NMMC Partners with the Centre’s textile committee for waste management
04 April 2024: The Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and the Center’s textile committee have come together to manage textile waste effectively, according to news reports. This is being done as part of the ongoing Swachh Survekshan project aimed at enhancing sustainability and cleanliness in the city. NMMC is said to be the first civic corporation in the country to have such a project for recycling and reuse of textile waste.
Rajesh Narvekar, the commissioner and administrator of NMMC, conveyed that they have signed an MoU with the central textile committee for a practical project named ‘pilot project on sustainability and circularity in textile chain TVC (total viable count) by managing post-consumer textile waste.’
This joint project highlights the significance of circularity and sustainability in the textile industry while addressing the challenges posed by textile waste. The agreement was signed by officials from the Ministry of Textiles, the Central Textile Committee, and NMMC during a ceremony in New Delhi.
Navi Mumbai has been developed as a planned city, a counter magnet for Mumbai. It has been developed as an independent, fully self-contained metro city. It is the world’s largest, planned, well-balanced, modern city. Navi Mumbai has been planned and developed by CIDCO to meet the infrastructural needs of a modern metropolis.
For catering to the requirements of 29 villages in CIDCO project and 14 villages from Kalyan notified area, NMMC was formed vide Government order dated December 17, 1991. NMMC came in to existence on January 1, 1992 with total area of 162.5 Sq. Km.
CIDCO area has seven nodes namely CBD Belapur, Vashi, Nerul, Koparkhairane, Ghansoli, Sanpada and Airoli. Except Ghansoli node, other six nodes are fully developed, hence, all powers conferred under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 has been transferred to NMMC. Additionally, 14 villages from Kalyan notified area had been deleted from NMMC jurisdiction vide Government order no. NMC 102000/LNO 54/04/NV 28 dated June 8, 2007.
