Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules at Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 09/01/2019
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Namita Maniktala Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 09/01/2019 regarding compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 at Mandi in the State of Himachal Pradesh. The Tribunal has noted in earlier orders that the solid waste was being dumped in the river Bias on account of non-compliance of the rules by the concerned municipal local bodies.
Court directs Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) to finalize the pending proposal for compositing of the municipal solid waste under the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and furnish an action taken report to the Tribunal.