Kolkata bags award for solid waste management

Kolkata: Recognising Kolkata for its innovative programme with regard to solid waste management, the has been awarded with the best cities of 2016 award at the C40 Mayors Summit held in Mexico City.

The C40 Cities Awards recognise the best and boldest work being done by mayors to fight climate change and protect people from risks. Kolkata is the only Indian city to receive the prestigious award, while other Indian cities namely Mumbai, Chennai and New Delhi also participated. “In India, only Kolkata Municipal Corporation has got this award, which is a matter of great honour for us. it is also a proof of the relentless effort that the state government under chief minister Mamata Banerjee is giving for the development of the state,”  a top official of the SWM department said on Friday.

A media release available with the official has stated that “Kolkata Solid Waste Management Improvement Project has achieved 60-80 per cent (depending on site) segregation of waste at its source, with further waste segregation occurring at transfer stations.”