Punjab achieves 100% door-to-door collection of solid waste: Chief Secy

Chandigarh, Feb 7 : Punjab has achieved almost 100 per cent door-to-door collection and segregation of municipal solid waste, Chief Secretary Vini Mahajan said on Sunday.
Besides, the state has prepared 14 district environment plans to address the problem of pollution at the district level.
The Chief Secretary said she has assured the NGT-appointed monitoring committee for the Sutlej and Beas rivers, under the chairmanship of Justice (retd) Jasbir Singh, that the state was committed to provide clean and safe potable water to the residents.
Mahajan also assured that the state would intensify its efforts for the management of solid waste, comprising biomedical and plastic.
The panel, comprising former Chief Secretary S.C. Aggarwal, environmentalist Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal (both members) and technical expert Babu Ram, briefed the Chief Secretary about environment related issues concerning the state with specific reference to improving the water quality in the rivers and waste management in urban and rural areas.
The committee was constituted on the behest of the National Green Tribunal to specifically look into various environmental issues in 2019.