Waste management

Leh, July 1: A meeting was held under the Chairmanship of the Advisor, Ladakh, Umang Narula to review the implementation of the various statutory Waste Management Rules. The concerned officials apprised the Advisor about the Action Taken Report.

In a detailed presentation, the key agendas were discussed viz. NGT Compliance; status of UT level Solid Waste Management (SWM) Policy, Strategy and Action Plan; UT level Plastic Waste Management Strategy and Action Plan; consent to establish and ...

Leh, June 07: ‘The Union Territory of Ladakh will soon have a state policy on solid waste and plastic waste management.’ This was discussed in the 4^th Advisory Committee of Solid Waste Management meeting chaired by the Commissioner/Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department, Ajeet Kumar Sahu. The meeting was held to prepare the solid waste strategy and action plan for the Union Territory including the urban as well as the rural areas.

The policy document has been drafted with a vis...

Leh, May 26: ‘The Union Territory of Ladakh will have four Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities at Leh, Kargil, Nubra, and Zanskar each.’ This was shared in a review meeting chaired by the Principal Secretary, Health and Medical Education, UT Ladakh, Dr. Pawan Kotwal.

In the meeting, the Principal Secretary, Dr. Pawan Kotwal said that the scientific disposal of biomedical waste through segregation, collection, and treatment in an environmentally sound manner reduces the adverse effect o...

Leh, May 19:  A Municipal Solid Waste Management plant is to be installed at Kurbathang, Kargil. Solid Waste Management (SWM) will include infrastructure for landfills, converting waste to energy, and recycling or composting.

The Commissioner/Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Department, UT Ladakh, Ajeet Kumar Sahu, reviewed the progress of work on the SWM plant. The Consultant agency gave the Commissioner/Secretary a detailed presentation on the engineering and architectural desig...