New Delhi : Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Labour and Employment Bhupender Yadav announced the awards of Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2023 in Bhopal ,Madhya Pradesh today. Under the 1^st category (million plus population) Indore ranked first followed by Agra and Thane. 

In the second category (3-10 lakhs population), Amravati secured first rank followed by Moradabad and Guntur. Similarly, for the third category (less than 3 lakhs population) Parwanoo secured first rank followed by Kala Amb and Angul. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan was also present on the occasion.

Speaking on the occasion, Yadav said this year, 4^th International Day of Clean Air for blue skies (Swachh Vayu Diwas 2023) is to create stronger partnerships, increase investment, and share responsibility for overcoming air pollution, with the global theme of “Together for Clean Air.”

Yadav highlighted the notification of waste management rules covering solid waste, plastic waste, e-waste, bio-medical waste, battery waste, Construction & Demolition waste and tyre and hazardous wastes.

He said Extended Producer Responsibility and Polluter Pays Principles have been incorporated to ensure producers / manufacturers are responsible for management wastes in environmentally sound manner.

The Union Minister said the SATAT (Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation) scheme of the Government aims to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make CBG available in the market for use as a green fuel.

Moving forward he said today we have a statutory Commission for Air Quality Management for Delhi-NCR and adjoining areas working comprehensively, taking the entire airshed as its jurisdiction.

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