As villages are fast changing into garbage dumps across Jammu & Kashmir, the incumbent Government headed by Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has very rightly taken a decision provide one electric vehicle (e-cart) to each one of the Gram Panchayats in both Kashmir Valley and as well as Jammu division. The decisions if implemented in the given timelines will surely improve solid waste management disposal system in villages across Jammu & Kashmir . As Government has committed to implement the facility of e-carts to 4281 Gram panchayats in a phased manner across Jammu & Kashmir, the onus of establishing a garbage dumping system now lies on the elected representatives of Gram Panchyats. Significantly the Directorate of Rural Sanitation has already floated tenders for delivery of e-carts to Gram Panchayats under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen)-II” across Jammu & Kashmir. It is in place to mention here that Rural Development and Panchayati Raj has proposed procurement 350 e-carts in the first phase for the hilly and plain areas of Jammu & Kashmir and department has also categorically said in it’s proposal that no of e-carts can increase and as such the proposal is subject to change in procurement of the quantity of e-carts for Gram Panchayats across Jammu & Kashmir. With Government planning to procure a total of 700 twin bin e-carts in the first phase for improving the solid waste management system in villages across Jammu & Kashmir, it shows that the major initiative of putting e-carts at the disposal of 4281 Gram panchayats would be most likely completed before the end of current financial year across Jammu & Kashmir.
For the first time Jammu & Kashmir Government has shifted its focus to solid waste management in Villages across Jammu & Kashmir and as such it is for the Gram Panchayat need to execute segregation and dumping system in Villages as has been done by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Never forget that the successive popular governments of erstwhile J&K state never bothered to even give a thought to the idea of establing waste disposal management systems in Villages in either Kashmir Valley or Jammu division.
As the lack of proper garbage treatment and dumping facility has changed villages into garbage dumping sites both in Kashmir Valley and as well as Jammu division, the e-carts having a fully electric battery fitted with the twin bin garbage containers would surely ease the process of garbage lifting in villages and as such would improve the working of waste management disposal system in villages. What matters the most is the fact that for the first time Jammu & Kashmir Government has shifted its focus to solid waste management in Villages across Jammu & Kashmir and as such it is for the Gram Panchayat need to execute segregation and dumping system in Villages as has been done by the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Never forget that the successive popular governments of erstwhile J&K state never bothered to even give a thought to the idea of establing waste disposal management systems in Villages in either Kashmir Valley or Jammu division.
