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PERI-URBAN PANCHAYATS
OF MADURAI GET CLEANED
THROUGH COMMUNITY
PARTICIPATION
n a show of solidarity, over 300 individuals cleaning initiative was conducted as part of
comprising college students, rag pickers, the Namma Ooru Superu campaign, which
Isanitary workers, and volunteers from the was held across Tamil Nadu from 1 May to
st
Red Cross and the National Service Scheme 15 June 2023.
th
(NSS) came together and cleaned up the
The DRDA team mobilized the volunteers
streets of Othakaddai village in Madurai.
who were allocated streets and given four
To tackle the significant challenge in key responsibilities: (i) coordinating waste
solid waste management in peri-urban processing and disposal; (ii) collecting
panchayats of Madurai, the innovative mass single-use plastic (SUP) waste wherever
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