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NAMSAI, 22 Dec:<\/strong> A zonal workshop on Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0, themed ‘Reduce Reuse Recycle’, was organised by the urban local body’s (ULB) directorate, in collaboration with the urban development & housing (UD&H) department, here on Friday.<\/p>\n The workshop, which was attended by 12 deputy commissioners (DC) and UD executive engineers of the eastern zone, showcased exemplary waste management practices and innovative ‘waste-to-wealth’ and ‘waste-to-wonders’ initiatives for Lohit and Namsai districts. The details were presented by Lohit DC Shasvat Saurabh and Namsai DC CR Khampa as models for other ULBs to emulate.<\/p>\n The session also included discussions on effective solid waste management in urban areas. Additionally, the workshop served as a platform for raising awareness about three solid waste management bylaws – the Arunachal Pradesh Solid Waste (Management & Handling) Bylaws, the Arunachal Pradesh Plastic Waste Management Bylaws, and the Arunachal Pradesh Construction & Demolition Waste Management Byelaws, 2023 – which were approved by the state cabinet recently.<\/p>\n The workshop was aimed at educating the enforcement authorities at the district level, in order to foster behavioural change in the public for effective solid waste management.<\/p>\n Urban Affairs Commissioner Pawan Kumar Sain urged the DCs to “rigorously sensitise the public to the provisions of the bylaws and thereafter enforce them for better solid waste management.”<\/p>\n He emphasised the importance of imposing garbage fees and penalties on violators, and “using these funds to enhance garbage management in the urban areas.”<\/p>\n ULB Director Hano Takka highlighted the success of the Swachh Bharat Mission since its inception in 2014. The mission’s three primary goals are to achieve 100 per cent open defecation-free status, 100 percent scientific solid waste management, and a shift in public behaviour through a mass movement.<\/p>\n Takka informed also that “the timeline of Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0 has been extended till 1 October, 2026.”<\/p>\n A key feature of the workshop was a case study presentation on the Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh) model of solid waste management by an expert.<\/p>\n It may be mentioned here that Ambikapur in Chhattisgarh is a leading example in waste management in the country, which also empowers women’s SHGs in terms of sustainable development.<\/p>\n Later, the participants were taken on field visits to the material recovery facilities in Namsai and the MRP and ‘waste-to-wonder’ park in Tezu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NAMSAI, 22 Dec: A zonal workshop on Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) 2.0, themed ‘Reduce Reuse Recycle’, was organised by the urban local body’s (ULB) directorate, in collaboration with the urban development & housing (UD&H) department, here on Friday. The workshop, which was attended by 12 deputy commissioners (DC) and UD executive engineers of the eastern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-231316","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}