IEC - PMU
AIILSG assisting municipal corporations improve SWM, become garbage-free with community participation All India Institute of Local Self-Government (AIILSG) is conducting IEC (Information, Education & Communication) activities under Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban (SBM - U) in Jammu, Srinagar, Dehradun and Pimpri-Chinchwad. These activities were initiated by the AIILSG in consultation with respective Municipal Corporations. The activities being undertaken in the projects are in line with the vision of SBM (U), which is to make all Indian cities open defecation free and garbage-free
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he AIILSG conducted various IEC activities in Jammu under SBM-U, in consultation with the Jammu Municipal Corporation. These activities were initiated in the begining of October 2020.
Various activities for community awareness are being conducted in the city. Some are mentioned below. AIILSG team, in collaboration with Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) organised a ‘Run for Cleanliness’ Marathon event on August 12, 2021, under SBM to celebrate ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ at MA Stadium, Jammu. The marathon started at 7 AM and participants had to cover the distance between MA Stadium and Police headquarters (start and back to MA Stadium). The event was attended by Mayor of Jammu, Chandermohan Gupta; Raghav Langar, Divisional commissioner, JMC; Deputy Mayor of Jammu, Purnima Sharma; Deputy Commissioner of Jammu, Anshul Garg; Mukesh Singh, Additional Director General of Police, Jammu; Pankaj Gupta, Joint Commissioner, JMC; Hitesh Gupta, Additional CEO, Jammu Smart City; Sudhir Bali, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, JMC; and Dr Sanjogita Soodan, Health Officer. To discourage the use of plastic/polythene and to completely stop usage of single use plastic in the city, the JMC launched a comprehensive campaign named “Bye - Bye Plastic #JammuAgainstPlastic”.
People were asked to suggest names for the campaign, and more than 150 suggestions were received by the JMC. Under the initiative, kiosks were installed in the prominent areas of Jammu City, which worked as exchange points for singleuse plastic with that of cloth/jute bag. People were encouraged to use jute/cloth bag for carrying daily goods. Under the campaign, 2.3 quintals of plastic was received by the JMC within a month and 6834 jute/cotton bags were provided in return to local citizens. The aim is to distribute 1 lakh plus bags all over the city. Looking at the successful efforts of JMC, various organisations eventually stepped up to contribute to the campaign. One of them was “Sparkle Women’s Club” which donated 1000 bags to JMC for the ongoing campaign “Bye - Bye Plastic”. JMC and AIILSG organised three different events consecutively under “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” initiative in September 2021. “Kachra Alag Karo Amrit Diwas” was organised on September 27, 2021. The objective was to sensitise people about the concept of door-to-door segregation in all 75 wards of the city. ‘Sarvajanik Sauchalaya Safai Jan Bhagidari Amrit Utsav’ was celebrated on September 29, 2021. In this, a training session was conducted by the JMC and AIILSG team where the community toilet/public toilet (CT/PT) caretakers were trained regarding an application designed for their work.
Swachh Survekshan Ranking
Dehradun
Jammu
City
SS 2019
SS 2021
Jammu 318
169
Dehradun 384
82
Pimpri-Chinchwad
19
52
Srinagar 357 42
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In order to sensitise people of Dehradun regarding cleanliness and its importance, the AIILSG team conducted IEC activities in the city. The team conducted awareness programme amongst citizens about ‘Vote for your city’ application and assisted them in voting through the platform. Awareness campaigns were organised in the city about segregation of waste at individual households, on maintaining open defecation free status of the city, and on making Dehradun a
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