The Chairman of New Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), Naresh Kumar, on Sunday, awarded certificates to the participants of Swachchhta Summer Internship 2018 during its valedictory function at Charkha museum in Connaught Place.
Kumar said, “The swacchta interns might play a pivotal role to take the mission forward to the schools and work as Brand Ambassadors of their life styles for their families, community and nation.”
Around 106 students of the NDMC and DPS schools participated in the internship program which started on June 28. The participants adopted NDMC area and conducted activities of their choice to contribute to the cause of sanitation in the New Delhi area.
“The participants had conducted door to door awareness drive on segregation of waste at source, bio-waste recycling and composting across the communities and interacted with the residents of the New Delhi area” he said further.
With the positive results in respect of developing five colonies including Jorbagh, Pandara Park, Bapa Nagar, Kaka Nagar and Golf link, as zero waste colonies under the pilot basis, the chairman had instructed the officials concerned to work out the feasibility for undertaking more colonies under the ambit of zero waste colonies of New Delhi area during the year.