India, Jan. 25 -- To encourage wider participation, the Greater Noida authority has extended the deadline for the sanitation ranking competition for bulk waste generators, including residential housing societies and non-residential institutions, till January 31, officials said on Saturday.

According to officials, the competition is being organised by the authority's health department under the Solid Waste Management Rules 2016, which mandate bulk waste generators to process their waste at source. The ranking system is meant to incentivise compliance while spreading awareness about sustainable waste practices, they said. The participation was originally scheduled to close on January 9.

"Both residential and non-residential establishments...