JAMMU, MARCH 16: Minister for Tourism Tassaduq Hussain Mufti stressed for taking innovative measures for zero waste tourist spots, besides sensitizing masses towards waste management and waste segregation.
The Minister was chairing a meeting of experts regarding various waste management issues in the State and methods needed to be adopted for tourism sustainability.
Scientist, In-charge E-waste & MSW, Pollution Control Board, Jammu Anuradha presented a comprehensive presentation in this regard.
She apprised the Minister that solid waste management is a serious issue and with the notification of revised Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, under Environment (Protection) Act, 1986, for the first time responsibility has been laid upon Bulk waste generators, which include government buildings, public sector, hotels, and hospitals homes, educational institutes commercial establishments, markets, places of worship, stadia and sport complexes.
It was given out that the waste generators shall store the waste generated at source in three different streams, viz., bio-degradable, non-biodegradable and domestic hazardous wastes in suitable bins and ensure its channelization to authorized waste pickers, registered recyclers or waste collection agencies and bulk waste generators.
Tassaduq Mufti stressed for taking adequate measures to aware people not to litter or burn the waste on streets, open public places, drains or nallahs, besides collection of horticulture, parks and garden waste separately within parks and gardens.
Cross Town News had so many times publicized the illagalities committed by his department to harass the innocent but no actions were taken by minister speaks of his working also. Till he will not act tough on such big bosses, the dpartment will only in papers to engage events but nothing on ground. Only expenditure on advertisements & hotel bouchers if verified in actual presence of participants shall speak the facts.
|