Let us compost waste locally, six villages request SDMC
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Let us compost waste locally, six villages request SDMC
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NEW DELHI: People from six urban villages have written to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) asking it to stop transporting solid waste to waste-to-energy (WTE) plants as composting could be done locally. The villagers claimed that while they were keen to carry out composting in their areas, they had received no support from the municipal corporation. They also alleged that the civic body was, instead, focusing on urban colonies. Six villages — Jhuljhuli, Rawta, Hasanpur, Shikarpur, Paprawat, Issapur— with the Delhi unit of Bhartiya Kisan Union had recently written to the district collector of Najafgarh zone requesting that organic waste from the villages be composted there. This could then be used by the farmers as manure for organic farming. “SDMC is transporting solid waste from different parts of the city to WTE plants without paying attention to the harmful effects of burning such low calorific waste,” said the letter by an NGO, Centre for Youth Culture Law and Environment. Locals, who had written individual letters describing the condition of waste management in the villages, also said that they were willing to adopt segregation at the household level and use wet waste for composting. Jitendar Yadav from Jhuljhuli said they strongly opposed the current mechanism of waste management, but nothing was done by the corporation to make the process more environmental-friendly. Ashwani Yadav, a resident of Paprawat, said the villagers had been continuously following up with the officials since July, but no composting pits or any assistance was provided to them. “Garbage is the main source of disease in our village and we want to assist SDMC in managing it better. All that can be composted should be managed locally,” said Gulshan Tyagi, a resident of Shikarpur. Rajnish Phalswal from Rawta, Hasanpur’s Ravinder Kumar and Issapur’s Surender Dagar added that they had raised similar complaints with south corporation.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-09-20
Coverage
Delhi