Madhya Pradesh's first plastic waste MoU has been signed in Bhopal on Friday. The MoU was signed in the presence of Vini Maharaj, Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Central Government. Plastic waste material will be used in road construction.
In the results of the Swachh Survekshan (Rural)-2022, Bhopal stood at number-1 in 5 states. That is, the villages of Bhopal were the cleanest. A lot of work has been done in the district on solid waste. 180 sheds for waste segregation have been prepared where the garbage of the villages reaches and then it is sorted.
On the lines of cities, door-to-door garbage collection is being done in every village. For this, there are three to four Swachhta Grahis in every Gram Panchayat. Garbage is coming from all the villages in the Intkhedi road where it is processed and sold.
Under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Rural) scheme, MoU has been signed for the first time for use of plastic waste in the state. Jal Shakti Secretary Mahajan, Additional Chief Secretary Panchayat and Rural Development Department Malay Srivastava, State Programme Officer of Swachh Bharat Mission Kedar Singh, Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority CEO Tanvi Sunidrayal, Zilla Panchayat CEO Rituraj Singh were present in the programme held in the District Panchayat office on Friday morning. Under the contract, plastic waste generated from rural areas will be sold to MPRRDA. This waste can be used in road construction.
Assistant Project Officer Sandeep Kumar Srivastava said that a total of 26 clusters have been formed in the district. At the same time, garbage is being collected from 198 garbage vehicles. These vehicles are brought to the MRF center built in Intkhedi road and then sorting takes place. Here the plastic waste will be used for the road. MoU has been signed for this. Additional CEO RK Verma, Project Officer Upendra Sengar etc were also present in the programme.