GREATER NOIDA, Aug. 19 -- Greater Noida's health department teams have penalised four housing societies for failing to manage solid waste in line with the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, officials said on Monday. The fines totalling Rs.1.31 lakh were imposed following inspections in residential complexes across Greater Noida West. "Penalties are a deterrent, but the primary focus is on encouraging societies to adopt proper waste segregation and disposal practices," said Greater Noida authority chief executive officer NG Ravi Kumar. Inspection teams visited four societies last week and found the rules being flouted, said senior health manager Chet Ram Singh. Officials said the societies failed to ensure in-house processing or scientific disposal of daily waste, leading to potential risks of air and water contamination....