C Srinivasan, Director of Indian Green Services had
organized a very interesting session for the staff of the Municipal Corporation
of Amritsar, to give them some insight on how to manage the waste they collect
from roads and parks of Amritsar. The session was organized at the Company Bagh
and Srinivasan gave very easy tips for the staff to manage the dry leaves and
other garden resource, which can be made environment friendly.
He said that there are various procedures of garbage
disposal, which can help in managing the waste which otherwise acquires a lot
of space and resources. The best of these solutions, which he suggested, was to
create a composting bed, which can hold as much as seven tractor loads of dry
leaves. He said that Mulching was one of those useful ways of managing the
garbage, which would reduce the requirement of space and even wont require much
efforts from the end of the MC staff.
Mulching helps the soil in retaining moisture and also
improves fertility of that land. He has given a date for harvesting the mulch
to be around the mid of May. He says that it can even help the corporation earn
money as three tones of mulch produced can be sold at a price of around Rs. 18,
000. Along with producing sources from garbage management for the local market,
he says that it can even produce jobs for the local people. On his trip to the
city, he also did tie-ups with schools and other institutions to teach the
students of the methods available for solid-liquid waste management. This will
be a great session for kids, as these kinds of resourceful alternatives, if
learnt at this age will help in spreading awareness amongst the students about
the importance of waste management and saving the environment.
Srinivasan is one of those people who have converted this so
called waste into a source of income for many. He says that it is important for
people to know about the worth of this garbage and understand that it is an
important resource for the land and can generate income and green jobs for the
families, which are below the poverty line. He believes that if a city like
Amritsar implements this waste-management model effectively in the city, then
it can help the Amritsar Municipal Corporation to earn an amount of Rs. 3.6
lakh from this every month.
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