"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
"Dream, Dream, Dream! Conduct these dreams into thoughts, and then transform them into action."
- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
25 Jul 2019
Waste management is essential to keep the environment healthy and ragpickers work hard every day to keep our surroundings spick and span. But is the community getting what they deserve? Are we acknowledging their work? Well! There are people who think of them. Recently a 14-year-old girl, Sanjana Runwal donated raincoats and gumboots to 200 ragpickers in Mumbai. And now another news has made us elated.
The very first garbage café of India will soon be launched in Chhattisgarh and we are grateful to Ambikapur Municipal Corporation for making this happen. Ragpickers and underprivileged people are going to benefit a lot from this café. They will be provided with a free meal if they hand over 1 kg of plastic waste and breakfast will be given to those who will give away 500 grams of plastic waste.
While talking to ANI, the Mayor of Ambikapur, Ajay Tirkey said: "Our door-to-door waste collection process is already in place. We also re-sell plastic. The initiative will become successful. In the budget, we have allocated Rs 6 lakh for the café.”
The garbage café will not only benefit the underprivileged people and ragpickers but, will also help in keeping the city cleaner. Our country can be free of waste if such initiatives are taken in every city.
