Question: Government of which of the following state is going to launch the mobile application for waste disposal?
a) Kerala
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Maharashtra
d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (a)
Related Facts:-
- The Kerala government will launch a mobile application for improving and tracking the collection of inorganic waste in local self-governing bodies.
- The smart garbage mobile app would initially be launched in all six municipal corporations, 70-odd municipalities and 300 village bodies.
- According to M V Govindan Master Minister for Local Self-Government Department, the scheme would make waste disposal more efficient.
- The app would be deployed to realise and manage the quantity of inorganic waste collected from each household and explain how the waste has to be treated.
- QR codes, given to all households, would be used to obtain details of waste being generated.
- The system would enable all local bodies and the department to track waste collection.
- It would be done by volunteers of state poverty alleviation and women empowerment programme Kudumbashree Mission.
Links:-
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/kerala-mobile-application-waste-disposal-7628718/