Kudos to Khar Danda Municipal School, Mumbai
Khar Danda Municipal School along with H/West ward is trying to reduce the pressure on the city's dumping ground by taking small but impactful steps
Khar Danda Municipal School is the most unlikely place where you’d expect rainwater harvesting facility, composting pit, vermicompost, and separate bins for dry and wet waste. However, you’d be surprised to know that this quaint-looking school near Khar Danda slums has all these facilities, in addition to getting its 700 students involved in the same.
Waste management
The entire school with students from class 1 to class 7 is consciously making efforts to segregate waste and use the wet waste for converting into compost, thus cutting down on the amount of waste that goes to the dumping ground. Currently, the entire wet waste generated here is recycled and doesn’t go to the city’s dumping ground. This, in turn, reduces the number of rounds that dumping trucks would have made to the dumping ground, in turn saving on fuel.The areas designated for compost pit and rainwater harvesting are located in the backyard of the school, with large posters next to them. Chandrakant Tambe, Junior Overseer, SWM department, H/West ward, shares, “This poster has all the information about the process of composting and other necessary details that kids can read. This helps them understand the process and reminds them about the necessity of waste segregation.”
A section officer from the ward keeps a daily check on the maintenance of these initiatives and has been doing a great job. The biggest motivator for these projects is Pranali Shinde, the principal of this school, who educates the kids tirelessly about how such things are essential; and that in the future, this is the only way to reduce pressure on the city’s dumping ground.
(Source: DNA Newspaper, December 11, 2015)
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