Jhelum Apartments Sec 5 ,Dwarka- Workshop on SWM and Composting

The PM wants Swacch Bharat, a clean India. You and We want clean India but for achieving this we indians have to change our perception, behaviour and sensitivity towards waste. Dwarka sub city is a well planned city but with poor sanitation and garbage disposal scheme. We can see garbage littered at every nook and corner. We all know garbage is money producer for SDMC because we citizen pay SDMC (in the form of various tax) for its scientfic disposal.

But what a citizen do when the agency not ready to render its services whole heartedly. Only one solution STOP GIVING THEM GARBAGE. Yes, that can be achieved by segregation at source and by adopting various method of composting at individual level or at society level.

Dwarka Forum spreading this awarness for the last 8 months and our vision was to constantly re-imagine our relationship with the mother earth, with each other and with our urban spaces. We are in the process of changing mindset about “waste”, about marginal livelihoods, about whose job it is to take care of “waste” etc. Since we are the garbage generator it is our responsibility primarily to do something for it.  In this row, Dwarka Forum organise various workshop in different societies of dwarka. This Sunday we had workshop at Jhelam Apartment, Sec-5, Plot-8, Dwarka. Residents was very willing to learn about segregation and what are the methods of composting. Managment team of Jhelam was very supportive and assured very soon they will start composting on their own.

Venue : Jhelum Apartments, Sector 5, Dwarka
Date: 11 Sep 2016

Dwarka Forum's Eco Warrior's :

• Ms Swarna Latha
• Ms Sudha Raj
• Ms Geeta Dutt
• Ms Madhuri Varshney
• Ms Aprajita Gautam

Special Thanks to Mr. Anita Bhamrah , Other MC members and all Residents of Jhelum Apartments.

Community composting: Low on cost, High on delivery

This is called aerobic composting which is very reasonable in term of cost and workmanship. Through this method, I believe that all the problems surrounding your wet and garden waste can be solved using steel mesh rings with stand and some gunny sacks.

All simple and efficient things evolve with time and effort. It’s neither vendor-driven, nor machine-driven. This method exploits the traditional method of composting to the hilt but customises it perfectly to suit individual needs. While the infrastructure comes at a few thousand rupees, a few hundred rupees is all you spend each month to keep it running. Segregated kitchen waste is collected at the doorstep by a housekeeper in a pushcart. He carries a sack of sawdust in the cart and sprinkles a handful of it on the kitchen waste.

This cuts down the moisture problem significantly. This half-processed waste reaches a roofed compost yard located in a corner. The worker spreads a thick layer of (at least 8-10 inches) dry leaves at the bottom and puts kitchen waste on top of it. This absorbs all the moisture content seeping down from the top layers efficiently. The top portion is always filled with dry leaves to ward off fruit flies, odor, mosquitoes and of course, rodents.
Composting time can be reduced by using activator like butter milk, curd, jaggery etc.

In continuation of Dwarka Forum meeting, Ekta Apartment,DDA SFS,Pocket 1&2, Sector 3,Dwarka gets it first cage from SDMC as a pilot project.

 Thanks team SDMC Najafgarh zone for their support and we are hopefull that in near future problem of horticulture and kitchen waste will be controlled by this small effort.