World Bank Water & Sanitation Specialist visits Melli Dara Paiyong’s Solid Waste Management Unit

GANGTOK, 03 July: World Bank Water & Sanitation Specialist of the Water & Sanitation Program (WSP), New Delhi, Suseel Samuel recently visited the Solid Waste Management Unit of Melli Dara Paiyong GPU at Melli Paiyong. 
A press release informs that the objective of the visit was to have firsthand information about how the Solid Waste Management Unit is operating in the Gram Panchayat Unit and to make a compendium of good practices in water & sanitation in India.
The unit was selected by the Water & Sanitation unit under RMDD, Govt. of Sikkim as a model unit in the state at a Gram Panchayat level.
The release mentions that Mr. Samuel was quite impressed with the way the garbage is managed in the GPU. The panchayat president, Ganesh K. Rai appraised him about how the unit has come into being and also talked about the future plan for this SWM Unit.
Citing the examples of Kerala, Sweden and Malaysia, Mr. Samuel suggested some good practices which could be emulated here as well and wished success for the sustainability of the unit, the release adds.