MANGALURU: A silent revolution has happened via anganwadis of Dakshina Kannada, where they became collection centres for plastic waste within the village level, and feature accumulated six tonnes of plastic waste in 9 months. This waste additionally generated income for each and every gram panchayat, who supplied it to scrap distributors.
It started remaining October, where the zilla panchayat appealed to all village folk, especially ladies, to drop their waste plastic at the within reach anganwadi kiosk, as an alternative of just throwing it away in public areas. The plastic is accumulated on each and every 3rd Saturday of the month from anganwadis and brought to the village panchayat. It is stored in empty puts, and an auction is carried out once in 3 months, to do away with the accumulated waste.
Zilla panchayat CEO M R Ravi advised TOI that all through his discuss with to villages, he found that the plastic menace was once rampant in some puts. While visiting some villages, he spotted that girls, as an alternative of just throwing away plastic baggage that they accumulated from quite a lot of shops, used to scrub it well, dry it, and store it in their houses. “After brainstorming on how the plastic can be utilized in the proper approach, we got here to a conclusion that anganwadis are the proper place to tackle the plastic menace, since it is a place for human resource, and virtually the entire ladies in a village discuss with it for different causes. We zeroed in about 1,688 anganwadi centres out of two,104 in Dakshina Kananda,” he mentioned.
As in keeping with the plans, on each and every 3rd Saturday of the month, after the plastic is deposited in anganwadis, it is taken through the gram panchayat to a spot known as ‘plastic soudha or plastic kuteera’. It is stored in a shed for 3 months, and an auction is carried out. “The income will pass to the panchayat, and 25 in keeping with cent of it is spent on development of anganwadis,” mentioned Ravi.
However, in step with officials, no longer all panchayats are supporting this initiative, and that some PDOs are to be blamed for this. Though 1,688 anganwadis had been known for this initiative, only 962 anganwadis are actively engaged in it.
It started remaining October, where the zilla panchayat appealed to all village folk, especially ladies, to drop their waste plastic at the within reach anganwadi kiosk, as an alternative of just throwing it away in public areas. The plastic is accumulated on each and every 3rd Saturday of the month from anganwadis and brought to the village panchayat. It is stored in empty puts, and an auction is carried out once in 3 months, to do away with the accumulated waste.
Zilla panchayat CEO M R Ravi advised TOI that all through his discuss with to villages, he found that the plastic menace was once rampant in some puts. While visiting some villages, he spotted that girls, as an alternative of just throwing away plastic baggage that they accumulated from quite a lot of shops, used to scrub it well, dry it, and store it in their houses. “After brainstorming on how the plastic can be utilized in the proper approach, we got here to a conclusion that anganwadis are the proper place to tackle the plastic menace, since it is a place for human resource, and virtually the entire ladies in a village discuss with it for different causes. We zeroed in about 1,688 anganwadi centres out of two,104 in Dakshina Kananda,” he mentioned.
As in keeping with the plans, on each and every 3rd Saturday of the month, after the plastic is deposited in anganwadis, it is taken through the gram panchayat to a spot known as ‘plastic soudha or plastic kuteera’. It is stored in a shed for 3 months, and an auction is carried out. “The income will pass to the panchayat, and 25 in keeping with cent of it is spent on development of anganwadis,” mentioned Ravi.
However, in step with officials, no longer all panchayats are supporting this initiative, and that some PDOs are to be blamed for this. Though 1,688 anganwadis had been known for this initiative, only 962 anganwadis are actively engaged in it.
Zzilla panchayat’s initiative sees anganwadis collect 6 tonnes plastic in 9 months
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