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Time of India
24-07-2025
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- Time of India
Nearly 10 years on, VVCMC lacks construction & demolition plant
Vasai: In a shocking revelation under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, it has been found that the Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) doesn't have a Construction and Demolition (C&D) plant, even after its commencement in March 2016. Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change of India had published the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016 (popularly known as C&D) on March 29 making it obligatory to the local bodies to manage the construction and demolition wastes within its jurisdiction. However, as per the RTI, the VVCMC has replied that they have sent the proposal to the department concerned which is yet to be approved. C&D also is a factor which impacts the AQI. Norms in C&D helps reduce the pollution while the cement concrete structures are demolished and also helps in processing the wastes to help reduce environmental hazards. Earlier this year 41 illegal buildings were demolished, a lot of illegal construction over lakhs of square meters has been demolished and several redevelopment projects have been seen in Vasai Virar, raising questions over the missing C&D waste management by the VVCMC. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like BITS Pilani Digital bitspilani Subscribe Undo Moreover the vvcmc in its letter to the MPCB last year has unknowingly confessed that they pick up the C&D waste debris and dump it in low lying areas, which is a direct compliance of the C&D rules, 2016. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Deputy municipal commissioner Archana Dive said "We have finalised and put up a proposal for a C&D plant in Gokhivare, Vasai East. Once we get the approval, we shall begin construction of the plant. Senior officials at the MPCB (Thane) said that they have sent a couple of reminders to the municipal commissioner of the VVCMC but have not received any data on the waste management of the C&D in Vasai Virar region.
Time of India
01-06-2025
- General
- Time of India
Tonnes of waste cleared daily, but GCC merely dumps it at shut sites?
1 2 Chennai: Chennai clears its streets of construction waste every day — but where does it all go? Nowhere, says the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB), in a detailed report submitted to the National Green Tribunal. Despite the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) collecting nearly 1,000 metric tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste daily, the two official processing sites — Perungudi and Kodungaiyur — remain shut, with waste continuing to pile up since their closure. Perungudi stopped functioning in August 2024, while Kodungaiyur followed in December. Though both plants were set up in 2020 with a capacity of 400 MT per day and had valid consents to operate until 2030, the shutdown rendered the collection exercise incomplete. The collected debris is now accumulating at these very sites, violating environmental norms and threatening to undo efforts made under the Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules, 2016. The TNPCB report also notes that GCC identified 25 dumping hotspots across the city, with persistent illegal dumping near parks, metro rail stations, and even crematoria. While GCC claims to have outsourced C&D collection and transportation to a private contractor, the TNPCB inspections across all 15 city zones confirm that the final step — processing — is not happening. The Board's photos from the ground further confirm this stagnation. In response to a Central Pollution Control Board alert over repeated violations, TNPCB has now issued formal directions to GCC under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The civic body has been asked to comply with the 2016 rules, act against violators, and implement CPCB's 2017 guidelines on environmental management of C&D waste. The report concludes by urging the Tribunal to instruct GCC to restore operations at existing plants and install additional capacity, considering the city's daily waste generation. "They shut the Perungudi plant in August and Kodungaiyur in December, yet keep collecting 1,000 tonnes daily. Where is it all going? In Valmiki Nagar, over 50 tonnes were cleared once, but it came back in weeks. Without processing, the waste is just getting dumped elsewhere," said Karthikeyan, a Thiruvanmiyur resident.
