CEC for comprehensive plan for use of substitute products to reducing SUP
Leh: Chairman/CEC Tashi Gyalson chaired a meeting regarding Tsangda Project at the Council Secretariat.
District Panchayat Officer, Leh Junaid Amin Bhat gave a detailed presentation on Swachh Bharat Mission Grameen (Phase 2) Leh District where he gave a detailed overview of Solid waste Management Segregation Shed, Vehicle Purchased, SRMC Man Power Data, Total Waste collected, the requirement for strengthening of SMRC, Status of SWM, ODF Plus villages, bailing and shredding machine, dust bin, solid waste management, sanitation/SBM (G) phase 2, grey water management unit, etc.
CEC Tashi Gyalson the previous day directed the concerned officer to form a committee within 7 days to formulate an action plan and work collaboratively on all the strategies discussed in the meeting to deal with the hindrance.
CEC and concerned officers/ officials also discussed the requirements and shortcomings of Tsangda.
He, therefore, lay special emphasis on a comprehensive plan which includes source segregation of waste, segregated collection and transportation, processing of segregated waste, continuous awareness generation for reducing Single Use Plastic (SUP), use of substitute products, etc.
The meeting was attended by the Executive Councillor for Rural Tashi Namgyal; Executive Councillor for Minority, Ghulam Mehdi; Additional District Development Commissioner/ ACD Leh, Sonam Norbo; Chief Planning Officer, Leh, Tsewang Gyalson; District Panchayat Officer, Leh Junaid Amin Bhat; Block Development Officer, Leh, Tsering Wangchuk; Supervisor/ Coordinator, Project Tsangda.
