About The Event

     On the occasion of 150th birth year of Mahatma Gandhi, One-day National Webinar on solid waste management was organized on 4 September 2020 under the Joint collaboration of Chhattisgarh Government Higher Education Department, NSS Cell, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Bilaspur and with Chaitanya Science and Arts College, Pamgarh. In which participants from nine countries outside India including almost all the states and union territories of India have participated. Prof.G.D. Sharma Vice Chancellor Atal Bihari Vajpayee University Bilaspur, was present as a Chief Guest. Dr. Samarendra Singh, the State Department of Higher Education Officer and ex-officio Deputy Secretary was present as a special guest.
Vivek Joglekar a Motivational Speaker welcomed all the guests and provided the introduction and the outline of the webinar. Dr.Manoj Kumar Sinha, Programme officer NSS Cell Atal Bihari Vajpayee University, Bilaspur moderated the National Webinar. Mr. Virendra Tiwari the Director of Chaitanya Science and Arts College, said that it is not only wonderful to have such an event in times of crisis, but there is a need to realize the dreams of a waste free India by doing waste management. Appreciating the event, Dr. Sharad.K Vajpayee the Principal, discussed some ways to reduce solid waste.
    Dr. Samarendra Singh asked the audience and volunteers to be mentally free from pollution first and work in a positive direction for environmental balance, cleanliness, biodiversity and protecting the earth. This national webinar is a commendable effort of the University and Chaitanya Science and Arts College Pamgarh in this direction.  He discussed about Tejram Sarathi, a NSS volunteer of Raigarh, who has introduced solid waste management by running a campaign of five KG of rice instead of six KG of plastic with public cooperation. Prof. G.D Sharma Vice Chancellor ,said that proper management of solid waste would be possible only with awareness, public participation, scientific knowledge and the will of the government. Public participation is essential for proper success. Volunteers play an important role in bringing awareness to the general public. Along with increasing human need, 18 kg of garbage is also increasing from households per capita in India, equivalent to 70 million tonnes of garbage is generated in the whole country, of which 20 percent is used, 10 percent is managed and 70 percent remains unusable.
    Its management requires scientific knowledge and its practical process and formulation of policies of good governance, Inventory of Waste Management and Recycle Management is very important for its success. While praising the Godhan Scheme of the Government of Chhattisgarh, he said that this scheme is an epoch-making step in the direction of sustainable Development.
    Dr. Atul Narayan Vaidhya Director ,CSIR Neeri Nagpur, gave a detailed lecture on Municipal Waste Management in India. He said that along with technological, scientific and economic development, the volume of waste also increases. Citizens of developed countries have to pay tax or public cooperation of 3000 rupees per month for waste management. The situation in India is different as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, cleanliness and education were laid out, but due to lack of public cooperation and awareness, it is not impossible. SWM in India Rules 2016 is applicable, under which the disposal of solid waste, electronic waste, chemical waste, C & D and bio medical waste is applicable. We should be environment friendly; if we do not protect the environment then nature will start protecting itself.
    Dr. Smt. Garima Tiwari Assistant Professor Forestry Department, Guru Ghasidas Central University, Bilaspur emphasized on the use of bio-degradable products. Dr. W.G.Prasanna Kumar, Chairman, Mahatma Gandhi Rural Development Council, Hyderabad was present as a Special Guest said that we are the creators of solid waste from birth to death, our society needs to be sensitized on environment cleanliness. Prof B.K. Patel NSS Program Officer Mr.Sanjay Baghel and Dr. Narendranath Guria expressed their gratitude to all. More than 1230 participants from all over the country and abroad participated in this webinar event through YouTube and Google meet.