Context: Depalpur, Madhya Pradesh, became the first city under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative to achieve Zero Legacy Waste — remediating 1,250 metric tonnes of waste accumulated over five years, under SBM-U 2.0.
What It Is
- A scientific legacy-waste remediation and urban waste-management initiative
- Undertaken by Depalpur Nagar Parishad with Indore Municipal Corporation
- Under the Swachh Shehar Jodi initiative of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0
- Follows the “Each One Teach One” model — experienced mentor cities transfer waste-management practices to mentee cities
Important Facts for Exams
- Depalpur, Madhya Pradesh — first city under Swachh Shehar Jodi to achieve Zero Legacy Waste
- Mentor city: Indore Municipal Corporation
- Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban 2.0, launched 2021
- Swachh Shehar Jodi follows the “Each One Teach One” model
- 1,250 MT legacy waste remediated; 4.5 tonnes recyclables recovered; 50–60 tonnes RDF
- RDF — Refuse Derived Fuel, the combustible fraction of waste
- Co-processing — using RDF as fuel in cement kilns
- Bio-mining — excavating and separating legacy waste
- SBM-U 2.0 aims at garbage-free cities, focusing on legacy dumpsite remediation and source segregation
- Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 mandate source segregation
- Indore has repeatedly ranked India’s cleanest city in Swachh Survekshan
