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Rajkot clears its dumpsite

1 min readPlastic & Solid Waste
Battle IAS current affairs title card: Rajkot clears its dumpsite (GS3 · Waste, 19 June 2025)

What happened

  • Rajkot remediated nearly 16 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Nakrawadi under SBM-U 2.0 Lakshya Zero Dumpsite [PIB].

Background

  • The city makes about 700 tonnes of waste a day [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Legacy sites leak methane and leachate.

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation

  1. As per PIB (2025-06-19): rajkot remediated nearly 16 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Nakrawadi under SBM-U 2.0 Lakshya Zero Dumpsite.
  2. Legacy sites leak methane and leachate.
Quotable data point

Rajkot remediated nearly 16 lakh tonnes of legacy waste at Nakrawadi under SBM-U 2.0 Lakshya Zero Dumpsite.

PIB: Rajkot dumpsite, 19 Jun 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: SWM Rules 2016.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Lakshya Zero Dumpsite is under

Answer (a) & explanation

PIB.

Go deeper

ExplainerPlastic Pollution: Sources, Microplastics, Plastic Waste Management Rules, Single-Use Plastic Ban, EPR and the Global Plastics Treaty (UPSC Notes + PYQs)

Official source: PIB: Rajkot dumpsite, 19 Jun 2025

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