ചോദ്യം : കത്ത് തയ്യാറാക്കുക നിങ്ങളുടെ പ്രദേശത്ത മാലിന്യസംസ്കരണത്തിലെ അശാസ്ത്രീയത ചൂണ്ടിക്കാണിച്ചു കൊണ്ട് അധികാരികൾക്ക് കത്തെഴുതുക.
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Unscientific disposal of solid waste is a global challenge. For a small place like Kashmir valley municipal solid waste (MSW) management is becoming an arduous task day by day. As explained in my previous columns, MSW is being unloaded and dumped into water-bodies of Kashmir, particularly wetlands and rivers by none other than municipal institutions themselves. This is because Kashmir valley is shrinking day by day as even agricultural land holding has reduced to mere 0.50 hectares. I keep exposing these unscientific & unethical acts through my articles and social media posts, but it seems the problem is of very serious nature now and authorities at the helm are themselves confused about how to tackle the situation? Unfortunately this issue is still not given a priority by the government.
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Even after a lapse of more than 4 years, government has miserably failed to implement the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules of 2016. There is not even a single scientific landfill site in J&K. In cities like Srinagar or Jammu MSW continues to be lifted and dumped in an unscientific manner. The existing landfill sites are choked. In the majority of the towns there are hardly any designated garbage dump sites, not to think of a scientific landfill site. In Kulgam, Kupwara, Sopore, Chadoora, Magam and several other towns the municipal waste is thrown unscientifically in water bodies. All the plans of the government have failed. The file on waste to energy project for Srinagar is eating dust somewhere in the civil secretariat. Even the human fecal matter is now brought in tankers and thrown into water-bodies by municipal bodies. Dal lake, Wular lake, Jehlum river, Doodh Ganga, Mamath kul Budgam, Vaishaw river in Kulgam, Ferozpur nallah Magam, and dozens of others water-bodies have been turned into trash dumps and cesspools. In rural areas waste management under SBM-Gramin is not being taken up. For the last 4 years not even a single project in 5000 panchayats across J&K has been executed? We have been left at God’s mercy now. Chief Justice’s intervention has come at a right time. The Judiciary is the only hope that can command the government to ensure scientific solid waste management in Jammu & Kashmir