Jammu, Jan. 16 -- Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday directed municipalities to prepare comprehensive waste management plans and asked them to draw up projections on future waste generation, officials said.

On average, 450 grams per person per day of waste is generated in big cities and 300 grams is generated in smaller towns in the Union Territory, they said.

Chairing a meeting of the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD), Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo asked for comprehensive and component-wise waste management plans for both the municipal corporations - Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) and Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) - and other municipalities.

The meeting was convened to take stock of measures being tak...