DC Samba launches ‘Swachhata Bank’

SAMBA, Oct 2: First branch of Swachhata Bank, an innovative project of District Administration Samba was launched today at Sanwali Ghagwal Block by Deputy Commissioner, Anuradha Gupta in the presence of Chairman Block Development Council, Vijay Tagotra and Member District Development Council, Suresh Kumar.
Giving details, the Deputy Commissioner said that Swachhata Bank is an initiative of the district administration, Samba aimed at bringing behavioural change among people by providing a Bank where they can open an account and keep depositing recyclable waste products including polythene bags, plastic bottles, wrappers of packets of chips etc.
They shall be paid an amount equivalent to the weight of the waste material deposited by them once it reaches minimum measurable weight. “This will educate people that waste material is also a resource that can fetch them return value if it is disposed of in a scientific manner instead of throwing it on roads, lanes and drains,” she said.