RAJOURI: Deputy Commissioner Rajouri Abhishek Sharma today chaired a meeting to discuss preparations for the 30-day Green Schools, Clean Rajouri campaign.
The campaign is aimed at teaching scientific waste management, wet-waste composting to students and generating behavioural change in the society.
The campaign is set to cover 50 Higher Secondary Schools, where students would be provided hands-on learning about wet-waste composting and its conversion into useful manure. The initiative will focus on developing a sense of ownership, responsibility and sustainable waste-management practices among children.
The Deputy Commissioner directed for close coordination among all concerned departments at the local level to ensure a united and coordinated approach towards waste management. He stressed that the campaign should go beyond awareness and result in practical behavioural change among students and households.
The KVK will provide training to teachers, who will serve as master trainers for imparting practical knowledge of composting to students. The schools will subsequently facilitate hands-on composting activities, with each student bringing a specified quantity of wet waste per child for the purpose.
The schools will also monitor different stages of the composting process and analyse the progress to enhance the learning experience and explore measures for faster and more effective composting.
The DC further directed that an IEC campaign be undertaken with a focused message on proper waste management at the household level, encouraging families to segregate and manage wet waste responsibly. He called for making the campaign a sustained learning exercise that equips students with practical skills while encouraging them to become ambassadors of cleanliness and responsible waste management in their homes and communities.
The best-performing schools will be recognised during the campaign and shall be provided with incentives to encourage healthy competition and continued adoption of sustainable waste-management practices.
The meeting was attended by ADDC Malikzada Sheraz Ul Haq; CPO, Maqsood Ahmed; ACD, Sheraz Chowhan; ACP, Mohd Rafeeq; CEO Mohd Hafiz; ARTO, Ashiq Rafiq Malik; DSWO.
