STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: JK Pollution Control Committee, Jammu and Jammu Municipal Corporation have decided to devise an effective mechanism for implementation of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Rules, 2016 and to curb the menace of Polythenxe Carry Bags below 75 microns in the municipal limits of Jammu City. Mayor, Chander Mohan Gupta intimated that JMC has ensured door to door collection of household waste in specially designed vehicles and dispatch the same to the facility for its better management. He stressed upon the need to create awareness among the citizens for segregation of the waste, as 70 to 80 percent household waste is dry waste and can be easily converted into manure. But when it mixes with wet waste due to ignorance or unhealthy approach of peoples, it become difficult to get it segregated and whole waste have to sent landfill site for burial. Chairperson, JKPCC Dr. Neelu Gera, said that in view of NGT directions, it was imperative for every Government agency to play its part effectively for the implementation of Municipal Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. She also appealed Mayor JMC to take effective steps to curb the menace of Polythene Carry Bags below 75 microns. Due to its fewer prizes, it is being used by small shopkeepers, vendors, Rehariwalas etc and is used for throwing the household waste in water bodies around the cities, which is the cause of pollution in these water bodies. She said that, while issuing license, shopkeepers, vendors, rehariwalas be asked to put a sticker on their place that polythene carry bags below 75 microns are not used here and defaulters be booked for token punishment, so that a precedence be set up for others. Others present were K.Ramesh Kumar, Member Secretary, JKPCC, Sat Paul, Regional Director, PCC, Jammu, J N Sharma, Environmental Engineer, JK PCC, Raj Kumar, Chairman, Health & Sanitation Committee, Ajay Gupta, Chairman, Social Justice Committee, Sandhya Gupa, Coucillor W.No. 15, Gopal Gupta, Coucillor W.No. 5, Dinesh Gupta, Coucillor W.No. 18, Sucha Singh, Coucillor W.No. 31, Sunita Gupta, Coucillor W.No. 37, Bhanu Mahajan, Coucillor Gandhi Nagar, and Anil Sharma.
