Chanakyapuri flats lead the way in waste management
New Delhi: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), in collaboration with the Chanakyapuri Residents' Welfare Association (RWA), has launched a waste management programme.
The D1, D2, and Satya Sadan Officer's Flats in Chanakyapuri have been declared the first Anupam colony—a model for zero-waste living in govt housing.
In line with the motto "Together for a Cleaner & Greener Tomorrow," the declaration was made at Madhu Limaye Marg, Chanakyapuri, by NDMC chairman Keshav Chandra.
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"Three months ago, we began door-to-door visits, educating residents and domestic staff on waste segregation," NDMC sanitary inspector Amit Kumar said. "With regular checks, notices and penalties for non-compliance, the effort paid off."
The programme's success lay in its holistic, one-stop approach, starting at the basic level — the household, with waste segregation into four main categories: dry, wet, horticulture and hazardous.
Wet waste collected by RWA workers is processed into organic compost, while dry waste is further sorted into 12 subcategories, such as PET bottles, aluminium cans, metals, and non-recyclables, at the new Reduce Reuse Recycle (RRR) cum Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Centre, making it the first such system in Delhi.
Eighteen wire mesh bins, called rounders, have been installed in parks and along roadsides to compost horticulture waste.
The organic compost produced is distributed free to residents, with any surplus used by NDMC's Horticulture Department for green areas.
E-waste is collected separately and sent to authorised Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) recyclers. The centre also includes a 'Neki Ki Deewar,' where residents can donate reusable items like clothes, utensils, furniture, toys and footwear to help those in need, said NDMC's solid waste management & sanitation advisor Rajiv Kumar Jain.
Priyam Krishnan, a member of the RWA in Chanakyapuri, added that without the joint effort of NDMC and the RWA, the initiative wouldn't have succeeded. "Instead of deploying a third party for waste management, we decided to take it in our hands with NDMC, making it a collaborative, two-way process. This has also ensured better payment for the workers on the ground level as well."
The 'Neki Ki Deewar' serves the noble purpose of catering to the ones in need. "One person's trash is another's treasure," says Amit. "The doors remain open for anyone in need, whether from nearby slums or our own colony. The motto is clear: nothing should go to waste."
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