Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 3: Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor JMC inaugurated the Segregation Centre, at Bandhu Rakh, Jammu, here today.
Speaking on the occasion, , Mayor said that presently JMC is lifting the garbage door to door from 53 wards and there is 100 percent sanitation in all 75 wards. JMC has taken the new step and collected the segregated waste on pilot basis with the help of public in Ward number . 56 which is further transported at Bandhu Rakh with the help of portioned modernized Autos and in which wet waste will be converted into compost and inorganic material, segregated in different categories, shall be handed over to registered Recyclers.
At Bandhu Rakh, JMC has constructed 29 compost pits for wet waste and is going to construct a dry waste collection centre with the help of UNDP for segregation/recycling of dry waste. During the occasion, all the dignitaries planted the trees at the site.
The Mayor was accompanied by Adv Purnima Sharma, Deputy Mayor, JMC; Baldev Singh Billawaria, Chairman, Public Health Sanitation Committee; Suraj Parkash Padha, Chairman, Swachh Bharat Committee; Ashish Kumar Gupta, Joint Commissioner (Admn); Sunaina Sharma, Secretary, JMC; Suresh Gupta, Health Officer, JMC; Dr Zaffar Iqbal, MVO/Nodal Officer SWM; Er Talat Mehmood, AEE (Tpt), JMC.
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