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22. As mentioned supra, the Ujjain Municipal Corporation with the object of keeping Ujjain city clean wanted to appoint a suitable agency for “municipal solid waste door to door collection and transportation”. In that regard, NIT was issued. There cannot be any dispute that urbanization contributes to enhanced municipal solid waste generation; unscientific handling of municipal solid waste degrades the urban environment and causes health hazards. Various studies have been conducted in respect of municipal solid waste management in urban India, and reports have been filed. Despite the same, municipalities are finding it difficult for proper management of municipal solid waste. Municipal solid waste management, a critical element towards sustainable metropolitan development, comprises segregation, storage, collection, relocation, carriage, processing and disposal of solid waste to minimize its adverse impact on the environment. Unmanaged, municipal solid waste becomes a factor for the propagation of innumerable ailments. Each of the leading municipal corporations/municipalities in India is trying its best to minimize the adverse impact on the environment through planning of its own to manage the solid waste. Certain cities started door to door collection of solid waste through agencies appointed by them. The studies made so far disclose that most cities in India cannot claim 100% segregation of waste at the dwelling unit and on an average only 70% waste collection is observed, while the remaining 30% is again mixed up and lost in the urban environment. Be that as it may, the waste collected will have to be scientifically processed. Environment friendliness, cost effectiveness, and acceptability to the local community are major attributes to achieve an efficient solid waste management system. Waste produced by houses is usually transferred into communal bins. Street sweepings also find their way to community bins. These community waste bins are also used by other essential commercial sectors in the vicinity of disposal bins along with household wastes except where some commercial complexes or industrial units engage municipal authorities for the transfer of their waste to disposal sites on payment. Keeping in mind the adverse impact of health hazards in case the municipal solid waste is not managed properly, the municipal corporation might plan to float tenders to appoint an agency for municipal solid waste door to door collection and transportation. Necessarily, while choosing the appropriate agency, the afore-mentioned object has to be kept in mind by the municipal corporation. So also, it is the duty of the Courts to keep such factors in mind while deciding the subject matter of allocation of contract by the municipal corporation.