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Chandigarh, November 26:- Moving towards Garbage Free City through conduct of Zero Waste Events, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh supported a Zero Waste Wedding held last night at Sector 35.

Adopting the 3R principles and principles of circular economy for reducing, reusing, and recycling of waste to ensure maximum resource recovery, the event was conducted aiming at elimination of single-use plastic products under the SBM-U 2.0 to make the city “Garbage Free”.
Spearheading the mission of making Chandigarh No.1 in the country in terms of waste minimization at source, reuse and recycle of waste, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh also conducted a ‘Zero Waste Wedding’ of Ms. Pooja D/o Mr. Ram Kumar and Mr. Mukesh s/o Sh. Sarnam Singh both residents of village Attawa, where 100% scientific processing of waste was done.
While sharing information about the initiative of conducting ‘Zero Waste Events’, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh said that public events pose a challenge for the MCC in terms of generating substantial quantities of waste and their subsequent disposal, there is a need to ensure that going forward, all public events be conducted on “zero-waste” principles. She said that to minimize the amount of waste generation and need for their safe disposal are the major components of the zero waste events. This would be possible through use of environment friendly products/ items, easy access to toilets and waste disposal facilities at such events, she added.
She said that besides conducting all the events and functions of the Municipal Corporation, the MCC supported Zero Waste Weddings and other celebrations of the citizens.
She said that sufficient Safaikarmacharies were deployed alongwith one waste collection vehicle at the venues while water sprinkler deployed to curb dust pollution at outdoor events besides providing twin litter bins and providing gender segregated toilets/mobile toilet vans.
She said that the parameters were followed during conducting the zero waste events including:
No plastic / Flex posters was used for displaying information regarding the event. Event details was printed on eco-friendly paper material
The welcome board at the gate clearly mentioned about the Zero Waste Swachh Event
Natural flowers were used for decoration purposes which were later composted.
Access to the venue was divyang Friendly
No plastic water bottles of any size, plastic Cups was used
Water and food were served at stainless steel glasses procured from MCC bartan bhandar at the ‘Zero Waste Wedding’
No plastic cups / glasses were used anywhere in the venue. Only bio-degradable environment friendly cups were used for coffee and soft drinks were used
Hand sanitizers at the snacks counter and eating tables were placed
Reusable cutlery/ plates were used which were rented from bartan bhandar arranged by MCC at the ‘Zero Waste Wedding’.
Near food counter and throughout the venue key message “Do not Litter – Use blue dustbin for Dry waste and Green dustbin for wet Waste” was displayed
Displaybof mascot of Swachh Bharat Mission ‘Swachhman’.
Green Bins (for Wet Waste) & Blue Bin (for Dry Waste) were placed at easily accessible location throughout the venue
Gender segregated toilet placed at the entrance and all toilet seats were clean and odour free at all times alongwith availability of Water and sanitizer
She further said that robust mechanism was adopted to handle waste generated at event site. All the waste collected were periodically emptied and transported in waste collection vehicle in segregated manner.

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Chandigarh November 20, 2022

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Enactus SSBUICET team went on a 2 day trip to Ludhiana and Amritsar for outreach of Uday project. The first day comprised of an industrial visit to Versatile Enterprises Pvt Ltd., Ludhiana, followed by visit to Pingalwara, Amritsar, told Anoop and Madhur, Event Heads of Enactus team. Pingalwara which has been established for the sick, disabled and abandoned forlorn people is truly a nucleus of a great humanitarian movement, said Tarun Dhiman, Social Media head. The visit to Pingalwara was coordinated with the help of Col.Darshan Singh Bawa, Administrator Pingalwara, conveyed Prof. Seema Kapoor, Faculty Advisor of Enactus team.

The purpose of the visit was to create awareness about safe sanitary practices amongst the resident girls and ladies, averred Samarth and Mridul, Project Heads. The Enactus team was mesmerized with the wonderful free service being provided to poor people and the facilities available at Pingalwara, said Chetan & Aditya.

The team also visited Golden Temple, Amritsar, for the blessings. It was an exhilarating experience for the team members, who visited this sacred house of worship with serene environsfor the first time, said Raj Mishra.

The team searched communities for project outreach and talked to many impoverished women in Amritsar, telling them about the importance of menstrual hygiene and how cloth pads are better for them as compared to the conventional plastic based sanitary napkins conveyed Preet, president, Enactus team. The event remained another feather in the cap for the Enactus team who has been working day and night tirelessly for the betterment of the society, said Aftab.

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The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has started the process of re-registration of all Masters and Bachelor programmes. The prospective learners can submit their online re-registration up to 31^st December, 2022 for the January, 2023 session. Details of the IGNOU academic programmes and students particular can be accessed from the link https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in/.

 Dr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Regional Director of IGNOU Regional Centre Chandigarh informed that students should re-register to the subsequent year/semester to continue their study.   For re-registration process the candidate has to register himself/herself  (if not registered) on the official website i.e https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in/. Whereas those who have already registered can simply login with the id-password and fill up the registration and submit the requisite fees online.  In case a learner faces any difficulty he/she can approach RC Chandigarh for support.

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Major step towards well being of Safai Mitras

MCC commissions power rodding machines to clean clogged sewers

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Chandigarh, November 5:- To stop manual cleaning of sewerage pipes, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has introduced Power Rodding machines, Sewer root cutting equipments and air compressors with blower. These machines are technologically advanced equipments which include mini-sewer cleaning machines which shall reduce manual sewer cleaning and management.

While sharing this positive development, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that training has been imparted to the concerned staff to operate the power rodding machines and the cleaning of clogged sewers has been started.  She said that the machines are used to draw out silt and keep manholes free of blockages. During every rainy season, the city receives a deluge of complaints of clogged drains from residents, she added. The underground drainage of Chandigarh was built years ago and unchecked dumping of garbage inside drains has severely undermined the city’s capacity to handle heavy rain.

She said that the city’s sewerage lines routinely get clogged during raining season. The city has now power rodding machines to respond to alerts and complaints which will help MCC to tackle such complaints more effectively.

She explained that these machines have the ability to cut through tough clogs, including those caused by roots growing into the pipe. She said that it consists of a relatively short and well constructed rods that are inserted section by section through the rodding machine. As they pass inside the sewer line, they rotate a specialty sewer blade to clear away virtually any blockages. Because there is very little slack in each rod, the torque and force is well above that of a typical drain cleaning machine, she added.

She further said that this machine has also have a large cutting head that can quickly cut roots right at their contact point to the inside of sewer pipes. The machine has a motor that turns the rod as it moves through the pipe. This action can frequently remove an entire root growth in one piece, and in its entirety. This also leads to a long-lasting cleaning, said the Commissioner.
The Commissioner said that by rodding the sewer lines, the MCC can prevent various contaminants including sewer leakages/damages, decrease mold and bacteria growth and growth of tree roots in the sewer pipe lines etc. and avoid environmental pollution.
She explained about the features of the rodding machine including removal of the roots from the sewer pipe, cut the root into smaller pieces for easy removal, powerful suction to remove the root from the sewer system, chop up the root and remove it from the sewer system and flush the sewer system with water to remove any remains etc.

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