Solid waste management system not adequate: Javadekar

Only 27 per cent of the municipal solid waste is treated out of 1,41,084 tonnes generated every day in the country indicating that solid waste management system is not adequate, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said today.
According to reports of the State Pollution Control Boards or Committees, around 1,41,084 tonnes of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is generated in the country per day, and out of this 1,27,531 tonnes (90 per cent) is collected and 34,752 tonnes (27 per cent) is treated every day, Javadekar said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha.
"The data indicates that MSW management system in many cities and towns is not adequate," he said.

The minister also termed as "not appropriate" a 2014 WHO report ranking Delhi among top 20 most polluted cities of the world.
"A report was brought out by the World Health Organisation in 2014, ranking some cities of India including Delhi among top 20 most polluted cities of world with respect to levels of particulate matter which is based on extrapolated and estimated values. The said ranking of cities is, therefore, not appropriate," he said.
Javadekar underlined that the ambient air quality is being regularly monitored with manual and continuous air quality monitoring systems in Delhi and the National Capital Region by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPSB) in association with SPCBs of NCR states, DPCC, National Evironment Engineering Research Institute and System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research.