Unscientific waste disposal in Poonch town: Initiate door to door waste collection in segregated manner: JKCAG chairman

Poonch, Nov 4: With an aim of addressing unscientific waste disposal in Poonch town and to prevent dumping of municipal solid waste near Poonch river, a delegation of J&K Climate Action Group (JKCAG) led by its chairman Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat gave a detailed presentation to Deputy Commissioner Poonch in his office on November 3, 2025.

The meeting was attended by ADDC Poonch Pankaj Magotra, CEO MC Poonch Khalil Banday and other senior officers.

Dr Raja Muzaffar who is also petitioner in the Poonch river pollution case in National Green Tribunal -NGT gave a detailed presentation to DC Ashok Kumar Sharma and other district officers and urged to initiate door to door waste collection in a segregated manner from two to three wards which could be processed separately.

The local members of JKCAG Lokesh Sharma, Dilbagh Singh, Syed Abbas and others suggested transferring the waste processing site to Salotari area near LoC.