Haryana Government to launch waste collection drive on August 15

Chandigarh, July 29

The state government will inaugurate the Mahagram Yojana, wherein efforts will be made to make the streets of big villages garbagefree, from Faridabad Sotai’s village on Independence Day, August 15.

Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala held consultations with senior officials of the Public Health Engineering Department and the Development and Panchayats Department to review the progress made under the scheme. He directed the officials to take cue from Hisar’s Nayagaon village, where the cattle dung was put to use, and explore the possibilities of setting up solid waste treatment plants, along with sewerage and biogas plants.

The Deputy Chief Minister was informed in the meeting that the yojana was started in the state for villages with a population of more than 10,000. Under the scheme, 129 villages were selected where sewerage would be set up. He was also told that at present, the scheme was in its first phase, and was launched in 20 villages as a pilot project. The yojana would be implemented in 38 villages in the second phase, and 71 villages in the third phase. — TNS