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Jharkhand
Report No. 3 of 2024 : Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Solid Waste Management in Urban Local Bodies in Jharkhand For the year ended 31 March 2022
Overview
The Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) - Urban aims to ensure modern and scientific Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) in urban areas. Under the Mission, the Urban Development and Housing Department (the Department), Government of Jharkhand (GoJ), was required to streamline and formalise Solid Waste Management (SWM) systems, through a systematic process, comprising of (i) waste segregation and storage at source (ii) primary collection (iii) secondary storage (iv) transportation (v) secondary segregation (vi) resource recovery (vii) processing and (viii) treatment and final disposal of the solid waste. Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), are responsible for implementation of Rules made by the Central Government.
Previously, two Performance Audits (PAs) had been conducted on the (a) “Implementation of SWM project by Ranchi Municipal Corporation via PPP mode” and (b) “Management of Water Supply, Sanitation and SWM Services” in ULBs and the findings of these PAs had been included in the Annual Technical Inspection Reports (ATIRs) on Local Bodies (LBs) for the year ended 31 March 2013 and 31 March 2016, respectively. These ATIRs had been tabled in the State Legislature in March 2015 and August 2017, respectively. However, these Reports had not been referred to the Public Accounts Committee or any other Legislative Committee, for discussion (as of January 2023). The Major findings included in these ATIRs, have been summarised in Appendix 1.
This PA, on “Solid Waste Management in ULBs in Jharkhand”, covering the Financial Years (FYs) 2017-18 to 2021-22, was conducted between July 2022 and January 2023, with the objective of assessing the quality of SWM facilities, being provided by the ULBs in the State. The PA involved test-check of 14 sampled ULBs.
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