Efforts on to make Dalhousie cleanest

Our Correspondent

Dalhousie, August 23

The Nestle India, in collaboration with Recity Network and Dalhousie Municipal Council, launched the ‘Hilldaari’ initiative here on Friday, in the presence of officials and residents of the town.

The ‘Hilldaari’ movement aims to transform solid waste management practices and make Dalhousie one of the cleanest hill stations of India.

Commenting on the initiative, Sanjay Khajuria, Director - Corporate Affairs, Nestlé India, said “As a company, we share the ambition that no plastic waste should end up in the landfills. We are delighted in expanding the ‘Hilldaari’ initiative in Dalhousie and are extremely grateful to the local authorities for their support”. “With the support of the Hotel Association in Dalhousie, the project team had conducted a pilot awareness campaign across 96 hotels and partnered with various stakeholders to undertake multiple clean-up and plantation drives,” Khajuria said.

At the event, 12 household waste management professionals were felicitated for their exemplary service to the city. A campaign anthem, ‘Do Ekam Do’, inspiring locals and tourists to be ‘Responsible towards hills’ was also performed by Manzil Mystics, a folk fusion band from Delhi.

Speaking at the event, Dalhousie SDM Murari Lal said “In the pilot stage, we had ensured that the vehicles plying to collect waste from the city had two separate compartments to collect dry and wet waste. In Dalhousie, the terrain makes it difficult to collect waste from certain areas. To tackle this, ‘caged storage bins’ have been installed as a pilot project in Ward 4 of the town”.

MC president Manoj Chadha said the idea was to bring multiple stakeholders on to a common platform. Hilldaari leader Anurag Tripathi said the aim was to effectively implement an integrated solid waste management plan.