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Chandigarh MC declares its office at Sector 17 ‘zero waste campus’
Chandigarh mayor Sarbjit Kaur said all types of waste at the Sector-17 office will be completely processed and other buildings of the MC will also follow suit
The Chandigarh municipal corporation on Monday declared its office building at Sector 17 a “zero waste campus”.
Sarbjit Kaur, mayor, and Anindita Mitra, commissioner, MC, checked all the arrangements for the collection of waste and its scientific disposal at the office premises on Monday.
Kaur said hazardous waste will be disposed of scientifically by an NGO engaged with the MCC to collect the e-waste once a week. She said wet waste generated from kitchen at the canteen will be processed in a wet waste composter.
The mayor said dry waste and horticulture waste will be dumped in a composter on the lawn inside the office compound, and the manure will be used in flower beds and flower pots inside the office compound. She said all other buildings of the MC will be made “zero waste campus” soon.
Mayor dedicates Amrit Sarovar at Sarangpur village to public
The mayor on Monday dedicated the second rejuvenated “Amrit Sarovar” of Chandigarh at Sarangpur village as part of the Amrit Sarovar Mission aimed at the conservation of water.
MC commissioner Anindita Mitra, senior deputy mayor Dalip Sharma, deputy mayor Anup Gupta and area councillor Ram Chander Yadav were among those present on the occasion.
Mayor Sarabjit Kaur said the Prime Minister had launched the mission aimed at developing and rejuvenating 75 water bodies in each district of the country as a part of the celebration of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ and the target to complete the work has been fixed as August 15, 2023.
She said the municipal corporation under this mission planned to rejuvenate three abandoned water bodies at Kaimbwala, Sarangpur and Khuda Alisher villages. The water body at Kaimbwala had already been rejuvenated and dedicated to the public on August 15, 2022, and the work on the rejuvenation of the third water body at Khuda Alisher is in progress and shall be completed by the end of this month.
The mayor said MC had further planned to rejuvenate the fourth water body at Dadumajra village.
She said this water body was completely abandoned and lot of vegetation/jungle was grown when it was transferred to the municipal corporation in 2019. The MC has spent around ₹30 lakh to rejuvenate this water body. This water body will also raise the depleted groundwater level and avoid flooding in the village in addition to conserving water.
