Lung (Patiala),February 2: Patiala district's Village Lung has emerged as an example for othervillages to dispose of household waste. Under the Swachh Bharat Grameen Mission, the Gram Panchayat incollaboration with the Round Glass Organisation under MGNREGA has taken up thetask of handling and disposing of the garbage in the village and managing thesolid waste disposal as well as raising awareness among the people. Foolproof arrangements have been made todispose of the garbage.
Daljit Kaur, a residentof the village, said that the collection of garbage from their houses has madeit easier for them so that they do not have to go outside to dump theirgarbage. With this, they keep theirhome-made kitchen waste in a separate garbage bin and plastic andnon-perishable garbage in another garbage bin.
While another resident Sandeep Kaur said thatshe is proud that she is helping to keep her village clean and tidy under thisgarbage management mission and she also thanked the Round Glass organizationwhich provided her the dustbin and enabled them to dispose of their householdwaste in a clean manner.
Kulveer Singh, whocollects garbage separately from the houses, said that he collects wet and drygarbage from the people's houses separately and collects it in a specialgarbage dump set up outside the village, where Compost is made from wet waste. He said that the compost made here is used in nurseries or fields. Dry waste, including plastic envelopes, isused for further recycling.
Village SarpanchBalwinder Singh said that under the mission of 'Har Ghar Pani Har Ghar Safai',dry and wet garbage from around 250 houses in village Lung is collectedseparately and taken to the solid waste management site and efforts are being made to collect garbage inthe same manner from more houses.
Meanwhile, theA.D.C. (Development) Dr. Preeti Yadav said that work on wastemanagement and wastewater management projects in the villages of the districtwas in full swing.