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It takes 45–60 days for wet waste to be Scrap Agency. A vermicompost stall has
converted into vermicompost. So far, been set up in the GP office premises for
7,804 kg of vermicompost has been sale of vermicompost. Having established a
prepared from the wet waste collected steel bank as an alternative to plastics, the
from households in the village. Out of GP encourages the usage of steel utensils
this, 4,314 kg of vermicompost was used
instead of plastic and disposable items.
for the nursery which is maintained by the
SUPs have been banned and awareness
GP, and some of the manure was used for
activities have been conducted in the village
plantations created under Haritha Haram,
to make people aware of plastic pollution.
the Government flagship programme for
increasing green cover in the village. The Regarding GWM, some households have
remaining 3,490 kg of compost was sold constructed individual soak pits while
under the brand name Thimmapur Vermi
others have started kitchen gardens to reuse
Compost, earning an income of Rs. 34,898.
greywater. In public spaces, cleanliness is
An income of Rs. 19,850 was earned from maintained by multipurpose workers.
all types of dry waste sold to Kanakadurga

utcome

With such arrangements made for SLWM, care is

taken to ensure they are operated and maintained
properly. These efforts have made the Thimmapur

GP visually clean, inviting appreciation from officials
and making the GP a role model for other villages.

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