Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 30: Organized by the office of the Mayor, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), a 3-day workshop on ‘Solid Waste Management’ concluded today.
The NSS volunteers of the University of Jammu (JU) and the affiliated colleges participated in the workshop under the mentorship of Prof Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor and Chairman NSS, University of Jammu.
During the workshop, the volunteers displayed placards with slogans ‘Save Surya Putri Tawi River and ‘Say No to Polythene’. They sensitized the masses regarding the Solid Waste Management and made people aware about the ill effects of throwing garbage in the Tawi River.
The initiative was taken by Mayor of the Jammu Municipal Corporation Rajinder Sharma. He interacted with the volunteers and guided them in spreading the awareness regarding the Solid Waste Management and ‘Save Surya Putri Tawi River’. Prof Savita Nayyar (Convener, NSS Campus Units) accompanied the volunteers in their mission of spreading the message of clean and green Tawi River and motivated them.
The entire programme was coordinated by the Dr Hema Gandotra (NSS Programme Coordinator, JU), Imran (PRO, JU) with the full support of the NSS Programme Officers Dr Neelam Choudhary, Dr Meghna Dhar, Dr Subash Chander, Dr Shallu Sehgal, Dr Amit Kumar, Dr Monika Bhardwaj, Dr Mandeep Singh of University of Jammu, Dr Reeta Dwivedi (PO, MIER College of Education), Dr Gurwinder Kour (PO, GDC Khour), Dr Deepika Slathia (Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Studies), Kajal Kalsi and Dr Gopal Krishan Sharma, the faculty members of the Department of Sociology.
The event was possible with the cooperation of Heads and faculty members of different departments of the University viz. Prof Vishav Raksha, Prof Piyush Malviya, Prof Jasbir Singh, Prof Aroon Sharma and Prof Virender Koundal.
Dr Shallu Sehgal and Dr Mandeep Singh (Programme Officers from JU) were the teachers Incharge of the entire event.
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