Overview
Do not get used to the garbage strewn in your colony. It not only mars the appearance of your locality but also has other implications. At least 8 percent of Indian's landmass has become wasteland due to open garbage dumps. Moreover these dumps are breeding ground for infectious diseases like plague, cholera, tuberculosis, jaundice, and numerous skin aliments. The unmanaged garbage leave behind a spate of civic woes such as logging of sewers and uncontrollable emission of toxic gases.
In Indian climatic conditions, garbage left unattended even for 8 to 12 hours, is capable of giving birth to microbes –enough in number to affects the health of the residents.
As each of us is responsible for creating garbage it is imperative that we share the responsibility to manage it. Get organized and work to wards making your colony a zero garbage area. Vatavaran can help you do so.
ROLE OF RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATION (RWA'S)
Before launching of the scheme, the RWA's are required to:
Send circular to all the residents of the colony requesting them to join the scheme and motivate them via personal interaction as well.
Arrange for approximately designed three-wheeler cycle rickshaw for the transportation of garbage from the house to house to compost area..
Provide uniforms to the Cleaning Brigade.
Provide a wasteland for segregating and composting.
After launching of the scheme , the RWA's are required to :
Help Supervisor collect the monthly payment from the residents.
Monitor the day to day working of the scheme.
Launching the "Cleaning Brigade Scheme" in your colony
- As and when resident of a colony wish to start the scheme, they contact Vatavaran.
- The quantum and type of garbage produced by the colony is studied
- A patch of wasteland within the colony is selected for composting
- Local rag pickers and under privileged, unemployed youth are trained to collect segregate.
- Cleaning Brigades undertake to pickup the garbage from the house to house at a nominal amount of Rs.60/- per month per house.
- The cleaning Brigade further segregates the garbage so collected.
- The biodegradable waste is used for making organic compost through the pit system and sold at Rs. 5/- per Kg.
- The recyclable materials are disposed off through the recycling system.
- The pits are suitably maintained and landscaped by the workers
- The Cleaning Brigade requires certain skills and organizational supervision.