Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 4: Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in its endeavour to achieve Swachh Jammu Mission 2018 had started Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) project. However, Powergrid Corporation of India has purchased the first dry leaf compost bed from JMC under SRLM project.
After the completion of six days’ class room training by the volunteers, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation Mandeep Kaur today flagged-off the ten days survey training in their respective wards.
The training programme will be conducted by C Srinivasan, Project Consultant, Indian Green Service and Resource Person for SLRM Project from the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Survey team assisted by Sanitary Inspectors and Sanitary Supervisors will conduct a comprehensive survey and collect details of all households, commercial establishments etc.
The purpose of this project is waste management as the problem of waste has reached a state of crisis.
Commissioner, JMC alongwith Joint Commissioner (Adm) RS Jamwal, Assistant Commissioner (Revenue) Subah Mehta, Nodal Officer, Health Officer Dr Saleem Khan, Municipal Veterinary Officer Dr Zaffar Iqbal, officials of Powergrid Corporation of India and other staff members of JMC also harvested two beds of compost prepared from dry leaves, twigs and garden waste.
The beds were prepared in the month of April 2016 at Gandhi Nagar Floriculture Park as a part of scientific management of garden waste through composting as suggested in SLRM.
Powergrid Corporation of India purchased the first compost bed by paying Rs 30,000 towards the compost generated by the two beds.
Mandeep Kour handed over the Compost bed to the General Manager (AM) of Power-Grid, Northern Region-II RVS Kushwaha in presence of senior officers of Powergrid, JMC and C Srinivasan, Project Director India Green Service (IGS).
RVS Kushwaha handed over a cheque of Rs 30,000 as the purchase cost of 6 tons of compost bed.
DGM (F) Powergrid B Dash, Chief Manager (HR) R Narayan were among the officials present on the occasion.