SHILLONG, APR 25: A team led by the Urban Affairs Minister Hamletson Dohling will visit Kerala’s Alappuzha next week to study the waste management programme adopted by the city, which has been rated as the top cleanest town in India.
Informing this here on Wednesday, Dohling said that the objective of the visit is to study the technique of waste management adopted by the city.
“The team will also interact with the municipal corporation of Kerala on the subject and see whether it can be implemented in Shillong,” he said.
The minister also said that the government is very much concern about Shillong and its cleanliness especially with National Games which is going to be held in the state in 2022.
Alappuzha city in Kerala is being recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) amongst five cities in the world that are working towards curbing pollution through their sustainable solid waste management practices.
Alappuzha, which has a population of 0.174 million and produces 58 tonnes of solid waste a day, has been implementing a project called Nirmala Bhavanam Nirmala Nagaram (Clean Homes Clean City) since November 2012.
The city has adopted decentralized waste management and is pushing for 100 per cent segregation in all the 23 wards of the city. Moreover, as many as 80 per cent households now have biogas plants and decentralised composting system.
In 2016, the Centre for Science and Environment had rated Alappuzha, which is considered to be the oldest planned city, as the top cleanest town in India followed by Mysuru and Panaji.
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