DC: Waste mgmt must to preserve Lahaul ecology

Kullu, February 25

Pankaj Rai, Deputy Commissioner, Lahaul and Spiti, said there was a dire need to separate the wet and dry waste so that tourism could be integrated with cleanliness and sustainable tourism plan could be strengthened.

Presiding over a workshop on solid waste management for school principals and teachers at DIET Institute, Tandi, he said to preserve the ecology of the Lahaul valley, it was important that the waste be managed and disposed of properly.

The DC said this subject was also being taught in school curriculum through educative videos and sessions. He said sensitisation of schoolchildren and public on solid waste management was the only way to keep the district garbage-free in future.

He added that the purpose of this workshop was to communicate this message regarding solid waste management to every household through schoolchildren so that a model of sanitation and sustainable tourism could be developed for the district.

Rai said various awareness programmes were being held during the snow festiva. He added that this becomes more important as the valley was witnessing heavy tourist influx after the opening of the Atal Tunnel.— OC

Awareness mandatory for cleanliness

Sensitisation of schoolchildren and public on solid waste management is the only way to keep the district garbage-free