BeMC conducts training programme for rag pickers

BEHRAMPUR: Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) has initiated a training programme for rag pickers to improve cleanliness in the city by recycling of plastic waste.

The training started on April 17, at the BeMC conference hall for the first batch of 36 rag pickers. Safety kits including gloves, masks, aprons, caps, and shoes were handed over to the rag pickers.

Chakravarty Singh Rathor, Commissioner of BeMC, said that a memorandum of understanding has been signed with a Delhi-based company Gem Enviro Management Private Limited to collect plastic waste through local rag pickers and recycle them.

Vikram Sharma, head of Gem Enviro’s eastern India operations said that target is to train 6,000 rag pickers in phases. The company will train them for capacity building over a two-month period.