Mohali to get plastic waste segregation plant for rural areas

In a bid to ensure segregation of plastic waste in rural areas, a plant will soon come up at the Madanhedi village of Kharar block.

In a review meeting of the rural development works organised today, at the District Administrative Complex, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Sonam Chaudhary said solid and plastic waste has become the major issue in the rural areas.

“We have been trying various methods to dispose of the solid and wet waste with the help of Department of Water Supply and Sanitation. The plastic waste plant that is being set up at Madanhedi by Water Supply and Sanitation Department will pave the way for compressing the plastic material in bales, thereby, for sale in the open market,” Chaudhary further said.

In total, 78 villages would get the ODF Plus tag under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) by resolving dry and wet waste issues properly to make them model villages by March-end.

The Additional Deputy Commissioner further asked the Block Development and Panchayat Officers of the Mohali and Dera Bassi blocks to complete the construction and finishing of rural libraries in their respective blocks by the mid of February to make these functional by February end. Both blocks have six libraries each.

Emphasising the speeding up of the construction of houses under Prime Minister Awas Yojna (Gramin), she said all the beneficiaries should be guided to get the rest of the installments by completing the first/second phase. Progress of construction of 26 Anganwadi Centre Buildings and playgrounds was also assessed.

The BDPOs were also asked to furnish the Utilisation Certificates of the completed works under various finance commissions and MP local area development funds without delay.