Garbage to clear off this weekend assure Jowai Municipal Board

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaApril 22, 2022

The Jowai Municipal Board on Friday assured the High Court of Meghalaya that garbage from the market places will be cleared in the course of the weekend.

In the third hearing of PIL No. 6/2022 filed by Synjuk Ki Waheh Shnong Jowai Vs. State of Meghalaya & 5 Ors. Jowai Municipal Board, Jowai, the State and the local bodies reports that a temporary site for dumping has been identified and the lifting of the garbage in Jowai town has commenced.

According to the local municipal board, the main streets have been cleared and it is expected that the garbage from the market places will be cleared in the course of the weekend.

Since all concerned, including the State, appear to have looked into the matter and meetings have been held to identify an alternative dumping site, no immediate order is required, the court said.

According to the Court, it is submitted on behalf of the six villages which have been added as parties the State government should ensure that the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 notified by the Central Government in exercise of its authority under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 is implemented as expeditiously as possible by creating bodies and infrastructure in terms therewith.

The State Government should look into such aspect of the matter, not only limited to Jowai but for the entirety of the State.

The Court hoped that in next fortnight that some immediate and long-term solutions would be arrived at by then.