The Swachhata Didis of Ambikapur is also selling the vermicompost prepared at the Municipal Waste Management Center while collecting the garbage from door to door. Due to this, the people of horticulture in the city are now using compost instead of chemical fertilizers, due to which vegetables are being prepared organically. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also praised the important role of self-help groups in making Ambikapur number one in the country among cities with a population of up to 10 lakhs. Now she is setting a successful example of 'Best Out of Waste'. In this way, he has also created another source of income from his work.
Under Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM), these didis collect garbage from door to door every day. In the waste management center, kitchen waste is being used to prepare vermicompost. The compost is tested regularly in the laboratory of the Agriculture Department so that there is no complaint about the quality. So far, about 1,200 quintals of vermicompost have been prepared by self-help group sisters in municipal waste management centers, out of which eight quintals have been sold. They provide a packet of two kg at the rate of Rs 15 per kg for Rs 30. Ambikapur is the first city in Chhattisgarh to do this kind of innovation.
Sister of self-help group giving compost packet. the new World
Stopped the use of chemical fertilizers: Renuka Saini, a resident of Kedarpur in Ambikapur, says that she is fond of horticulture. Many plants have been planted in pots. Coriander and vegetables are also grown in these. Earlier, chemical fertilizers were used in these, but now the taste of food has changed with the use of vermicompost. The color of the plants has also improved. Like Renuka, many others have also given a similar reaction.
There are many benefits of using vermicompost
- Micro-organisms, enzymes, vitamins, and hormones helpful in plant growth are found in abundance
- Increases soil fertility
- improves soil quality
- Increases the water holding capacity of the soil
- Helps in maintaining proper soil temperature
- Due to this nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and other micro-matters become available to the plants quickly
- Ambikapur Municipal Corporation Commissioner Prabhakar Pandey said that there is a large number of people fond of horticulture in Ambikapur city. There are about 29 thousand families in the city, out of which people do gardening in more than 70 percent of the houses. People are buying hand-in-hand the Vermi Compost being provided from the Municipal Corporation.
Renuka Saini 'Naiduniya' using vermi compost in pots
Self-help group sister 'Naiduniya' giving compost packets