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Vikas Sharma. Dated: 10/13/2017 11:17:26 AM

Continuing our weekly feature, we are here today with Dr Jafar Iqbal, who is heading the Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) project in Jammu. While talking with the Young Bites, he shared about some important information about this project.
Vikas Sharma
VS: Dr Jafar, may we have a brief knowledge about this project?
JI: Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) project, is really a very good project, being setup by the government. This project is setup for the residents of Chak Lala village in Bishnah, kitchen waste has turned into an asset to generate income, courtesy Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) project set up by the Department of Rural Development Department.
SLRM is a concept conceived by the Vellore-based Indian Green Service (IGS) and in J&K two blocks - Akhnoor and Chaklala were selected for pilot project.
VS: What is the main process to decentralize the waster material?
JI: The project is a decentralized process of disposing off the waste wherein the solid waste generated by households is separately composted and safely disposed.
For the primary segregation of the waste, the Panchayat has provided two dustbins - one each for disposable and non-disposable waste - to 300 families of the village and the waste is collected twice a day from these houses so that it is not decomposed in dustbins.
VS: What is the present status of this project at Bishnah?
JI: The project seems to be the most effective way of managing the solid and liquid waste which no longer seems to be a waste but a resource indeed. If such projects are implemented in every village would relieve the government of the problem of identifying a vast common site to dump huge wastes but the segregation will start from the kitchen and will be disposed off in the village itself without impacting the environment. The project has not only initiated a clean and healthy environment but has also created a source of income for the people living in the area. Even the animals are benefitting from it. Abdul Haq said the project at Chak Lala has become an attraction as the pond created out of the waste material seems to be a fresh water lake with different birds in it. He directed officials to construct a park around the pond so that people can enjoy in leisure time. He said the project is a success as it is first such waste management plant which attracts people towards it unlike other where people run away from the place owing to foul smell. He said the project has started functioning from past few weeks and it is running successfully. She said the second target of the department is to set up a bio-gas plant and the gas produced will be sold to the village at cheap rates. Minister said the plant will help Panchayats to generate revenue by selling the waste products and will also help in keeping the village clean besides providing employment to villagers.