SBM 2.0 to organise National Conclave on ‘Social Enterprises for GFC’

NEW DELHI: Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) 2.0 under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, is organising a National Conclave on ‘Social Enterprises for Garbage Free Cities: Encouraging Women Entrepreneurs in Wase management’ on Thursday, March 3. The conclave will be held in Raipur in collaboration with the Government of Chhattisgarh. The event will be attended by the Urban Development Minister, Government of Chhattisgarh; Mayor of Raipur Municipal Corporation; Secretary, MoHUA; and Chief Secretary, Chhattisgarh.

The event will serve as the peer learning platform for states and urban local bodies (ULBs) on various centralised and decentralised waste management initiatives. ‘National Capacity Building Framework for Garbage Free Cities’ will also be launched during the event under SBM 2.0, which will help the stakeholders to strengthen the urban sanitation sector in India.

Representatives of almost 17 states and their ULBs, including north eastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, and union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Chandigarh and Ladakh are expected to participate in the conclave. The participants will engage in ‘shramdaan’ at Solid Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) centre and physically sort some of the dry waste in order to sensitise them about the importance of multiple sorting and segregation for ease of disposal.

The highlight of event will be the presentations of various women-led waste management initiatives from across the country.