Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 5: Two-day ‘Save River Tawi’ Campaign organized separately by Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Jammu (JU) and ‘Disha Young Club’ concluded today.
During the campaign organized by Department of Environmental Sciences (JU), more than 100 students, research scholars, faculty members and other volunteers divided into several groups spread across the two banks of River Tawi, interacted with the devotees visiting the river for immersion of Khetri/Saakh along with other religious material and motivated them to throw the waste in separate containers provided by the Municipal Corporation Jammu for segregation of waste into biodegradable and recyclable waste.
Volunteers while interacting with the devotees urged upon the need of community participation in conservation and preservation of the pristine environment of River Tawi which is the lifeline of Jammu City. Most of the devotees joined the campaign and actively participated in collecting the waste, segregating it and also sensitising and motivating others to join the noble cause.
The volunteers collected the religious material including polythenes, chunnri’s, garlands, diva’s etc from the people at the entry point at Tawi Ghat near main bridge and from the Tawi river at Har ki Paudi. The biodegradable waste comprising flowers etc. collected during the two days activity will be sent to the bio composting unit installed at the office complex of State Pollution Control Board, Jammu.
A short documentary on “Save Tawi Campaign” was prepared by Research Scholars of Department of Environmental Sciences, which will be showcased shortly in order to encourage Jammuites to join this Campaign.
The members who actively participated in the event included Prof AK Raina, Prof RK Rampal, Dr Piyush Malaviya, Dr Deepika Slathia, Dr Meenakshi Khajuria, besides students, research scholars and the volunteers of various NGO’s.
Meanwhile, a group of scholars under the banner of ‘Disha Young Club’ organized two-day “Save River Tawi Campaign” with the mission of zero waste.
During the “Save River Tawi Campaign” volunteers collected all the religious waste, both Bio-Degradable and Non Biodegradable, from the devotees from 8 AM to 8 PM at “Har Ki Poudi” temple and segregated it into dry waste and wet waste.
Dry waste like polythene and plastic items will be recycled and wet waste will be converted into Compost with the help of J&K State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Jammu.
The volunteers who were present in the campaign were Ajay Sharma, Feroz Ahmed, Sanjeev Kumar, Rohit Khajuria, Bachitter Singh, Nimit Moza, Sonam Sharma, Mehraj Ud Din and Anil Sharma.
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