Greater Noida’s health department teams have penalized four housing societies for failing to manage solid waste in line with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, officials said recently. “Penalties are a deterrent, but the primary focus is on encouraging societies to adopt proper waste segregation and disposal practices,” said Greater Noida authority chief executive officer NG Ravi Kumar. Inspection teams visited four societies recently and found the Solid Waste Management Rules being flouted, said officials. Officials said the societies had failed to ensure in-house processing or scientific disposal of daily waste, leading to potential risks of air and water contamination.

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