To Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Honourable Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment Government of India. Subject: Inclusion of wastepickers for the proposed pension programme to be announced on 125th anniversary of Baba Saheb Ambedkar Dear Sir, We acknowledge and are grateful for your ministry’s initiative to include children of wastepickers in the scholarship … Continue reading Include wastepickers for the proposed pension programme
Guntur known for its chillies is set to become an important city. Residual state of Andhra Pradesh, after creation of Telangana, has chosen its capital to be in the area between Guntur and Vijaywada. Rapid urbanization is on its way. It is high time that the city starts upgrading its infrastructure and pursues the path … Continue reading Incineration of Waste will Throw Marginalized Communities like Yanadis out of Business
Last week, Nelamangala Town Municipal Council general body unanimously passed a resolution for inclusion of wastepickers in waste management. Nelamangala is a small town, located in Bangalore (rural) district, with a population of 37,232. The city generates around 7 tons of waste a day and has around 80-100 wastepickers. Town Municipal Council has agreed to … Continue reading Nelamangala Municipal Council Unanimously Passes Resolution for Inclusion of Wastepickers
Notes from Nayandahalli ‘Cities are engines of growth’ is an old cliché statement. For economic growth and well being of mankind they consume the resources sourced from faraway lands and release matter termed as waste. It is imperative to frame the discourse of sustainability in cities around the questions of ‘flow of matter’ i.e. where … Continue reading Exploring Nayandahalli as an Ecosystem Where Waste is Transformed in Resource
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