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ENVIRONMENT NEWS
SAMBA ADMINISTRATION HOSTS WORKSHOP
ON PLASTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
s part of the Environment Week-2025 velopment Commissioner (ADDC) Champa Devi;
celebration, the District Administration Deputy Director, Directorate of Rural Sanitation,
ASamba today organized a workshop on Jammu Zaheer Abbas; Field Officer, Directorate
Plastic waste management, aimed at sensitizing of Rural Sanitation, Jammu Devia Nanda and of-
officials and strengthening institutional efforts ficials from the Rural Development Department
towards environmental sustainability. Samba. Assistant Director Handloom Niharika
moderated the proceedings.
Deputy Commissioner Rajesh Sharma presided
over the event as the chief guest. The workshop The technical sessions were conducted by sub-
was specifically designed for officials of the Ru- ject experts Dr. Saptak and Vinod, specialists
ral Development Department, with the objective in plastic waste management. They shared in-
of enhancing their understanding of the growing depth insights on the environmental hazards of
challenge posed by plastic pollution and equip- plastic waste, effective waste segregation prac-
ping them to promote sustainable alternatives at tices, and the adoption of biodegradable alter-
the grassroots level. In his address, the Deputy natives in rural settings.
Commissioner underscored the critical need to
eliminate the use of single-use plastics and pro- The capacity-building initiative aimed to empow-
mote environment-friendly alternatives, particu- er government functionaries as community-level
larly in rural and semi-urban areas. change agents, capable of generating aware-
ness and facilitating behavioral change in favor
On the occasion, he made a significant declara- of sustainable living. The administration envi-
tion that the Conference Hall within the DC Office sions a multiplier effect wherein trained officials
premises shall henceforth be a single-use plas- will disseminate the knowledge further across
tic-free zone, thereby reinforcing the adminis- their jurisdictions.
tration's commitment through exemplary action. Source- https://jkmonitor.org/
The workshop witnessed the presence of sev-
eral key officers, including Additional District De-
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