A view of the solid waste management complex. Legacy waste dumpsites are places that contain solid waste that has been collected and stored for years in an unscientific and uncontrolled manner.
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Launched with much fanfare, the legacy waste management project of the Swachh Bharat Mission 2.0 has been a slow starter, with only 470 out of 2,424 dumpsites completely remediated and an area of 16% reclaimed, three years since the mission was rolled out. Legacy waste dumpsites are places that contain solid waste that has been collected and stored for years in an unscientific and uncontrolled manner.With almost no installed facility in India for handling solid waste, the municipal corporations, municipal councils and nagar panchayats have traditionally opted for creating man-made garbage hills. These dumpsites originally developed on the outskirts of the cities. However, with the expansion of the cities over decades, the dumpsites are now often found in the heart…
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