Gandhi Nagar
The project covers 15 wards, 2400 families and employs nine tricycles, 11 supervisors and 25 workers. The Zero Waste Centre is built inside the town panchayat office, which houses nine male calves. Segregated garbage from all the families every day weighs about 3 MT. Every resident family pays Rs. 20 every month to sustain this project. Men and women SHGs are employed in the project. Sewers are being cleaned once in three days. It is to be noted that the Chairman, Vice Chairman and the councilors of the panchayat work together for the success of the project, by going from door to door for generating awareness. Gandhi Nagar residents have contributed Rs.4 lakhs towards the project, which has so far generated Rs.65,000 through the sale of recyclables, and Rs.25,000 from compost.

Gandhi Nagar is the first town panchayat in India to have achieved ZWM. People from all over the country are visiting this model project for replication.

Photos:

Compost Shed in a Zero waste centre		Permanent compost beds inside the shed
15 ward councillors, executive officer, Asst. Director worked together to achieve ZWM in Gandhi Nagar with EGC		A waste collection team of two street beautifiers and one supervisors with a Tricycle
Door to Door collection of segregated waste		Tricycle carrying morning headlines
Unloading inorganic waste from red compartment		Separating organic waste that can be fed to cattle