“How Will Low-Income Families Afford These Charges?” SC Raises Concerns Over Municipal Fees for Sanitary Waste Collection

On Tuesday,(9th July), The Supreme Court of India, under Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan, raised concerns over municipal bodies charging user fees for sanitary waste collection alongside solid waste. They stressed the importance of segregating waste types, suggesting that fees should apply only to solid waste, not sanitary waste.