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Pradeep Kumar

10/11/21 10:05 AM IST

Clean Green Village Week

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As part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a 75-week long celebration, States/UTs have conducted one-week-long Clean Green Village activity under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA between 29th October to 4th November 2021.

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  • During the Clean Green Village Week, the focus was on the identification and construction of Soak pits, Vermicompost/NADEP pit and Waste to wealth initiatives such as vermicomposting, reuse of waste materials, recycling of non-biodegradable waste.
  • Various meetings, workshops and onsite demos were conducted during the week at a large number of gram panchayats.
  • 1,970 events were reported by the States/UTs, in which 2,597 waste to wealth initiatives were completed as well as 8,887 soak pits and 2,262 compost pits reported as completed during the week.
  • Ministry has laid emphasis on taking up permissible works like construction of Soak pits, Solid waste management (Vermi/ NADEP compost pit) and SLWM works (drainage channel, liquid bio manure, recharge pits, School & Anganwadi toilets, soakage channel, village drain and stabilization pond).
Source: PIB

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