National Green Tribunal
Compliance Of Municipal Solid Waste ... vs Coram: Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Prakash ... on 25 November, 2025
Item No. 23 Court No. 1
BEFORE NATIONAL GREEN TRIBUNAL
PRINCIPAL BENCH, NEW DELHI
Original Application No. 606/2018
(IA No 20/2025, IA No 539/2025,
IA No 299/2024, IA No 163/2021)
(In respect of State of Telangana)
Compliance of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 and other
environmental issues.
Date of hearing: 25.11.2025
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRAKASH SHRIVASTAVA, CHAIRPERSON
HON'BLE DR. A. SENTHIL VEL, EXPERT MEMBER
HON'BLE DR. AFROZ AHMAD, EXPERT MEMBER
Respondents: Mr. Sravan Kumar & Ms. M. Harshini, Advs. with
Mr. Mayank Mittal, IAS, ED, HMWSSB (Through VC),
Mr. Mohan Kumar, DCE, Public Health (Through VC),
Mr. Sreenivasa Reddy, EE, GHMC (Through VC),
Mr. Padmaja, CGM-STPs, HMWSSB (Through VC),
Mr. Sainath, JD, o/o.CDMA (Through VC),
Mr. Prasad, SEE, TGPCB (Through VC) &
Mr. Kishan, AS, MAUD (Through VC), State of Telangana
Mr. Saurabh Balwani, Adv. for CPCB (Through VC)
ORDER
1. Learned Counsel for State of Telangana submits that the report has been filed yesterday evening. Since it has been filed belatedly, the same has not come on record.
2. The Office is directed to examine and place it on record, if it is defect free.
3. The Learned Counsel for the State of Telangana has also sought permission to file a supplementary report giving the comprehensive details of the legacy waste, gap in the generation and treatment of the solid waste, liquid waste and ring fence account. Let the requisite information be also disclosed in the following formats enclosing it as annexure A and B to the report:
Annexure-A [A] Solid waste management in the State 1 Waste Generation, Collection and Transportation (1) (2) Waste (3) Composition of Waste (4) Waste (5) Waste (6) Final Name Generati segregation Transported destination of ULB on (TPD)* * status of and its transporte collection** d waste Biodegradable Dry / Inerts Recyclable * Whether based on per capita / or weighment **Status of waste segregation at source/segregation of mixed waste at MRF/processing site/dumping of mixed waste as landfill.
7) Waste Processing (A) 7.1) Composting
a) Intake b) Method c) Output d) e) Residue and f) Utilization of quantity adopted quantity as Quality Rejects and compost (segregated Compost Management biodegradable/ (Quantity) mixed) (Quantity)
7) Waste Processing (B) 7.2) Refuse Derived Fuel
i) Capacity ii) Sources of iii) RDF iv) Residue / Reject vi) Utilization of of Plant waste for making Produced management RDF RDF (Quantity used)
7) Waste Processing (C ) 7.3) Waste to Energy ( Thermal / Methanation route)
a) Plant b) Daily inputs of c) Sources d) Output e) Residue / f) Fly ash and capacity feed of waste (Energy) Rejects Bottom Ash management management
7) Waste Processing 2 (D) 7.4) Other Processing
a) Quantity of inputs b) Quality of inputs c) Products and it's d) Residue / Reject utilization management
8. Current Gap in Waste generation and Time bound plan to fill up the Gap Processing
9. Legacy Waste
1) 2) 3) 4) Daily 5) Quantification and utilization of 6) gap in Number Quantity Present legacy waste out of Bioremediation and bio legacy of legacy of legacy quantity being added mining waste waste waste of as remediation dump reported legacy unprocessed and time sites on..... waste waste and bound plan daily waste processed Digested Plastics Rubber Inerts material and others
10. Gaps in waste processing and legacy waste S. No ULB Quantity of Waste Processing Gap in waste Existing legacy (1) Waste TPD (3) Processing (2-3) Waste (MT) generation (TPD) (2)
11. Ring Fence Account (Allocations and Expenditures)-Solid Waste Management
1) Amount ring 2) Whether single 3) Date of 4) Amount 5) Plan of fenced dedicated opening account utilized utilization(Time account has been lines and executing opened agency) 3 Annexure-B [B] Sewage management in the State Sewage Generation and Conveyance (A) Name of (B) Sewage Status Estimation (C) Sewage Conveyance/sewers ULB and Measurement *Total Sewage Generation per day Targeted Household House-holds connected Time targets to complete ( in MLD) to be connected to connectivity (gap in sewers connectivity) (2) (3) (4) (1) *Basis of estimation (based on 80% of lpcd water supply/or measured) (D) Drains Sewage and Sullage Flow in each Quality / Quantity of Final Whether storm Time bound action flowing in open drain (MLD) Characteristics industrial effluent point of water drain is plan to prevent drains ( Storm water of effluent discharged in discharge diverted to sewage discharge drains / concretised drain of drain STP? into drain drains / (MLD) unlined/katcha drains) (No. of drains) (10) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (E) Sewage treatment and Utilization Installed Utilisation Gap in Time bound Performance Final point of Level of Sludge Treatment capacity of sewage plan to set up of STPs with discharge of Utilisation generation capacities of existing STPs generation and reference to treated of Treated and its existing STPs (MLD) and operationalise Standards effluent sewage management (MLD) treatment STPs (MLD) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) [F] Gaps and Action Plan ULB Sewage Installed Utilized Gap in Sewage Time lines to Generation Treatment capacity Treatment bridge the gaps ULB/MLD Capacity (2-4) 5 1 2 3 4 4 [G] Ring Fence Account
1) Amount ring 2) Whether single 3) Date of 4) Amount 5) Plan of utilization fenced dedicated opening account utilized (Time lines and account has been executing capacity) opened
4. Let the same be filed within 04 weeks.
5. List the matter on 13.01.2026 for consideration of the report in respect of State of Telangana.
6. For the State of Maharashtra, the matter be listed on 26.11.2025 as per the earlier direction.
Prakash Shrivastava, CP Dr. A. Senthil Vel, EM Dr. Afroz Ahmad, EM November 25, 2025 Original Application No. 606/2018 (IA No 20/2025, IA No 299/2024, IA No 163/2021) (In Respect of State of Telangana) AM.
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