{"id":282695,"date":"2026-05-15T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=282695"},"modified":"2026-05-15T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:20:00","slug":"dc-calls-for-strict-implementation-of-swm-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/dc-calls-for-strict-implementation-of-swm-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"DC calls for strict implementation of SWM rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>BOMDILA, 14 May:<\/strong> West Kameng Deputy Commissioner Dr Dilip Kumar emphasised on strict implementation of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, and directed all stakeholders to initiate awareness campaigns on mandatory four-stream segregation of waste.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chairing a meeting of the District Urban Development Agency here on Thursday, the DC also suggested deduction of user charges from the salaries of government employees through DDOs, and instructed the DDSE and the bazaar secretary to &#8220;sensitise schools and the business community, respectively.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The DC also directed the district tourism officer to issue instructions to hotels and homestays to maintain colour-coded dustbins, and to conduct compliance checks after one month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further stressed on sensitisation of tourists at the Bhalukpong check gate through leaflets and PA systems regarding sanitation byelaws.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also asked the department concerned to explore community composting in two colonies as a pilot project to reduce the load on the treatment plant, and suggested convening a mass awareness meeting involving all stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier, the UD EE briefed the house on the provisions of the SWM Rules, 2026, including mandatory four-stream segregation of waste using blue, green, red and black bins for dry, wet, hazardous and sanitary waste, respectively. He also highlighted the criteria for bulk waste generators and the penal provisions for non-compliance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The UD AE delivered a presentation on the present waste management activities, and highlighted the key objectives of the SWM Rules, 2026, including the &#8216;Polluter Pays Principle&#8217;, four-stream segregation, and accountability of bulk waste generators. (DIPRO)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BOMDILA, 14 May: West Kameng Deputy Commissioner Dr Dilip Kumar emphasised on strict implementation of the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, and directed all stakeholders to initiate awareness campaigns on mandatory four-stream segregation of waste. Chairing a meeting of the District Urban Development Agency here on Thursday, the DC also suggested deduction of user [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-282695","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282696,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282695\/revisions\/282696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}