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Model bye-laws issued for solid waste management and sanitation in rural areas

Shimla, May 22(UNI) The Himachal Pradesh government has issued model bye-laws for solid waste management and sanitation-2025 to strengthen solid waste and sanitation services in the rural areas of the state.
The by-laws have been issued under Section 188 of the Himachal Pradesh Panchayati Raj Act, 1994
A spokesperson of the Rural Development department has informed that all Gram Panchayats have been directed to adopt these model bye-laws within six months.
The bye-laws focus on the proper segregation of waste at source, door-to-door collection, imposition of penalties for violations and recovery of user charges from every household and establishment.
He said the funds collected would be used for operation and maintenance of sanitation assets and hiring manpower for daily waste collection. The panchayats have also been given the flexibility to decide user charges and penalties according to local conditions.
The new rules aim to address the increasing problem of solid waste in villages and it would encourage panchayats to provide regular waste management services. The citizens, in turn, would be empowered to demand these services.
The effective implementation of these bye-laws would also ensure proper utilization of the financial support being provided by the State government for solid waste management.
As per the new guidelines, Gram Panchayats would be responsible for arranging door-to-door waste collection through waste pickers or authorised agencies and the collected waste would be taken to segregation sheds set up at the panchayat level.
Recyclable plastic waste would be sold to recyclers, while non-recyclable waste would be sent to plastic waste management units at the block level and further forwarded to cement plants for co-processing.
The department has already signed formal agreements with cement plants to process this waste in an environmentally safe manner.
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