Even as Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has directed civic officials to set up a committee and submit an action plan for scientific waste management within a week, more than a decade of mulling over implementing the same at the city’s dumping grounds is yet to yield any substantial changes.

The CM issued the orders after he, along with Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MOHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri, held a meeting on Thursday. A three-member team from the MOHUA was apointed to work out an emergency action plan, in collaboration with a three-member team from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The objective is to work out a plan for solid waste processing and legacy dumpsite remediation for Mumbai.