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NDMC Distributes Organic Compost to Schools and Lok Niwas to Promote Waste Management
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News18•08-10-2026, 21:00
NDMC Distributes Organic Compost to Schools and Lok Niwas to Promote Waste Management
- •The New Delhi Municipal Council has produced 4.25 tonnes of organic compost from local wet and horticulture waste.
- •A total of 1,250 kg has already been distributed to 11 schools, with plans to provide another 3,000 kg to 30 more schools.
- •The civic body also handed over 1,000 kg of compost to representatives of Lok Niwas, the office of the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi.
- •The compost is processed at NDMC’s decentralised facility at the Hi-Tech Nursery in Chanakyapuri, taking two to three months to produce.
- •The initiative aims to reduce organic waste transport, encourage source segregation, and promote a waste-to-resource approach under Swachhata Hi Seva 2026.
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The New Delhi Municipal Council has processed locally generated wet and horticulture waste into 4.25 tonnes of organic compost for distribution to schools and Lok Niwas.
The compost is produced at NDMC's decentralised facility located at its Hi-Tech Nursery in Chanakyapuri.
Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu visited the facility on September 25 during a review of NDMC's waste-management and cleanliness initiatives.
