Be ready with action plans on waste water management, Chief Secys told

PNS|Vijayawada

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Dr PK Mishra held a video conference on Friday on various issues with the Chief Secretaries and made it clear that they should be ready with special action plans on waste water recycling, solid waste management and which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will focus on during the 2nd National Level Government Chief Secretaries meeting to be held in the first week of January from Delhi.

Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba, during the meeting discussed various issues related to the upcoming 2nd National Level Government Chief Secretaries meeting from January 5 to 7. On this occasion, he reviewed the preparatory arrangements with the chief secretaries of the various states. He made it clear that the CSs should be prepared with special action plans on wastewater recycling, solid waste management and waste to energy, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has focused on.

Similarly, he said that the best practices undertaken in different states should be prepared so that they can be shared at the national level in the meeting of CSs. Since measures are being taken to adopt the innovative policies implemented in various states at the national level. He said that many flagship programmes implemented at the national level will be widely discussed in the upcoming meeting of CSs, so they should come with full preparation for their implementation.

Chief Secretary to Prime Minister Dr PK Mishra praised the efforts of various states in the circular economy. As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is paying special attention to the scrapping policy, he suggested that the states should pay special attention to reducing, reusing, and recycling. He further said that they should focus on recycling and reuse in drinking water problems. In the circular economy, waste to energy is a major component, as an example of the ethanol circular economy. He said that 62 million tons of waste are being generated in the country every year.

Government Chief Secretary Dr KS Jawahar Reddy, State Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Department Chief Secretary Gopala Krishna Dwivedi, R&B Secretary Pradyumna, CDMA Praveen Kumar, Agriculture Commissioner Ch Harikiran and other officials participated in the video meeting.