By: Express News Service Chandigarh | October 3, 2022 8:17:51 am
To commemorate Gandhi Jayanti, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has handed over operations of a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to a full woman workforce. (Twitter/ Municipal corporation Chandigarh)To commemorate Gandhi Jayanti, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has handed over operations of a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) to a full woman workforce. Chandigarh Mayor Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon named the Sector 25 centre, the first of its kind, ‘Pink MRF’.
Pink material recovery facility. (Twitter/ Municipal corporation Chandigarh) The workforce includes 20 helpers, DEOs and security guards. The helpers, who earlier worked as ragpickers, have been trained to segregate waste on a conveyer belt.
The workforce includes 20 helpers, DEOs and security guards. (Twitter/ Municipal corporation Chandigarh) While speaking on the occasion, the mayor said that the helpers have been trained and that the entire centre will only be operated by a team of women including the support staff and data entry operators. She said that three data entry operators will maintain a daily record of the centre’s functioning.
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First published on: 03-10-2022 at 08:17:51 am