Dear friends,
Here is a news item for your information.
Regards,
Nava Thakuria,
Secretary,
Guwahati Press Club,
Guwahati-781001
Journalists to study garbage management in Guwahati
Guwahati: Guwahati Press Club has decided to study the problem of garbage
management in the largest city of Northeast with special reference to
bio-medical wastes. This is a known fact that Guwahati, the crowded city houses
nearly 20,00,000 residents and the city produces hundred thousand kgs of
garbage everyday. More over, the city has emerged as a health care hub for the
state as well as for the seven neighbouring states serving more than three
crore people. One can easily imagine the quantity of hazardous bio-medical
wastes that the hospitals and pathological labs produce in a single day.
But unfortunately enough, the city does not have an adequate modern system to
deal with the situation. Though the Ministry of Environment and Forests (GoI)
issued Municipal Wastes (Management & Handling) Rules in 2000, the present
state of garbage management system in Guwahati is not able to cope-up with the
need of the time.
The study will cover all aspects of garbage management in the city. A group of
journalists will take the initiative and finally compile a comprehensive report
in English on the issue. Interested journalists (must be Guwahati based), are
requested to contact the secretary, Guwahati Press Club (e-mail: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]) on or before May 31, 2008.
