No waste segregation at eight places in Chandigarh
Chandigarh, September 29
The Municipal Corporation here has identified eight places in the city where waste in not being segregated at source. The civic body today started an awareness drive at three of these eight places – Ram Darbar, Vikas Nagar (Mauli Jagran) and EWS Colony, Maloya – to make people understand the benefits of waste segregation. At the remaining places, awareness drives will be launched in the coming days.
As part of the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ celebrations to commemorate the 75th year of Indian Independence, the MC today held ‘Kachra Alag Karo Amrit Divas’. Awareness programmes aimed at encouraging door-to-door segregation of waste at source was started by Mayor Ravi Kant Sharma from Ram Darbar Colony in presence of MC Commissioner Anindita Mitra.
Waste collectors and residents of the locality participated in the programme. Area councillors were also present. Addressing waste collectors, the Mayor said segregation had become a serious concern taking into consideration the amount of garbage generated and its negative effect on the environment if not segregated properly.
Mitra said items like plastic, glass and metal were not biodegradable, but could be reused or recycled. Waste material that can be reprocessed/recycled should not be given or received in mixed form as it would pollute soil if buried underground, Mitra added. Kitchen waste should be segregated in different bags such as dry and wet waste and disposed of separately, said Mitra. Segregation was important for proper disposal of both categories of waste, Mitra added.
The MC also announced Kala Ram as ‘Safai Mitra Shiromani’ for rendering services for sanitation and waste-to-art initiative. He was presented a jacket and a badge.
Sharma and Mitra distributed T-shirts, masks and badges among waste collectors during the programme. Green and blue bags were distributed among citizens on their door steps to encourage them to segregate household waste at the source. A street play based on garbage segregation was staged by artistes of the Parmpara Theater Group. — TNS
