Good news for Doonites! One won’t have to depend only on the City’s Municipal Board for garbage collection. Just dial 7895267144 and Waste Warriors shall be there to pick up your dry waste. Waste Warriors and the Municipal Board have come together to spread awareness about segregating dry and wet waste as well as the harmful effects of e-waste and plastic.
The Waste Warriors were registered in Dehradun in 2012. Six years down the road this unique initiative has now found roots in Jim Corbett Park as well as in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
By sheer grit and determination under the able leadership of Jodie Underhill, a British national, who while in India on a personal visit, was taken aback by tons of garbage lying scattered all around and setting up base in Dehradun. This organization has taken upon itself the noble onus of cleaning up this city that was once known as a place with ‘Grey heads and Green hedges.’
Today they have ninety-five active members and over two hundred volunteers. Manager, Naveen Kumar Sadana of Waste Warriors tells us, “initially we bring people onto one platform and make them aware of what is wet, dry and e-waste so that they too can participate and help us in eradicating waste.“
Now the Dehradun Municipal Board gave a van to Waste Warriors in order to help them collect dry-recycle waste from every nook and cranny of Dehradun.
For a while now, Waste Warriors has been collecting garbage thrown around in Dehradun’s famous landmarks like Ashley Hall, Gandhi Park, and Dalanwala. This is then segregated and disposed of. Also, they organize door-to-door collection from select areas of the town. The organization’s educational programmes are of great help in reaching out to many more people.
The Waste Warriors yeomen service is just a call away. At last, there’s hope that this mission will leave behind a better and cleaner place for future generations.
