Status and Development Initiatives taken in Solid Waste Management in Gangtok

Population growth and rapid industrialization growth has led to increase in production of municipal solid waste. Tremendous increase of municipal waste in all the urban areas is suffering from serious health and environmental problem. In additional all the urban areas which are located in the hilly region of an area have seen an acute health problems in India. My paper is related to the problems of solid waste management, its status and improvements in Gangtok Municipal area.