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Chandigarh, June 17:- Smt Manmeet K Nanda, IAS, Joint Secretary, DPIIT (appointed as central nodal officer in respect of Jal Shakti Abhiyan  for Chandigarh) today visited Chandigarh  to review the progress of various components under Jal Shakti Abhiyaan “Catch the rain where it falls and  when it falls”.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh gave detailed presentation on the progress made under Jal Shakti Abhiyan. The Joint Secretary was informed about the availability of the water from two sources i.e. ground water and canal water.  She was informed that 20 MGD ground water is being drawn from the bore wells,  supplementing the canal water for drinking purpose. 118 Ground water recharging wells constructed in various Schools, Colleges and Government offices.

The Commissioner also informed that rejuvenation of 7 Water bodies in various villages, laying of the Tertiary Treated Water in Industrial Area and Left out areas in City , 24 x 7 Water Supply Scheme in PAN City , installation of recharging wells in Community Centers , Govt Buildings are  being implemented in coming months. This will improve the ground water levels, as existing 289 tube wells will be closed in phased manner in the coming months after commencement of 24 x 7 Water Supply. The works of “Rejuvenation of 7 Water bodies “will also be completed by the end of October 2022. The usage of Tertiary Treated Water will also reduce the consumption of the potable water. The ground water will be improved significantly after the completion of above work.

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After presentation, She visited various pond sites at Kaimbwala, Khuda Ali Sher, Khuda Jassu, Sarangpur and Dhanas to see the physical progress of work. She  also visited the lake at Dhanas. In the last she visited Rock Garden to see the arrangements being made for International Day for Yoga.

MCC holds “Aapke Saath” awareness meetings with city RWAs at 5 different locations

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Chandigarh, June 11:- To increase citizen participation in segregation of waste at source level and home composting, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh organized meetings today at different sectors to commemorate Environment Week from 5^th-11^th June under the theme “Aapke Saath”.

During which representatives of Resident Welfare Associations shared their practices on segregation and home composting. The citizens appreciated the efforts of Corporation by mentioning that officials are interacting, available and dealing their problems and issues, a change and transformation is being noticed for last couple of months.

While addressing the representatives of different RWAs at community centre, sector 8, here today Smt. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Chandigarh said that the residents, who are composting their wet or kitchen waste at their houses should lead by example and show small, incremental sprints towards successful composting to generate interest and participation gradually.

She said that laws of collective behavior suggest that if someone sees their neighbours doing something together, they are compelled to join in to be socially included. Once enough momentum is gathered, the RWAs can invest in larger community composting systems. For RWAs that need to compost on-site, composting solutions can be made available by the civic body, added the Mayor.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC addressed similar programme of RWAs at community centre, sector 22 during which she said that from segregation to recycling to making compost, residents should handle the waste responsibly and ensure that it does not end up in mixed form at Dadumajra landfill.

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She said that the RWAs should hold virtual or physical demonstrations for the city residents, domestic help and housekeeping staff to understand and practice segregation and create awareness about the categories of household waste so that every home knows what items fall under dry, wet, sanitary and hazardous waste.

She said that waste passes through multiple hands before final disposal. If domestic dry and wet waste is not separated, the compost plant run by the Municipal Corporation does not process it and if sanitary and hazardous waste i.e. diapers, sanitary napkins, glass shards, chemicals etc. are not segregated it ends up causing illness and injuries to waste collectors.

She lauded the efforts of office bearers of RWAs with nearly 100 odd houses & flats in sector 22-A, which generates around 200 Kgs of solid waste, including 150 Kgs only kitchen waste, every day. But unlike many other sectors or societies, the residents of these houses make sure that all of their waste is recycled and does not gone to the waste collector.

It all began one year ago when Smt. Puja Ghai and Sh. Hem Raj Satija had practiced waste segregation at their houses for over a couple of months by segregating dry waste separately and making compost from the kitchen and horticulture waste and they decided to turn this into a campaign, involving all nearby residents of their sector.

Today during the awareness meeting organized by the MCC at Sector 22, both Smt. Pooja Ghai and Sh. Hem Raj Satija shared their practices home composting and segregation of waste, which was highly appreciated by all the representatives of other Resident Welfare Associations and ensured to adopt the same to reduce their waste at source level.

Muskan, a resident of Dhanas, guided other residents of  the local area regarding the three dimensional benefits of home composting. She said she has been doing home composting for the past few years. Initially, she felt a bit awkward. She also told the residents to start the home composting with level 1, i.e., putting only waste vegetables & fruits in the compost bin. Further, she also requested all the residents to follow the same to make our city clean and green.

Door to Door Waste Collectors at different programmes, requested all the residents to provide the segregated waste in 4 categories, i.e., Dry Waste, Wet Waste, Sanitary Waste and Hazardous Waste. They said that if every household segregate their household waste at source level, this would safeguard them from the skin and other medical diseases and save their time.

During all the programmes at various locations, the officers of MCC, representatives of RWAs took an pledge to abstain from single use plastics usage and segregate waste at source level.

Mayor kick starts plogging activity in Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, June 10:- Plogging is trending in the city beautiful with Municipal Corporation Chandigarh’s new push ‘Clean as you jog’, gradually trying to embrace this new fitness trend, in which joggers pick up garbage as they run, to save the environment.

Commemorating Environment week from 5th-11th June, on Friday, Mrs. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Chandigarh kick-started the initiative of plogging at Manimajra area during which group of local residents, MCC officers and officials and around 20-25 fitness enthusiasts and morning walkers, carrying jute bags and wearing gloves in their hands, jogged and picked up the trash all along their jogging tracks inside the garden and road berms.

Speaking on the new initiative, the Mayor said that plogging is a new concept that is trending in the city and is an environment friendly exercise mashup that combines jogging with the environmental benefits of picking up trash. While jogging helps the people to stay fit, collecting the trash from the gardens and road sides helps to keep the environment fit and fine, she added.

She said that this activity helps people burn some extra calories as they are constantly bending to collect the trash all along the route. It also helps to break the monotony of jogging. Unaware of the new initiative and oblivious to what was going on around, some of the morning walkers at Mamimajra area were taken by surprise when they spotted the joggers stopping along the tracks just to pick up trash and store it in a waste bag, said the Mayor.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh started plogging at New lake area, sector 42, where Sh. Jasbir Singh, area councilor and other members of resident welfare association and locals alongwith volunteers of NGO joined for plogging.

The Commissioner said that the aim was not to collect huge quantities of trash or cleaning the entire gardens or road sides and make it free of garbage; it was just a new form of exercise coupled with a simple effort to save the environment. She said that such activities would be carried out every weekend to start with. Later, it will be expanded to all parks and throughout the week when citizens from all parts of city join in.

She said that plogging is a very healthy exercise as it involves variation in body movement like bending, stretching and squatting alongside of course running. Plus, beautifying the city as go by, its dual benefits are worth vouching for, added the Commissioner.

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The Commissioner appealed to the citizens of Chandigarh stop throwing garbage on the road sides and littering in the gardens rather always carry a small bag in your car of moving through gardens to collect waste and drop it in the dustbins installed by the MCC in the parks and other areas of city.

During the activity the team collected all sorts of trash and garbage including gutka packets, chips packets, water bottles, cigarette butts, discarded bottles and ice-cream sticks etc.

In other parts of city too, the area councilors and local residents participated in the plogging activities where they picked up discarded plastic bottles and empty polythene packets to drop them in the dustbins. Seeing this new initiative, the local residents lauded this activity and joined the group of councilors and joggers in their respective areas.