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Compliance with Solid Waste Management Rules

The Supreme Court issued sweeping directions on February 19, 2026, to ensure strict implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026 (SWM Rules, 2026), stressing that the executive must put in place "the requisite mechanism" to enforce them.

The court designated councillors, mayors, chairpersons, corporators and w...