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News: Main focus of Swacch Bharat Mission 2.0 is to work on solid waste management.
About Swacch Bharat Mission 2.0
The mission aims to provide financial assistance to set up fresh waste processing facilities and bioremediation projects across all the ULBs. Financial assistance is limited to chosen large cities that have a population of over 5 lakh and it also varies according to the states.
SBM 2.0 allocates funding only to set up waste processing facilities. Requests for buying vehicles for collection of waste, issuing bins for source segregation, or modernizing the collection and transportation system are not covered in its scope.
Key components of SBM 2.0
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What are the problems in SBM 2.0?
1) Lack of funding, 2) Lack of techno process knowledge, 3) Delayed DPR (Detailed Project Report)approvals.
This all resulted in unprocessed waste being dumped in several sites, which needs to be processed through bioremediation before space can be created for new waste processing plants.
| Bioremediation is a branch of biotechnology that employs the use of living organisms, like microbes and bacteria, in the removal of contaminants, pollutants, and toxins from soil, water, and other environments. Bioremediation is used to clean up oil spills or contaminated groundwater. |
Source: This post is based on the article “Being free of old waste” published in The Hindu on 8th December 2021.
