SRINAGAR, JANUARY 16:
Advisor infrastructure, Pradeep Singh today stressed on collective
responsibility and role of citizens to keep the Srinagar city clean.
He was speaking at a pre-bid
conference on IEC activity under Swach Bharat Mission organized by Srinagar
Municipal Corporation (SMC).
The programme was also attended by
SMC Commissioner Riyaz Ahmed Wani, Joint Commissioner SMC Syed Abdul Qasim,
Raja Muzaffar Director Social Enterprise Group, Lalita Lyer Journalist and
expert solid waste management; Meghna Malhotra Deputy Director Urban Management
Ahmedabad, Civil society members, traders and NGO representatives, officials of
Urban Local Bodies and SMC.
The advisor asked all the
participants for making concerted collective efforts in keeping the city clean
and green.
SMC Commissioner stressed on taking
more initiatives for the implementation of best practices in waste segregation
on the scientific basis.
The SMC Commissioner talked about the
challenges and opportunities
in waste collection and its disposal in the scientific ways.
“We
can sell the non-biodegradable waste to cement plant owners and degradable to
farmers. We can be benefitted in two ways- revenue and waste disposal,” he said.
On the occasion, SMC officers said
that department has roped in schools, colleges for the publicity of best
practices in the waste collection, segregation and disposal.
Meghna Malhotra Deputy Director Urban
Management Ahmedabad shared about the best practices adopted by them in the
City for waste collection and disposal.
Journalist and expert solid waste
management, Lalita Lyer stressed on belongingness with the place to ensure its
cleanliness.
“People
should feel proud of their place and should try to keep it clean,” she said and gave
more insights about the research she had conducted on Indore city after that
was declared number one in cleanliness at all India level.
Others who spoke on the occasion
include, Raja Muzaffar, Zareef Ahmed Zareef, and others.
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