India, May 16 -- The Noida Authority on Thursday announced plans to issue notices to group housing societies generating large volumes of waste, citing widespread non-compliance with solid waste management rules.

Under existing regulations, residential complexes producing 100kg or more of daily waste are mandated to install on-site garbage disposal systems.

However, officials said that most societies have failed to set up such infrastructure and continue to either dump waste in the open or rely entirely on door-to-door collection services.

The agency charges each flat for garbage collection, even though it has an agreement with the authority to dispose of only a fixed amount of waste daily.

When the waste exceeds this limit, the extra ...