India, Aug. 11 -- Amid a large number of bulk waste generators (BWS) not processing wet waste at their source, the solid waste management department of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has appointed an independent squad to monitor and take action against these violators.

The squad from next week will start inspections, said officials.

The PMC has over 2,200 BWGs, and most of them include housing societies that are not treating the wet waste at source. Some of them even are found taking a 5% property tax rebate, despite not treating the wet waste, said the officials.

Sandip Kadam, head of the SWM department, PMC, said, "The SWMs are found not processing wet waste at the source, and some of them are keeping the processing plants clos...