55 solid waste management plants to come up in Jalandhar this fiscal

Tribune News Service
Jalandhar, August 24

To ensure clean, pollution and stink-free rural areas, the district administration is set to build 55 solid waste management plants across the city during the current financial year.

Five solid waste management plants would be set up in each of the 11 blocks of the district.

Divulging the information, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Vishesh Sarangal said separate pits would be constructed under the solid waste management project where dry and wet waste would be dumped by the waste-collecting teams.

He said for ensuring waste segregation, blue and green dustbins would be provided to residents.

He said the waste would be collected door-to-door by the teams and would be dumped separately in the pits and compost would be manufactured.

As per information, green and blue dustbins have already been received and would be distributed among the residents as soon as the work in Apra and Selkiana villages is near completion.

The ADC said around 3.18 lakh was being spent on the construction of one plant. Of the Rs 3.18 lakh, Rs 2.66 lakh under the Mahatma Gandhi-National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Rs 52,000 were being given by the village panchayat.

He said the administration would also initiate mass awareness campaigns to make residents aware of solid waste management, the benefits of source segregation at their homes for proper disposal of the waste so that Jalandhar could be made clean, green and pollution-free.

Block Development and Panchayat Officer Ranjeet Singh Khatra said organic manure would be manufactured in the pits as it is considered best for the plants.

He solicited the support of the residents in making the project a huge success so that others could follow and keep the surroundings clean.