Centre will issue a directive to State governments to incorporate the requirement in building bylaws as part of efforts to eradicate manual scavenging; it proposes to impose penalty for violations; mechanised sewerage important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals All upcoming housing societies and commercial complexes in the country will soon mandatorily have to ensure net zero waste and have their liquid discharge treated, as part of the government’s push for reforming and modernising the sewage disposal system. Achieving net zero waste means reducing, reusing, and recovering waste streams (sludge) to…
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