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visible; (iii) creating awareness; and (iv) A selfie campaign was introduced where
monitoring the use of SUPs in shops and officials from the Department shared
markets. selfies with segregated waste in their
households.
utcome
As a result of this initiative, 78 streets and all
30 garbage hotspots in the village were cleaned.
A total of 1,486 kgs of waste was collected,
segregated and sent for further processing.
Further, 10 areas with stagnant greywater were
also cleared.
The success of this initiative has led to the
formulation of plans to carry out similar activities
across all peri-urban panchayats in Madurai.
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