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NDMC Honors Sanitation Workers, Artists for Waste-to-Wealth and Mural Initiatives
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News18•23-09-2026, 16:30
NDMC Honors Sanitation Workers, Artists for Waste-to-Wealth and Mural Initiatives
- •The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) felicitated seven sanitation workers for converting wet waste into organic compost.
- •Fifteen artists were honored for creating murals across Connaught Place as part of the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan'.
- •NDMC Chairman Manoj Kumar Dwivedi highlighted the production of 13,000 kg of compost from wet and green waste over the past year.
- •The initiative aligns with NDMC's 'Waste to Wealth' and 'Waste to Greenery' approach, aiming to reduce waste disposal and emissions.
- •Artists from various states painted murals depicting heritage, culture, and 'Viksit Bharat @2047' across 4,200 sq ft in Connaught Place.
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The New Delhi Municipal Council has produced approximately 13,000 kg of organic compost over the past year at its decentralised facility located on Madhu Limaye Marg in Chanakyapuri.
The mural creation was part of a seven-day workshop under the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ initiative, where 15 artists painted traditional and contemporary Indian murals across five locations in and around Connaught Place.
The murals, spread over roughly 4,200 square feet at sites including Panchkuian Road and Connaught Place, depicted themes of heritage, culture, and ‘Viksit Bharat @2047’.