Report of High Power Committee Urban Solid Waste Management in India

Abstract

India's population has expanded from 342 millions in 1947 to 846 millions in 1991. Census 1991 has shown that 220 million out of 846 million Indians reside in about 4000 urban agglomerations. Though the entire country is affected by the increase in population and its ecological consequences, the impact has been much higher in the urban areas as the urban population has expanded at a much faster pace due to urban migration. The population in 23 Metro Cities, having a population in excess of one million, account for more than one third of the total urban population.