Yamunanagar ‘s Ward no 7 to become zero-waste area

The Yamunanagar-Jagadhri Municipal Corporation (YJMC) has launched an initiative to make its office at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Chowk and Ward 7 ‘zero-waste’ areas.

The campaign, chaired by Additional Municipal Commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, was formally launched on Wednesday. He inspected every room of the corporation office to ensure it was garbage-free and urged employees and officers to throw waste only in designated bins. He also checked dustbins and cleanliness in each branch of the office.

Meanwhile, students of Swami Vivekanand Public School, accompanied by Additional Municipal Commissioner Dheeraj Kumar, Chief Sanitation Inspector Vinod Beniwal, Sanitation Inspector Pradeep Dahiya and other staff members, participated in a cleanliness drive in Sector-17.

Students and employees raised slogans in the market and also went door-to-door, urging people not to dump garbage in the open so that Ward 7 could be made garbage-free.

“We all clean our homes and shops and then throw garbage out on the streets, which is wrong. No one should do this. People should separate dry and wet waste and put it in dustbins. They should prepare compost from wet waste and put dry waste in vehicles of the Municipal Corporation,” said Additional Municipal Commissioner Dheeraj Kumar.

He urged all MC officers and employees to dispose of waste responsibly and instructed sanitation workers to clear dustbins daily. “A clean environment is the key to maintaining a healthy body. Therefore, everyone should maintain cleanliness around them,” he stressed.