<span style="color: #222222;">Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved over 433 crore rupees for 28 Urban Local bodies in Maharashtra to effectively managing the Solid Waste Management. Garbage Dumpsites have become a massive problem for most urban cities, Maharashtra's Greater Mumbai holds the maximum amount of legacy waste in the state.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, greater Mumbai aims to remediate 2.6 crore metric tonnes of legacy waste to transform its urban landscape by reclaiming approximately 355 acres of valuable land.<br />''<br />''States and cities across the country have recognized the rising need for eliminating hazardous legacy dumpsites. Strengthening the vision of Garbage Free Cities, various cities have come forward seeking help from the central government.<br />''<br />''Taking this into consideration, Centre has approved the proposal of nearly five hundred cities for legacy waste remediation across States like Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Rajasthan, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Delhi.<br />''<br />''The Ministry said, Swachh Bharat Mission is constantly working on designing sustainable waste management systems to ensure scientific waste processing of Garbage Free Cities and circular economy from waste.</span><br />