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Swachh Bharat Mission: Neither the mountains of garbage nor the place was cleaned; only minimal work was done in many states
Swachh Bharat Mission: A major goal of the Swachh Bharat Mission is to eliminate the years-old garbage heaps, most of which have become mountains. There are 2424 garbage dumps in the country where more than a thousand tons of solid waste is collected. Out of these, only 470 sites have been completely cleaned. 730 dump sites have not been touched yet.
To eradicate the mountains of garbage in the cities, the Center started a scheme of over three thousand crore rupees, hoping that if the states also cooperated equally, the mountains could be eliminated, but this too has become a victim of slackness on the part of the states and had a slow start.
One of the important goals in mind for the Swachh Bharat Mission is to rid the country of the heap of garbage that has been accumulating over these years, and most of them mounted. An important milestone in the ongoing Swachh Bharat Mission started on October 2, 2014, targeting the ending of such mounts of garbage with the launch of SBM-2.0 on October 1, 2021, and it was imagined that such a problem would never be allowed to arise in the future.
That is, for this, along with disposing of the existing garbage, such sites had to be developed as green zones. According to data provided by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, so far, only 15 percent of the area has been cleaned and the garbage disposed is around 35 percent.
In the country, there are 2424 garbage dumps where more than one thousand tons of solid waste is collected. Of these, 470 sites have been rehabilitated so far. As many as 730 dump sites remain untouched. Actually, the cities do not have any facility for the disposal of solid waste. For them, cleanliness means collecting garbage from homes and dumping it at a place outside the city. Many such sites have now come within the cities.
