Chandigarh, 23 December (Wishv Warta)- Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, UT, Chandigarh today launched the campaign for awareness & use of organic compost at fragrance garden, sector 36, here today in presence of Smt. Asha Jaswal, Mayor, Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Anil Dubey, Deputy Mayor, Dr. Saurabh Mishra, IAS and Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, Additional Commissioners, Smt. Sunita Dhawan, area councilor, Sh. Manoj Bansal, Chief Engineer, Sh. N.P. Sharma, Superintending Engineer, B&R, other councilors and officers of MCC, prominent persons of city and local area residents.
During the launch, the MP also distributed 2 Kg bags of organic compost to the residents of city manufactured by the horticulture department of MCC. She appealed to all citizens, nursery owners and horticulture agencies to pledge to use only city compost in their gardens, farm houses and public gardens. She has also appealed to bulk waste generators like educational institutions and hotels to set up decentralized composting equipment in their respective premises and encourage the citizens to segregate organic waste for further composting.
The Mayor said that the MCC will organize similar awareness programmes under “city compost campaign” under Swachh Bharat Mission to encourage citizens to use compost produced from horticulture waste.
While addressing the citizens, Sh. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Municipal Commissioner said that compost is rich in plant nutrients and is very useful for gardens, horticulture and agriculture. Composting of garden waste in right way is very simple and by composting we can convert our daily garden waste into rich organic manure by following few steps i.e. digging a pit according to the size available and filling this with garden waste i.e. leaves, grass etc. and other garden waste. Frequently water the compost pit and it should be damp not wet. After that turn the compost occasionally, this will add oxygen to the compost material. In 4-5 months, compost will be ready to use and sieve the compost to remove impurities before use in gardens, flower pots and lawns etc., he added.
Earlier, Smt. Sunita Dhawan, area councilor welcomed the Chief Guest and all the dignitaries for launching this campaign from her ward. She assured that she will lead this campaign from door to door of the local area residents in this ward.