New Delhi, Apr 24 (UNI) In a significant move aimed at bolstering environmental compliance in the National Capital Region (NCR), the Supreme Court on Thursday issued a series of stringent directives to ensure the effective implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016.
A bench, comprising Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, ordered the States of Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to immediately designate senior-ranking nodal officers tasked with overseeing the segregation and collection of solid waste.
These officers will supervise the end-to-end compliance process and will be responsible for submitting regular reports to the Court, starting from September one.