| Table of Contents | - In India, the Solid Waste Management (SWM) situation is unsuitable, and it has gotten even worse. In the near future, it is expected that there will be a large amount of solid waste produced, including hazardous and plastic waste. It is said that bad land filling in India has a negative effect on the climate. Because of the poor collection, storage, recycling, and processing of solid waste, the quality of solid waste has deteriorated. However, there are many barriers to successful solid waste management, such as week methods and ineffective Human Resource Management (HRM) practices, which necessitate the creation of a new job role. Complex job design strategies in the field of solid waste practices are not in line with technical development requirements, necessitating the creation of a new job position. Other impediments include a lack of recognising future hires and upgrade loopholes that encourage internal recruiting. There is also no guarantee of a pay rise for a specific job position in response to changing circumstances, and no capacity-building programme for sanitation workers, especially contractual employees. It is also claimed that there is a connection between employee motivation, job satisfaction, and success.
Furthermore, due to the organization's status quo strategy, contracting out practices in the field of (Solid Waste Management (SWM) do not achieve their goals. In order to improve efficiency, an effective organisational structure is also essential. Certain factors are to blame for its failure to function effectively: weak planning, inadequate oversight, the establishment of smaller task groups, anxiety and distrust between the deliberative and executive wings, and the lack of timely intervention from external authorities to resolve disputes.
Citizen engagement, along with that of other stakeholders, is also expected to kick successful solid waste management practices to the curb. The aim of this book is to examine the current state of Solid Waste Management (SWM) practices in Chandigarh..
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