Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 4: A seminar cum symposium on ‘Solid Waste Management’ was organised by `We The Human’ – Forum for Nature and Mankind, at Government College for Women, Gandhi Nagar Jammu, here today.
Speakers, including Professor Harbans Singh, former Vice Chancellor SKUAST Jammu and Prof R Rampal, HoD Environmental Sciences Jammu University, expressed their annoyance over non seriousness of Housing Urban Dev & Local Bodies Department in creating infrastructural facilities for solid waste management in J&K as per 2016 MSW rules, despite regular monitoring by the State High Court and the Supreme Court of India.
Environment Policy Group (EPG) Governing Council member Peerzada Fayaz Ahmad from Kashmir Valley said that the status of Solid Waste Management is very poor in our State in general and Kashmir Valley in particular.
Making an appeal to Governor of the State for his intervention in this serious issue affecting general health of people, Lalit Sharma, Adl PCCF (Retd) Secretary (Technical) “We The Human” said that proper disposal of Waste entails segregation at source, efficient carriage and scientific disposal in landfills or incinerators. “None of this is being done in our State, shockingly.
S Prem Singh said that around twelve nallahs carrying bad and stinky affluents of Jammu city are draining directly in sacred Tawi river from Nagrota to Bhagwati Nagar. Verma lamented that the Municipal Solid Waste (Managing & Handling) Rules 2000, which made Municipal Authorities responsible for collection, segregation, storage, transportation, processing and disposal of Solid Waste, never worked as piles of waste could be seen in every nook and corner.
K Y S Manhas (Retd Judge), Vice Chairman of “We The Human”, informed students that the Solid Waste, in our state, is being dangerously disposed off by dumping in wetlands, rivers , nallahs and open spaces.
Rajeshwar Singh Jasrotia, CCF (Retd) also expressed his concern over dilatory attitude adopted by the authorities in establishing scientific land fills and incinerators.
Pooja Gupta, MD Himalayan Bio Organic Foods Pvt Ltd, also spoke on the occasion.
Awards were presented to the students who participated in symposium on the subject. Poornima won the symposium whereas Vishakha stood Ist runner up and Muskan was second runner up. Consolation prizes were given to Ivanca, Arya and Tavleen.
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