Chandigarh:
In a major push towards achieving 100 percent waste segregation at source, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has launched a special door-to-door waste segregation awareness campaign across villages and colonies in the southern sectors of the city.
Under this focused initiative, women members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) are visiting every household to educate residents about the importance and correct methods of segregating domestic waste. Informative pamphlets are being distributed at each doorstep, clearly explaining the four types of waste segregation—wet, dry, sanitary and hazardous waste—to enable citizens to adopt best practices at the household level.
During the interaction, residents are also being sensitised that non-segregation of waste will attract penalties and that unsegregated waste will not be lifted by MCC until segregation is ensured at source. The campaign aims to instil a sense of responsibility among citizens and promote behavioural change for sustainable waste management.
Simultaneously, MCC is conducting a detailed household-level survey in these villages and colonies to ensure that every unit hands over properly segregated waste to the MCC’s door-to-door garbage collection staff. Dedicated teams of SHG women have been engaged to ensure complete coverage of each household and to create mass awareness about segregation, which is mandatory for efficient transportation, processing and scientific disposal of waste.
This comprehensive awareness and survey drive is expected to yield significant results by ensuring fully segregated garbage collection from these areas, thereby improving overall sanitation standards and contributing to a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable Chandigarh.
