Following the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) decision to eliminate the need to transport household waste, six residential colonies have emerged as test cases for decentralising waste management. Named ‘Anupam Colonies’, these neighbourhoods now segregate and process waste within their own premises.
What is an Anupam Colony?
According to Rajeev Kumar Jain, NDMC Advisor (Solid Waste Management), the Anupam Colony project is meant to serve as a model for sustainable urban living. “It is the vision of NDMC chairperson Keshav Chandra to declare every colony as an Anupam Colony by shifting from traditional cleaning to mechanised systems, and processing wet and horticultural waste at decentralised composting units,” Mr. Jain told The Hindu.
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