Pro-active citizens are key to clean Bengaluru: BBMP chief
Gaurav Gupta launches BBMP-enabled Citizen Participation Programme on waste disposal
BENGALURU:
Citizen participation programmes play an important role in keeping the city clean. In a decentralised system, zonal/constituency/ward level coordinators and Shuchi Mitras at the block level and volunteers at the lane level have to work towards this objective, said BBMP Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta on Wednesday.
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He was speaking after launching the BBMP-recognized Citizen Participation Programme at Puttanna Chetti Purabhavana. Even as junior observers and marshals are keeping an eye on garbage disposal, citizens too must proactively join hands with BBMP in the endeavour, Gupta said. A new organisation for solid waste management has been set up, which will supplement the work of the civic agency, he noted.
‘Landfills pollute’
Justice Subhash B Adi, Chairman, NGT State Level Monitoring Committee for Solid Waste Management, Karnataka, said that in accordance with the motto, ‘Our waste is our responsibility’, elected representatives, BBMP officials and citizens must join hands to make the city cleaner.
Calling for creating public awareness on waste segregation, Justice Adi said waste disposal in landfills pollutes the environment and hence it is important to dispose of waste at the source.
ಬಿಬಿಎಂಪಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹಮ್ಮಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದ “ನಗರದ ಸ್ವಚ್ಛತೆಗಾಗಿ ನಾಗರೀಕರ ಸಹಭಾಗಿತ್ವ” ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದು ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಂಡೆ. ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವು ಪುಟ್ಟಣ್ಣ ಚೆಟ್ಟಿ ಪುರಭವನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆಯಿತು. ನಮ್ಮ ಕಸ ನಮ್ಮ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿ ಎನ್ನುವುದೇ ಇದರ ಧ್ಯೇಯ ವಾಕ್ಯ. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/DTGApSp9Tx
— Gaurav Gupta (@BBMPCOMM) August 25, 2021
ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಮಟ್ಟದ ಘನತ್ಯಾಜ್ಯ ನಿರ್ವಹಣೆ ಉಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಮಿತಿಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಹಾಗೂ ನಿವೃತ್ತ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರು ಶ್ರೀ ಸುಭಾಷ್ ಬಿ ಆಡಿ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. 3/3
— Gaurav Gupta (@BBMPCOMM) August 25, 2021
Responsibilities under Citizen Participation Programme
- Zonal/constituency/ward level coordinators
-Take support from block volunteers and work with ward-level SWM officials (BBMP/BSWML/marshal).
-Track block performance on segregation.
-Track Sahaya complaints.
-Track penalties levied.
-Monitor the performance of SWM units in the ward.
-Identify gaps to conduct training sessions as a Master Trainer.
-Take responsibility for the Citizen Participation Programme at the ward level.
- Shuchi Mitra at block level
-Take inputs from lane volunteers and work with auto drivers, supervisors, link workers, marshals.
-Watch and report on door-to-door collection.
-Carry out information and awareness sessions on 3-way segregation.
-Track black spots in the block.
-Take responsibility for the Citizen Participation programme in the block.
- Volunteer at lane level
-Inform the block volunteer.
-Watch and report on door-to-door collection.
-Promote 3-way segregation.
Special Commissioners Dr Harish Kumar, D Randeep, Reddy Shankar Babu, Dayanand, Basavaraju, Joint Commissioner Sarfaraz Khan, and all zonal Joint Commissioners, along with marshals and citizens, were present on the occasion.
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