SRINAGAR, Oct. 23 -- The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday reviewed Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) audit observations concerning the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), flagging deficiencies in urban waste management and calling for time-bound corrective measures.

The meeting, chaired by Surjeet Singh Slathia at the Legislative Assembly, examined audit observations relating to solid waste management in Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including gaps in planning, inadequate waste segregation at source, deficiencies in collection and transportation, and shortcomings in processing and scientific disposal.

Slathia said the deficiencies identified in the audit reports nee...