The Government has notified Construction &
Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 for the first time. Outlining the
salient features of the Construction & Waste Management Rules here today,
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change, Shri Prakash Javadekar, said that the rules are an initiative to
effectively tackle the issues of pollution and waste management. Shri
Javadekar said that at present, the construction & demolition waste
generated is about 530 million tonnes annually. The Minister said that construction
& demolition waste is not a waste, but a resource. He added that the basis
of these Rules is to recover, recycle and reuse the waste generated through
construction and demolition. Shri Javadekar said that segregating construction
and demolition waste and depositing it to the collection centres for processing
will now be the responsibility of every waste generator.
The Environment Minister highlighted that the local
bodies will have to utilize 10-20% material from construction and demolition
waste in municipal and government contracts. Shri Javadekar said that cities
with a population of more than one million will commission processing and
disposal facility within 18 months from the date of final notification of these
rules, while cities with a population of 0.5 to 1 million and those with a
population of less than 0.5 million will have to provide these facilities
within two years and three years respectively. “Permission for construction
will be given only when the complete construction and demolition waste
management plan is presented”, he said. The Minister also pointed out that
large generators of waste will have to pay relevant charges for collection,
transportation, processing and disposal, as notified by the concerned
authorities.
The draft Construction & Waste Management Rules were
published three months ago, to which the Ministry had received 111 suggestions.
The salient features of the Construction &
Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 are:
(i) Application
·
Applies
to everyone who generates construction and demolition waste.
(ii) Duties of waste Generators
·
Every waste generator shall segregate construction and demolition
waste and deposit at collection centre or handover it to the authorised
processing facilities
·
Shall ensure that there is no littering or deposition so as
to prevent obstruction to the traffic or the public or drains.
·
Large generators (who generate more than 20 tons or more in
one day or 300 tons per project in a month) shall submit waste
management plan and get appropriate approvals from the local authority before
starting construction or demolition or remodeling work,
·
Large generators shall have environment management plan to
address the likely environmental issues from construction, demolition, storage,
transportation process and disposal / reuse of C & D Waste.
·
Large generators shall segregate the waste into four streams
such as concrete, soil, steel, wood and plastics, bricks and mortar,
·
Large generators shall pay relevant charges for collection,
transportation, processing and disposal as notified by the concerned
authorities;
(iii) Duties of Service providers and Contractors
·
The service providers shall prepare a comprehensive waste
management plan for waste generated within their jurisdiction, within six
months from the date of notification of these rules,
·
Shall remove all construction and demolition waste in
consultation with the concerned local authority on their own or through any
agency.
(iv) Duties of State Government and Local
Authorities
·
The Secretary, UDD in the State Government shall prepare
their policy with respect to management of construction and demolition of waste
within one year from date of final notification of these rules.
·
The concerned department in the State
Government dealing with land shall provide suitable sites for setting up of the storage, processing and recycling facilities for
construction and demolition waste with one-and-a-half years from date of
final notification of these rules.
·
The Town and Country planning Department shall incorporate
the site in the approved land use plan so that there is no disturbance to the
processing facility on a long term basis.
·
Shall
procure and utilize 10-20% materials made from construction and demolition
waste in municipal and Government contracts.
·
Local Authority shall place appropriate containers for
collection of waste, removal at regular intervals, transportation to
appropriate sites for processing and disposal.
·
LA shall seek detailed plan or undertaking from large
generator of construction and demolition waste and sanction the waste
management plan;
·
Seek assistance from concerned authorities for safe disposal
of construction and demolition waste contaminated with industrial hazardous or
toxic material or nuclear waste if any;
·
LA shall give appropriate incentives to generator for
salvaging, processing and or recycling preferably in-situ;
·
LA shall establish a data base and update once in a year,
·
Million plus cities (based on 2011 census of India), shall
commission the processing and disposal facility within one-and-a-half years from
date of final notification of these rules
·
0.5 to 1 million cities, shall commission the processing and
disposal facility within two years from date of final notification of
these rules
·
for other cities (< 0.5 million populations), shall
commission the processing and disposal facility within three years from
date of final notification of these rules
(v) Duties of Central
Pollution Control Board, State Pollution Control Board or
Pollution
Control Committee
·
The Central Pollution Control Board shall prepare operational
guidelines related to environmental management of construction and demolition
waste.
·
SPCB shall grant authorization to construction and demolition
waste processing facility
·
Monitor the implementation of these rules by the concerned
local bodies
·
Submit annual report to the Central Pollution Control Board
and the State Government.
(v) Standards for products
of construction and demolition waste
·
The Bureau of Indian Standards need to prepare code of
practices and standards for products of construction and demolition waste
·
Indian Roads Congress need to prepare standards and practices
pertaining to products of construction and demolition waste in roads
construction.
(vi) Duties of Central
Ministries
·
The Ministry of Urban Development, and the Ministry of Rural
Development, Ministry of Panchayat Raj, shall facilitate local bodies in
compliance of these rules;
·
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change shall
review implementation of these rules as and when required.
(vii) Facility
for processing / recycling facility
·
The
operator of the facility shall obtain authorization from State Pollution
Control Board or Pollution Control Committee.
·
The processing / recycling site shall be away from habitation
clusters, forest areas, water bodies, monuments, National Parks, Wetlands and
places of important cultural, historical or religious interest.
·
The processing/recycling facility exceeding five Tones per
day capacity, shall maintain a buffer zone of no development around the
facility.
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