Second Nigam Haat inaugurated at Sarita Vihar
More than 30 eco-friendly products will be available for people at Nigam Haat. South Delhi Municipal Corporation’s Central Zone has started the second Nigam Haat at Sarita Vihar.
Zonal Deputy Commissioner Radha Krishan and local area councillor Neetu Chaudhary inaugurated the haat.
The civic agency, through such initiatives, aimed to promote segregation of waste at source, reuse of recycled items, use of cloth bags instead of plastic bags shopping purpose, home composting of wet waste, etc.
More than 30 eco friendly products will be available for people at Nigam Haat located in Sarita Vihar. People can purchase products made from unused and abandoned items/materials, said the civic body.
Deputy Commissioner Radha Krishan said the first such Nigam Haat located at Lajpat Nagar has been drawing good response from citizens. Nigam Haat is based on the concept of selling the idea of 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle).
He said our primary focus is to ensure disposal of waste at source level and to make citizens aware of segregation of waste and other Swachhta related activities. Deputy Commissioner said that Nigam Haats will be started in other areas also. On the occasion, senior officials of the SDMC were also present.
Besides this, a Swachhta Awareness Programme was organised in South Zone’s Hauz Khas Market. The awareness programme was organised by SDMC with the help of Why Waste Wednesdays Foundation in which more than 500 shopkeepers and consumers took part in games based on Swachhta initiatives.
On the occasion, cloth bags were distributed to encourage people to give up single use plastic bags. People also signed pledges to segregate waste at source and give up plastic bags. Such awareness programmes will be planned in various markets of South Zone.
In another important development, Ministry of Jal Shakti celebrated Swachh Bharat Diwas. The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, presided over the Swachh Bharat Diwas-2022 event of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS), Ministry of Jal Shakti, to commemorate the birth anniversary of swachhata inspiration and Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
This year, to encourage and commend the efforts of the States/UTs, accelerating the ODF Plus and Har Ghar Jal momentum and strengthening the people’s movement – Jan Andolan towards comprehensive sanitation, awardees for both Swachh Bharat Mission – Grameen (SBM-G) and Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) were felicitated by the President.
The Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat along with Minister of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh, Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Tribal affairs, BishweswarTudu and Minister of State for Jal Shakti & Food Processing Industries Prahlad Singh Patel, also conferred the awards to best performing States/UTs for Swachh Survekshan Grameen (SSG) 2022, Swachhta Hi Sewa 2022, Sujlam 1.0 & 2.0, JJM Functionality Assessment, Har Ghar Jal Certification and winners of Start-up Grand Challenge for innovative technology for Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM), National film competition for Gram Panchayats on various components of ODF +, National Wall painting competition on SBM(G).
The President was presented the first copies of Swachh Survekshan 2022 and JJM Functionality Assessment 2022 reports by Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
The President, Droupadi Murmu, gave the Swachh Survekshan Grameen 2022 awards under large state category to Telangana, Haryana & Tamil Nadu; under Small States & UT category to A&N Islands, DNH D&D and Sikkim in that order and to Bhiwani (Haryana) as overall Top Performing District.
This was followed by the President conferring the awards for Jal Jeevan Mission Functionality Assessment. In the more than 60 per cent tap water coverage category, Puducherry and Goa were felicitated; in less than 60 per cent tap water coverage category Tamil Nadu and Meghalaya secured the first and second position.
Murmu also gave the award to Burhanpur District, M.P for being the first ‘Har Ghar Jal’ certified district in the country, where all the villages through Gram Sabhas declared themselves as ‘Har Ghar Jal’.
