The GVMC has violated the Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2000, and has been dumping the city garbage at Kapuluppada for which the AP Pollution Control Board has denied permission for the landfill.
Around 800 mt of waste is being generated per day in the city which contains around 45 pc of domestic and 13 pc of commercial waste, according to officials.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/gvmc%E2%80%88violates-rules
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/deccan-chronicle-hyderabad
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vishakhapatnam-t
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-solid-waste-rules-2000
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/landfill
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-household-waste
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/solid-waste
