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The municipal corporations of Mumbai, Thane and Mira-Bhayandar will solve their solid waste management problems and reclaim land occupied by waste and landfills.
The central government had approved an action plan of Rs 433.74 crore submitted by 28 urban local authorities (ULBs) to tackle the problem of municipal waste.
The government announced a plan to make Indian cities waste-free under the Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, and one of the key objectives of the mission is Lakshya Zero Dumpsite. It had to remediate 16 crore tons of old waste dumps occupying 15,000 hectares of urban land.
28 ULB from Maharashtra had submitted their action plans for landfill remediation to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA).
Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation primarily aims to tackle the issue of 2.6 crore metric tons (mt) of waste to transform the urban landscape by reclaiming about 355 acres of land, followed by Thane Municipal Corporation which provides 8.3 lakh mt of waste disposes of it in the landfill. Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation plans to remove about 9 lakh mt of waste and reclaim acres of prime land.
According to an official, this project will ensure the ecological balance of the cities on approximately 1,532 acres of land.
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