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Demolition waste 52 times more than MoEF estimate [1]

India belched over 626 million tones of construction and demolition (C&D) waste in 2013, which is 52 times more than the ministry of environment and forests’ estimate of construction and demolition waste.

The MoEF continues to quote the grossly underestimated figure of 10-12 million tones of waste being generated annually. This is a decade-old estimate given to the ministry in 2000 by the ministry of urban development.

Publication Date: 
24/12/2013
Rashme Sehgal [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
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India [4], Municipal / Household Waste [5], Waste Disposal [6], Building Materials [7], Waste Recycling [8], Water Resources [9], Lakes [10], Wetlands [11], CSE [12], Sunita Narain [13], Construction Industry [14], Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF) [15], Solid Waste [16]
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