It is a first such project to be executed in Punjab for eliminating open dumping of garbage in village. (File)A UNIQUE solid waste management project has been initiated at Landha village in Doraha district of Ludhiana, which has a population of just 1,250 individuals and 300 households.
The project, executed with the convergence of central government’s ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ and state government’s ‘Tandrust Punjab’ mission, provides for door-to-door garbage collection, segregation of waste and revenue generation for panchayat from garbage collected. It is a first such project to be executed in Punjab for eliminating open dumping of garbage in village.
Under the project, all households in village Landha have been given two different coloured dustbins — green (for wet waste) and blue (for dry waste). A person has been hired for collecting garbage from all households on a daily basis and take it to a shed where four pits have been constructed to convert wet waste into manure to be used by farmers. Dry waste, including plastic and iron, among others will be sold by the village panchayat for generation of income. While the land for pits and shed construction has been given by the panchayat, the entire construction has been done using labor under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA). Dustbins and other logistics have been arranged using panchayat funds. Salary of the person hired to collect garbage from households will be paid after collecting Rs 50 from each household every month.
The project was inaugurated by Ludhiana DC Pardeep Aggarwal. BDPO Navdeep Kaur said work on the construction of shed and pits was started in August and a total of Rs 6 lakh were spent on it.
