place allotted

by Mannadipet Commune Panchayat at ......................................... to the

C&D yard notified by the Mannadipet Commune Panchayat. The

approximate quantity is around tonne/m³.

Yours faithfully,

(Name and Signature of the applicant).

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SCHEDULE–VIII

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–VIII)

SWM SERVICE CHARGE/USER CHARGE/LICENCE

FEE ANNEXURE

Sl.

Category of Waste and

Rate of

Period

No.

Waste Generator

Collection

Charges

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Residential houses/buildings with plinth area

Nil

up to 1,000 Sq.ft.

Residential houses/buildings with plinth area

Per

of more than 1,000 sq.ft. but, up to 2,000 Sq.ft.

Month

Residential houses/buildings with plinth area

100

of more than 2,000 Sq.ft

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ANNEXURE–IV

Sl.

Category of Waste and

Rate of

Period

No.

Waste Generator

Collection

Charges

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Street Vendors using mobile cart or

Per

without mobile cart.

Month

Street Vendors like Tender Coconut,

100

Per

Sugercane Juice, Sweet Palm fruit

200

Day

sellers.

(for more

than 50 kg.)

Obtaining licence from Commune

100/

Per

Panchayat for rearing of Pet Animal/

Animal

Annum

Cattles.

Desludging of Septic tanks.

3,800 Per Trip

(One Trip

8,000 Ltr.)

Licence far Desludging Vehicles to

1,000

Per

Consent to operator.

Annum

Inspection Charges for issuing

Sanitation Certificates.

(i) Schools/Colleges/Institutions

5,000

Per

(ii) Non-Star Hotels

5,000

(iii) Star Hotels

10,000

Annum

Bulky Waste from all non bulk waste

2.50

generators like Residential, Commercial

per kg.

and non-commercial activities.

Bulk Waste from bulk waste generators

including Residential, Commercial,

per kg.

Industrial, Hotels, Kalyanamandabam

and Health Care Establishments.

1402

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

[PART–II

ANNEXURE–V

PAYABLE BY BULK WASTE GENERATORS

For Bulk Waste Generators who do not process their own Solid

Waste onsite or have not engaged an Empanelled Vendor for Solid Waste

management services, the SWM Service Charge shall be–

` per kg.

1. For collection, transport and processing

4.00

Bio-degradable Waste, Non-Biodegradable

Domestic Hazardous Waste, Sanitary and E-waste.

2. For collection, Transport Bio-degradable.

3.00

3. For collection, transport and processing of

2.50

Per Day

Non-Bio-degradable waste.

4. For collection, transport and processing

4.00

Domestic Hazardous Waste and Sanitary Waste.

5. For collection, transport Bulky wastes.

2.00

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ANNEXURE–VI

PAYABLE BY CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE

GENERATORS

1. Permission for storing in public place earmarked

1,000/

Per

by designated Commune Panchayat authorities.

Tonne

day

2. Charges for transportation of segregated C&D

1,000

Tractor

waste by Commune Panchayat (including loading)*

load

3. Charges for transportation of unsegregated waste

1,500

Tractor

by Commune Panchayat (including loading)*

load

4. Charges for dumping of C&D waste at designated

200

Tractor

place.

Note:

Even part load will be consider as full load.

Maximum 2 Cubic meter consider as tractor load.

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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

SCHEDULE–IX (a)

(See Bye-law CHAPTER–VII)

DEPOSIT FOR CONDUCTING EVENTS AND PUBLIC

GATHERINGS

Sl.

Purpose of

Deposit Amount based on No. of people

No.

Function

at event/per day

No. of

< 5,000

5,001-10,000 10,000 -25,000

>25,000

Participants

10,000

15,000

25,000

50,000

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SCHEDULE IX (b)

(See Bye-law CHAPTER III)

DEPOSIT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND

DEMOLITION WASTE STORAGE PERMISSION

Sl. No.

Description

Amount

(1)

(2)

(3)

Application Scrutiny Fee for C&D Bulk Waste

1,000/

Project

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1404

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

[PART–II

SCHEDULE X (a)

(See Bye-law CHAPTER IX)

SCHEDULE OF PENALTY

Sl.

Non-compliance and type of

Penalty/fine

Penalty for

No.

Waste Generator

for the first

the second

offence

and

subsequent

offence

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Failure to segregate and/or handover

Solid Waste according to these

Bye-laws by–

(i) By Domestic Waste Generator (who

500

1,000

are not Bulk Waste Generators).

(ii) Small commercial establishments

1,000

2,000

(iii) Bulk Waste Generators.

2,500

5,000

Failure to segregate Solid Waste

according to these Bye-laws littering/

handing over waste to unauthorized

waste collectors by–

(i) By Waste Collector (including

1,000

2,000

SWM officials) who collects mixed

waste or mixes different streams of

waste and transports from NBWG.

(ii) By Waste Collector (including

2,500

5,000

SWM officials) who collects mixed

waste or mixes different streams of

waste and transports from BWG.

Disposal of Solid Waste by burning,

5,000

dumping and/or unauthorized burial by

any Waste Generator (who is not a

Commercial or Bulk Waste Generator)*

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Disposal of Solid Waste by Burning,

25,000

Dumping and/or Unauthorised Burial

by a Commercial/Bulk Waste Generator*.

Failure to deliver (non-household) fish,

1,000

2,000

poultry and slaughterhouse waste in a

segregated manner to the waste

collector as specified in the Bye-laws

or dumping of (non household) fish,

poultry and slaughter house waste in

community bin, receptacle, public place

or any other unauthorised place.

For a Street Vendor without container/

300

500

waste basket and/or who does not

deliver Solid Waste in a segregated

manner as specified in the Bye-laws.

Failure to comply with any lawful

500

1,000

directions issued by the Commissioner

to ensure cleanliness and hygiene of

Road, Bus Station, Railway Station,

Street, Playground, Park and other

premises of public utility.

(i) Indiscriminate throwing in public/

500

1,000

private place.

(ii) Irregular deposit of rubbish or filth

or any other solid matter.

Vacant Sites/House holds/Apartments

left unattended in a filthy and

unhygienic manner/causing stagnation

of water owner heading to public

health Hazard.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

House

: 2,000

Holds

Apartment: 5,000

Vacant

: 10,000

Plots

House

: 4,000

Holds

Apartment: 10,000

Vacant

: 20,000

Plots

* As per NGT directions, dated 15-3-2019 with regard OA No. 606 of 2018.

1406

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

[PART–II

Discharging of fecal sludge in unauthorized

2,500

5,000

place (other than P.W.D. Sewage

Treatment Plant at Karuvadikuppam).

Non-maintenance of Public toilet

500

1,000

Commercial Toilet by Service provider

(NGO, SHG, Temple Trustee, etc.).

Letting out of sewage/sullage on road

500

100/

sides were drains are not constructed

day

so far.

Letting out of sewage/sullage inside

500

100/

drains (open drains) where underground

day

drainage facility is available.

Rearing of Cattles (Cows/Buffaloes)

500/

1,000/

without obtaining licence from

cattle

Commune Panchayat.

Letting out of cow dung in roads/open

1,000

1,000/

drainage/underground drainage.

day

Indiscriminate dumping of cow dung in

1,000

1,000/

Public/Private places.

day

Letting out of Cattles in Public areas.

3,000/

To be seized

cattle/

(unclaimed

day

within 5 days)

and Handed

over to nearby

Gowshalas/

Veterinary

College/KVK.

Letting out of Pet animals in public areas.

200/

500/

(unmanned)

animal

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

Rearing of Pigs in Commune Panchayat

To be seized and auctioned

limit (even in their own premises).

without notice including a

fine of ` 200/pig.

Littering, spitting, urinating, open

500

1,000

defecating or committing any other

acts of Public Nuisance.

Failing to provide toilet facility in a

1,000

1,000/

residential premises (in the event of

day

non-availability of Public/Community

Toilets within 500 meters.

Littering of flowers/Reed grass, etc.,

5,000/

10,000/

on roads and public places other than Occassion

Occassion

burial ground/cremation ground on eve

of death/any occasion/Function.

Manual Hazardous Entry without safety

Penalty as per

gears (Fine imposed on Owner).

PEMSRA, 2013

All penalties to be levied as notified in Bye-laws for Plastic Waste

Management (Amendment), 2021, in the Extraordinaire Gazette Part-II,

No. 18, dated 18-04-2022 and subsequent amendments.

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SCHEDULE X (b)

SCHEDULE OF PENALTY (IN INDIAN RUPEES)

Sl. No.

Penalty for untrue self-declaration by

Penalty/fine for

Bulk Waste Generator

the offence

(1)

(2)

(3)

50 kg. to 75 kg.

1,000/Day

75 kg. to 100 kg.

1,500/Day

> 100 kg.

2,000/Day

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1408

LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

[PART–II

SCHEDULE X (c)

(See Bye-law CHAPTER IX)

PENALTY FOR NON-COMPLIANCE AT

EVENTS AND PUBLIC GATHERINGS

Sl.

Offence

Penalty amount based on

No.

No. of people at event

No. of People

< 5,000

5,001-

10,000- >25,000

10,000

25,000

Carrying out event without

2,500

5,000

10,000

50,000

permission.

Violation of plastic ban.

3,500

7,000

25,000

50,000

(a) Plastic and NWPP bags.

3,500

7,000

25,000

50,000

(b) Plastic/thermocol for serving

3,500

7,000

25,000

50,000

food and beverages.

7,000

25,000

50,000

Failure to tie up with an authorized

2,500

5,000

20,000

40,000

vendor for management of waste

from the event venue.

Non-provision of waste receptacles

2,500

5,000

20,000

40,000

for depositing segregated waste.

Failure to store segregated waste at

5,000

10,000

50,000 1,00,000

event venue

Burning of waste on premises

5,000

10,000 1,00,000 2,00,000

(or at any other site) or disposal

non-compliant with SWM Rules, 2016.

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1409

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LA GAZETTE DE L'ETAT

SCHEDULE X (d)

(See Bye-law CHAPTER IX)

PENALTIES FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE

Sl.

Type of Violation

Penalty

No.

per tonne

(1)

(2)

(3)

Dumping of C&D Waste in front of houses, parks

3,000

or at any other public space.

For not delivering Construction and demolition

1,000

Waste in a segregated manner to designated C&D

Waste storage yard.

Mixing construction debris with wet Waste.

500

Dumping Waste in open spaces, river beds, Canal

3,000

and quarries.

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