THE initiative of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) to collect the useless items from the citizens on the occasion of Diwali under ‘Swachh Diwali, Shubh Diwali’ scheme received good response as 5,668 kg of items had been collected during the five-day campaign. In order to solve the problem of disposing useless items during Diwali, Nagpur Mayor Nita Thackeray, Deputy Mayor Lila Hathibed, Chairperson of the Standing Committee Shivani Dani-Wakhare, ruling party leader Narendra (Balya) Borkar and NMC Commissioner Dr Vipin Itankar decided to implement the initiative of collecting useless items. On November 2, Nagpur Mayor Nita Thackeray inaugurated the collection centre of this initiative at the NMC headquarters.

 

This campaign was implemented from November 2 to November 6. About 80 collection centers were started in each zone as well as some other places. Citizens responded well to the five-day initiative. The campaign was carried out under the leadership of NMC Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Bhagat and NMC Chief Sanitation Officer Dr Gajendra Mahalle. The campaign mainly collected clothes, plastic, paper, books, e-waste, utensils and wood. The maximum amount of clothes collected was 3,000 kg, 1,353 kg of plastic, 191 kg of paper and books and 39 kg of e-waste were collected. These items given to organisations that utilise the accumulated waste.