The Hindu 24.11.2010
Garbage segregation campaign launched
Staff Reporter
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Initially it will be taken up in five to six wards |
Mines Minister Balineni Srinvisa Reddy launches initiative of MEPMA
Training being given for 36 resource persons drawn from women SHGs
ONGOLE: Spurred by success of the garbage segregation scheme in
Markapur town, Mines Minister Balineni Srinivasa Reddy launched the
garbage segregation campaign by the Mission for Elimination of Poverty
in Municipal Areas(MEPMA) in Puli Venkata Reddy colony here on Tuesday.
The Minister stressed the need for segregation of solid waste into
bio-degradable and non-bio degradable to make the task of the civic body
easy.
MEPMA resource persons offered Kumkuma to touch the heart of
womenfolk before explaining them the need for shun the practice of
putting the unsegregated waste on the roadside, resulting in clogged
drains and spread of seasonal diseases.
MEPMA Project Director B Ravi said ‘‘we have provided training for 36
resource persons drawn from women Self Help Groups(SHGs). Each resource
person will cover about 500 houses and explain that they could make
some money too by keeping aside scrap and selling them every 10 days or
so.
Initially, the segregation at the source level would be taken in five
to six wards before extending it to all the 36 wards in the town, he
added.