Early Times Report
Rajouri, Dec19: District Development Commissioner Rajouri, Mohammad Nazir Sheikh today convened a meeting with the proposed District level task force regarding implementation of solid waste management rules and formulation of Environmental Management plan in the district.
The meeting was attended by Chief planning officer Shama-Un Ahmed, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Sunderbani,Vinod Kumar Benhal, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Nowshera,Sukhdev Singh, Subdivisional Magistrate Thanamandi Tanveer Ahmed, Assistant Commissioner Revenue Mohd Ashraf,Assistant Commissioner Development Sushil khajuria,Chief Agriculture officer Janak Raj,Chief Animal Husbandry officer Mohd Younis,Divisional forest officer Rajouri/ Nowshera,Chief horticulture officer and other concerned officers. While speaking during the meeting the DDC said that annual environmental plan aims at improving overall parameters of environment in the district including widespread measures to curb use of plastic/polythene,strategizing the disposal of solid waste and biomedical waste and mass awareness through community participation. He also said that Waste management is one of the major problems.He added that the formation of modern economic and social environment tends to address the issue of waste management not as a useless material from which should get rid of with the least painful way for the environment but as a resource that the management should be done through integrated systems aimed mainly to sustainability. |
