Solid Waste Management is one of the essential obligatory functions of the Urban Local Bodies in India. This service is falling too short of the desired level of efficiency and satisfaction resulting in problems of health, sanitation, and environmental degradation. Most urban areas in the country are plagued by acute problems related to solid waste. Due to a lack of serious efforts by town/city authorities, garbage and its management has become a tenacious problem, and this notwithstanding the fact that the largest part of the municipal expenditure is allotted to it. Barring a few progressive municipal corporations in the country, most local bodies suffer due to the non-availability of adequate expertise and experience, thereby the solid waste is not properly handled resulting in the creation of environmental pollution and health hazards. It is reiterated that the local bodies lack technical, managerial, administrative, financial, and adequate institutional arrangements. As such, it is very necessary to provide proper guidance to such Urban Local Bodies so as to make them efficient in managing the solid waste generated in their respective cities and towns.