KMC bans open burning of waste - Eastern Mirror
Dimapur, Nov. 21 (EMN): The Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) has reiterated that open burning of waste even during mass social work, including at landfill sites, is completely prohibited. Administrator, KMC, T Lanusenla Longkumer, in a notification reminded that open burning of waste on lands, including at landfill sites, is completely prohibited under Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, Plastic Waste Management Rules 2016 and the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The notification also stated that the KMC is in the process of mitigating the KMC landfill (dump yard) of the existing deep-seated fire, ...