60 Gurgaon villages selected for massive waste management project

Sixty villages from Gurgaon district have been short-listed for the implementation of Solid and Liquid Waste Management Project under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) for the current financial year.

The project will help in segregation of solid waste enhancing wastewater treatment capacity and generation of recycled water for agricultural use.

In the first phase, the project will be implemented in 16 villages which have figured in the list of the Nirmal Gram Puraskar including Barmoli, Badshahpur, Devlavas, Ransika, Heraheri, Bhakraka, Maujabad, Mahchana, Bapas and Uccha Majra.

Once the initiative is launched, it will be extended to other villages after evaluating the responses.

Under the project, pits will be dug up in each village to convert wet waste into manure. Two cleaners appointed, with the tri-cycles will collect waste every morning and deposit in pits for recycling. The wet waste will then be separated from dry waste and can be composted. The separated non-biodegradable waste will be sold to scrap dealers, explained Shekhar Vidyarthi, deputy commissioner, Gurgaon.

In addition, a low-cost drainage system will be constructed in each village to carry water from kitchens and toilets to ponds outside the village. Three ponds will be dug up on the outskirts of the village to recycle the water and make it reusable. The water will be filtered through the first and second ponds to reach the third one and then re-directed for agricultural purpose.

Rajesh Gupta, project director, said, “Concrete dustbins will be constructed in schools to encourage women and children towards cleanliness. The identified villages have been classified into four categories for allocation of funds. The villages with 150 households will be allocated Rs.7 lakh, while those with 300 households will be released Rs.12 lakh. The villages with 300-500 households will get Rs.15 lakh and the bigger villages Rs.20 lakh.”

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