Sensitization Programme for Elected Representatives of Jharkhand Date: December,04-06, 2017

Venue: Centre for Science and Environment New Delhi

Date: December,04-06, 2017

A three day AMRUT training programme was organized from December 4-6, 2017 to sensitize the elected representatives of the Jharkhand. The training programme was organized by Water Unit, CSE along with Waste Management and Air Pollution Team, CSE. A total of 24 participants from ULBs of 7 town/cities participated in this training programme. 


The training oriented and sensitised the participating officials on urbanization scenario, AMRUT: objectives, convergence of urban missions, key environmental issues and challenges the country is facing currently, policy and reforms concerning air, water and waste. It was followed by two day field visits to various sites across Delhi showcasing existing best management practices in the above sectors.

On first day, Dr. Suresh Rohilla, Director of Water Unit, CSE inaugurated the training. He briefed about CSE’s engagement and overview of the urbanisation and strategy for the planning, development and governance in order to promote sustainable urban growth. This was followed by technical session on air quality by Ms. Priyanka Chandola, Programme Manager of Air Pollution team, CSE, where she discussed about the pollutant involved and the sources of air pollution. For making the session interactive, a group exercise focusing air pollution and transportation was organized and presented by participants. 

Further, Dr Sonia Henam, Deputy Programme Manager of Waste Management, CSE discussed about the waste management issues and challenges in urban areas. She presented one of the successful case studies on waste management in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India. Furthermore Mr. Mritunjay Kumar, Programme Officer of Water unit, CSE, gave an overview of the key schemes of MoHUA and how the convergence of these schemes has profound impact to check duplication and leakages. The last session was detailed about the political economy of water, waste water and septage, where Dr. Mahreen Matto, Programme Manager of Water Unit, CSE, highlighted the importance of paradigm shift in conventional management to sustainable management of sewerage and septage.

The second and third day of the training programme focused on the site visits of best management practices implemented across Delhi. This includes Non-motorised Transport, Infrastructure and Design at ITO, Constructed Wetland for Wastewater Treatment at Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI), Decentralised Wastewater Treatment system (DWWTs) and Rainwater Harvesting system at CSE, Rain Water Harvesting system at Jamia Hamdard University (http://cseindia.org/content/rainwater-harvesting-system-jamia-hamdard-university-new-delhi), followed by a site visit on household level waste management system at New Moti Bagh housing colony (http://www.downtoearth.org.in/coverage/make-wealth-from-waste-47164). 

At the end of third day, a feedback session was held which was moderated by Dr. Suresh Rohilla to understand about the relevance of the entire training programme. Participants expressed their confidence in replicating the best management practices in their wards. Thereafter certificate was distributed among the participants.

List of participants    
     

Mr. Mukesh Singh Munda
Ward Parshad
Saraikela Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Sundar Shyam Mukhi
Ward Parshad
Saraikela Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Monbodh Sathua
Ward Parshad
Saraikela Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Binay Kumar Barman
Ward Parshad
Chakradharpur Nagar Parishad


Mr. Upendra Rajak
Ward Parshad
Chakradharpur Nagar Parishad


Ms. Shahin Tabbassum
Ward Parshad
Chakradharpur Nagar Parishad


Ms. Janefar Jabin
Ward Parshad
Chakradharpur Nagar Parishad janefar.ckp@gmail.com


Mr. Shyam Bihari Paswan
Ward Parshad
Hussinabad Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Ajay Prasad Gupta
Ward Parshad
Hussinabad Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Rajendra Pal
Ward Parshad
Hussinabad Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Raj Kumar Kashyap
Ward Parshad
Hussinabad Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Surya Pratap Yadav
Ward Parshad
Koderma Nagar Panchayat sudan.yadav.025@gmail.com

 

 

Mr. Jahid Hussain
Ward Parshad
Koderma Nagar Panchayat zahidhussainkalal@gmail.com


Mr. Santosh Chandravanshi
Ward Parshad
Koderma Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Abid Rahman
Ward Parshad
Koderma Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Neelu Kumari Sinha
Ward Parshad
Chirkunda Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Manju Devi
Ward Parshad
Chirkunda Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Asgar Hussain
Ward Parshad
Chakulia Nagar Panchayat babaenterprisescku@gmail.com


Mr. Santosh Munda
Ward Parshad
Chakulia Nagar Panchayat


Mr. Sanjay Gosh
Ward Parshad
Chakulia Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Melani Sanga
Ward Parshad
Khunti Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Sophia Sanga
Ward Parshad
Khunti Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Anchal Devi
Ward Parshad
Khunti Nagar Panchayat


Ms. Pushpa Martin
CB&IS expert
SUDA, Ranchi martin_pushpa@yahoo.com