Chandigarh, June 6 -- Marking World Environment Day, the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) on Friday organised a special sensitisation meeting of elected councillors to strengthen implementation of the solid waste management (SWM) Rules, 2026, and reinforce collective responsibility towards sustainable waste management.

The meeting, chaired by municipal commissioner Amit Kumar, was attended by senior deputy mayor Jasmanpreet Singh, deputy mayor Suman Devi, councillors, and senior officials including joint commissioner Balbir Raj Singh, chief engineer Sanjay Arora and medical officer of health Dr Inderdeep Kaur.

Focus on new SWM Rules and segregation

A detailed presentation was made on key provisions of the SWM Rules, 2026, with emp...