India, Jan. 29 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
A total of 2488 dumpsites (with more than 1000 tonne of waste) having nearly 25 Cr. Metric Tonnes (MT) of legacy waste have been identified for remediation. So far, 1138 dumpsites have been remediated completely and 1020 sites are under progress. So far 15.51 Cr. MT (62%) of waste has been remediated and 8484.15 Acres (56%) land has been reclaimed. State-wise details of status of remediation of legacy dumpsites remediation is available at https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess.
Dumpsite Remediation Acceleration Programme (DRAP) is an initiative to fast-track remediation of 214 legacy waste dumpsites which account for 80% of the remaining legacy waste and reclaim l...