Swachh Bharat Mission: AP CM to chair meeting Wednesday

 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will preside over a meeting of sub-group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Wednesday  in Bengaluru.

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will preside over a meeting of sub-group of Chief Ministers on Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) Wednesday  in Bengaluru.

During Wednesday's meeting, the sub-group of CMs will discuss on the draft paper prepared after forming three separate working sub-groups under NITI Aayog -- sub group on technologies, sub group on behaviour change and sub group on revenue models for operation and maintenance of community and public toilets, a official release said here.

The meeting will review the current situation of solid and liquid waste management technologies, discuss waste treatment facilities and also the technology providers/ technologies recommended to address the waste challenge.

The sub-group will also review the best practises and emerging technologies in waste management.

In the previous two meetings held in Delhi and Chandigarh, respectively, the sub-group discussed about the technology, behavioural change, communication and institutional aspects for successful implementation of the SBM at the national, state as well as urban local bodies level, it added.

The sub-group will also discuss on the lack of technical capacity of urban local bodies to evaluate and make decisions on waste management. They will also look at operation and maintenance models in waste management.

The Sub-Group will also take a decision forming sanitation management cells comprising of technical and supervisory staff for Solid and Liquid Waste Management and also look into involving all stakeholders in the Mission apart from encouraging R&D on waste management, the release said.

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