The civic body of Chandigarh on Sunday launched an awareness programme for segregation of waste at source level from Sector 38 here. The programme was launched by Asha Jaswal, Mayor of Chandigarh in the presence of city BJP chief Sanjay Tandon, who is also non-official independent Director of the Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) and officials of MCC.
During the launch, a cultural function was organised where the city based singer Meet Neeman performed on songs specially written on cleanliness and environment. A nukkar natak was also staged to showcase the use of double bin system and segregation of waste at source level.
The mayor also launched the segregated waste collection scheme from the area through waste collectors, who have been provided double bins i.e. blue and green for collection of segregated waste from households. She also distributed six dustbins each of both colours and ID cards to the waste collectors of the area alongwith occupation certificates.
Speaking on the occasion, the Mayor said that the Municipal Corporation has distributed two dustbins to each and every household to ensure segregation at source level i.e. household and commercial areas into biodegradable and non-biodegradable material.
The biodegradable waste can be used for various purposes, including production of biogas, electricity and fertilizers, she said.
Jaswal said that similar awareness programmes will be organized in all the wards by the MCC under IEC activities of Swachh Bharat Mission. People of the city should come forward to participate not only in cleanliness campaigns but in awareness campaigns so that with the help of each one of us, the city may remain clean and beautiful, she added.
The area councilor Arun Sood urged the people of Chandigarh not to use plastic bags, which pollute the environment. He also advised residents to develop a habit of segregating their household waste and do not litter in the public places or open spaces.
Sood also emphasized on downloading swachhta app for registering complaints of any kind of sanitation problem and after the complaint is resolved, the citizens must give their vote and valuable feedback on the app.
It will help to improve the citizen feedback component of the Swachh Survekshan-2018 and Chandigarh can become number one in the Survekshan with the active participation of its residents, he added.