India fully committed to early achivement of SDGs: Hardeep S Puri
New Delhi: Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State(I/C) for Housing & Urban Affairs has urged the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) to effectively manage solid waste by creating a dedicated group of officers and skilled municipal staff, through adequate training, hands on experience and new technologies.
Stating that the Government of India’s efforts towards transforming waste to wealth is also reflected in the Waste to Wealth Mission project which has been approved under the recently constituted Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council(PM-STIAC), Puri stated that the objective of the Mission is to identify, develop and deploy existing and new technologies to treat waste to generate energy, recycle materials and extract resources of value so as to create a clean and green environment.
He was speaking at World Habitat Day 2019 celebration here on Friday.
DurgaShanker Mishra, Secretary, MoHUA, Shiv Das Meena, Additional Secretary, MoHUA, Ravi Kant, CMD, HUDCO, senior Ministry officials, School Children and Teachers were also present at the function.
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