There was a new start on the streets of Myanguri in West Bengal. The roads here now not only bring people to the destination, but have become a way of hope and innovation.
The basis of these roads is the plastic that once flowed into rivers, flies on the roads and was considered as a threat to the environment.
This change has begun, from a small village, where garbage has now become a valuable resource, but a valuable resource.
Plastic wastes here have been converted into the streets, which caused not only cleanliness but also open the way for employment and respect.
3-year-old Rahul, who previously used to make a desire for flat land for skating, was now on the same plastic-martged street twice a day.
He smiledly said, “Earlier, the roads in my village were so bad that skating could not be possible. Now it has become my playground.”
Began to change the change
The initiative began in the Khagrabadi -2 pann of Jalpaiguri district in October 2021.
Plastic Waste Management (PWM) unit installed at the block level is now collecting about 600 kg plastic every day – it is also 15 grams of panchayat and a municipality.
Most of them are plastic LDPE (low concentration polyethylene) – which are used in polythene bags, chips packets and food wrap. This plastic that used to make the atmosphere before, is now strengthening the roads.
Five men and two women work in this unit – who receive $ 202 wages a day.
Sometimes people have fled to consider the “dirt” work, now he has become a source of respect and stable income for the people.
When the mother of two children, 35 -year -old Chaitali Modak joined the work, her relatives and neighbors made her joke. However, he said, “If this ‘dirt act improves’ society and the future of my children is better, it will be a matter of pride.”
Gradually, the thoughts of the rhythm and the entire village of his colleagues have changed the whole village. Now the garbage is not thrown there, but it is separated. Cleanliness is now not just a government scheme, but a community responsibility.
Instance
Adam of the Jalpaiguri District Council, Runak Agarwal, says that this project is not just plastic settlement, but an example of environmental challenges is an opportunity. It has become a way to improve the roads, sustained, improve rural movement and to free the river-lake pollution.
UNICEF, in this change, the state government is working from the shoulders to the shoulder. From 2023-24, this change has been possible at the ground level through training, observations and equipment under the ODF Plus program.
So far, under this pilot scheme, the 244 km road is built with plastic rew they. 221 people have been trained to manage the plastic waste management (PWM) unit and 1331 cleaner also strengthens their role with special training.
Today, there is not only cleanliness on the streets of Myanguri, there is also a feeling of silent revolution. It is thoughtful, employment and expected revolution.
Expansion plan
This story is not just about a village. This model can be repeated all over the country – where the garbage is no longer burdened but the resources and where the changes in the soil begin.
This use of West Bengal shows that sustainable development does not only depend on the governments – it is realized by hard work of women, children and women like women, children and Chaitali.
The same road was built today, which was plastic waste. The work that was called dirty today is the source of respect and the village that was ever behind, is now showing the way of progress.
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