As the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) is taking a number of initiatives to keep the city clean, in yet another initiative, the civic body is taking steps to ensure that minimum waste reaches the dumping yard.
The civic body sets up shelves at strategic locations where people can donate items that they do not need anymore.
The unused items donated at these shelves set up near parks and jogging tracks will be given to the needy or collected by them.
Rajendra Sonawane, Chief Sanitation official of NMMC said, “The purpose is to prevent usable items reaching to landfill. They can be used by needy.” He added that the shelves have been installed under cleanliness survey of 2022.
The residents can donate their unused toys, books, shoes and other items which can be used by those in need.
Citizens have welcomed the move as they can donate unused items that will be used by someone who needs it. “I always wanted to give clothes and toys but its very difficult to find someone who needs in a cosmopolitan city like Navi Mumbai,” said Nishit Sinha, a resident of Nerul. He added that by donating, he also feels that he did something good.
