" Wake Up , Clean Up Bengaluru " or " ಬನ್ನಿ ನೋಡಿ ಮಾಡಿ " was a clarion call given byKalpana Kar , Member, B.PAC in Feb 2013 for bringing the four primary stake holders on to a common platform.
The 4 primary stakeholders are .....the Waste generators - individuals, organizations, communities ;.... .the Solution Providers who have technologies, services and solutions to manage a wide range of waste;... the Government who is today playing the role of a service provider in this ecosystem but should ideally be an active regulator; & ... the Informal Sector - including the rag pickers and pourakarmikas -who are responsible for collecting, sorting, selling and scavenging waste.
The Wake Up Clean Up (WUCU) is not just an eveny , she says , but a movement which needs to be taken to different zones in the city, to industry campuses, to schools to ensure that we cover the last mile and engage every citizen.
"Wake Up Clean Up RRnagar " was the second stop of this movement on 5th June , World Environment Day . BBMP invited members from all stakeholders to brainstorm what needs to be done to clean up RRnagar as a team .
Mindtree , Global Village hosted the event at their premises and there were a number of eminent speakers from various organisations. The session opened with an inspiring video about a small country Estonia in eastern Europe which took an initiative at grassroot level and cleaned by their country in just one day. ( see link below)
Ms Veena Rajappa , GM , Mindtree informed how the residents of RRNagar joined hands with Mindtree Green community and decided to take action for waste segregation at source. Mr. JogaRao , VP ITC who talked about ITC involvement and committed to help BBMP manage the dry waste., Dr. Manoj of Pelican Eco stores talked about decentralized composting by bulk generator is a very viable and extremely cost effective / eco friendly solution, Mr. Vijay Kumar from BBMP expressed the difficulties in their functioning due to in-efficient contractor and Mr. Ramachandra , Corporator promised that the system would be streamed in the near future. Mr. Ramesh of the NGO Concern assured the citizens that shortly a centralized Biogas composting unit would be installed in RRNagar which would ease the woes of the residents to some extent . Dilip Patel , a trustee member of NGO RRNagar-I Care was the Master of Ceremonies for the session
Mr Ramakanth , a very inspiring citizen is spearheading this movement to take it to various localities within Bengaluru
The Project " Greening RRNagar" was inaugurated by planting five tree saplings in Mindtree campus by RRNagar's Corporator Mr. Ramachandra.
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