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Chandigarh: Soon, pay fine for dumping malba at undesignated sites
Draft policy prepared by the Chandigarh administration states that the waste generator will be responsible for moving the construction and demolition waste to the processing site
Dumping of the construction and demolition (C&D) waste at public places will soon invite heavy penalty in Chandigarh. User chargers will also have to be paid for mandatory transfer of the C&D waste (known locally as malba) from the construction site to the designated processing site.
The UT administration on Wednesday finalised the draft Chandigarh Construction and Demolition Waste Management Policy, 2021. After it gets nod from the UT administrator, the administration will invite public comments and suggestions before notifying the policy.
Under the policy, it will be mandatory for all generators of C&D waste — public or private, from a dwelling unit or a shop to an industrial unit or government department — to shift the malba to the processing plant at the Industrial Area, Phase 1.
The policy covers all dredging material produced in the process of construction, reconstruction, modelling, repair or demolition of buildings.
Charges
People who are going to reconstruct their houses will be levied C&D waste processing charges of ₹176 per square metre per storey, while ₹22 per square metre has to paid for new constructions, at the time of approval of the building plan.
Collection and transportation to the processing unit should be done by the waste generator at their own cost or by using the municipal corporation (MC)’s machinery for ₹1,000 per trip (for 10-12 cubic metre waste) along with the goods and services tax (GST).
The MC will charge a processing fee of ₹220 per tonne or ₹396 per cubic metre along with GST as applicable.
Penalty
In case of any violation, the transporters and generators will be fined ₹5,500 per vehicle that is dumping unprocessed C&D waste in low-lying site, landfills or public place.
Moreover, transporter will be provided facility to take 50% processed material in lieu of the unclaimed quantity of C&D waste after dumping at the processing site.
The draft policy recommends that penalty should be increased by 10% annually, on April 1 every year. The authority to issue challan will rest with the subdivisional engineer/junior engineer of the road wing or enforcement inspectors of the MC.
If any question relating to the interpretation of the policy arises, it will be referred to the MC commissioner, whose decision will be final and binding upon. No appeal thereto in any court of law is maintainable, states the draft.
Duties
Every waste generator shall be responsible for collection and segregation of the waste.
No waste generator will dump C&D waste at undesignated sites.
Bulk generators (more than 20 tonnes daily or 300 tonne per project in a month) shall segregate the waste into four streams: concrete; steel; wood and plastics; bricks and mortar.
It is made mandatory to cover the construction area to avoid air pollution by particulate matter.
