{"id":27629,"date":"2018-10-23T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=27629"},"modified":"2018-10-23T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:40:11","slug":"sc-relief-for-maharashtra-uttarakhand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sc-relief-for-maharashtra-uttarakhand\/","title":{"rendered":"SC relief for Maharashtra, Uttarakhand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/sc-relief-for-maharashtra-uttarakhand\/article24874884.ece\">SC relief for Maharashtra, Uttarakhand<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Supreme Court has lifted the ban on construction activities in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, after they submitted their Solid Waste Management (SWM) policy.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important facts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><u>2. Background<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than two-third of the States\/UTs had neither complied with the orders of the Court nor with the directions of Environment Ministry.<\/li>\n<li>Taking the suo-moto cognizance of the waste management system across, the SC had ordered a ban on the construction activities of some states\/UTs.<\/li>\n<li>It also imposed fines on defaulting states including Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>3. Issues associated with poor solid waste management (SWM):<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poor solid waste management is responsible for the spread of diseases and pollution.<\/li>\n<li>The number of annual deaths on the account of air pollution and air-borne diseases is on the rise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>4. Impact of the judgement<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The ban on construction will curtail the increasing concretisation of cities and the pollution it causes.<\/li>\n<li>The ban will compel the states to quickly frame SWM policy.<\/li>\n<li>It will negatively affect the construction industry.<\/li>\n<li>It is estimated that the housing projects amounting to about 11 lakh Cr will be affected.<\/li>\n<li>It will result into job losses, expectedly it will impact 7.65 labourers across the states on the daily basis.<\/li>\n<li>Delayed possessions to homes put buyers in trouble.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>5. Present situation<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>SC has lifted the ban on Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, as they have submitted the SWM policy before the court.<\/li>\n<li>The Chandigarh administration has notified the SWM policy and will soon furnish it before the court.<\/li>\n<li>Other states are also rushing into frame solid waste management rules.<\/li>\n<li>All the states have framed their action plan and have submitted to the Environment Ministry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>6. Problems with solid waste management<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 75-80 % of the municipal waste gets collected and out of this only 22-28 % is processed.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of social awareness resulting into very low rate of segregation at source.<\/li>\n<li>Lack of political will, most states don\u2019t have any SWM policy and even if they have there are no bye-laws and no implementation.<\/li>\n<li>Informal workforce for waste collection reduce accountability.<\/li>\n<li>Inefficiencies in municipal bodies mainly due to paucity of funds and expertise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u>7. Way forward<\/u>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Central government must check the implementation of SWM rules 2016, by the state-level advisory bodies.<\/li>\n<li>RERA must direct the builders to create facility for residents to segregate waste at source.<\/li>\n<li>Civil societies must be included in task to create awareness regarding waste management in the society.<\/li>\n<li>Municipal authorities must be enabled financially and technically to implement SWM Rules.<\/li>\n<li>The cess collected under the Building and Other Construction Workers Act, 1996 can be utilised to bring in efficiency in the SWM system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SC relief for Maharashtra, Uttarakhand News Supreme Court has lifted the ban on construction activities in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand, after they submitted their Solid Waste Management (SWM) policy. Important facts: 2. Background: More than two-third of the States\/UTs had neither complied with the orders of the Court nor with the directions of Environment Ministry. 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