Former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had asked the Housing and Urban Development officials to submit recommendations within one month for choosing the best workable model for solid waste management but few hours of rain shows what could be the fate of such a futuristic plan. Must be buried in the files of official world where retrieving the same could be a hell of task. If one talks about waste management one rain is sufficient to show how effective is the management. Both capital cities of Jammu and Srinagar have been facing the hardships in the absence of a better waste management. Everywhere it is garbage in the open and when it rains roads get flooded with sewer water over flowing because of the garbage blocking the passage. This has been a common feature every year. Placing high priority on improving J and K’s rank on cleanliness indices, Sayeed had said the government has shown abundant resolve to replace the unscientific and outdated systems with a technology that can handle segregated and un-segregated solid waste better, without causing harm to environment and ecology. Emphasising upon strengthening municipal laws governing urban local bodies to effectively deal with growing problem of waste disposal, the Chief Minister had said due to rapid and haphazard urbanisation, the State needs to thwart the potential threat which is staring our environment in the face. A futuristic vision is needed to combat the colossal waste which goes untreated and left in the open posing danger to the lives of the people. Government can tap energy from the waste recycling which can to some extent take care of power supply situation if done scientifically.
