Team Swachh Kalyani Nagar has proactively taken many effective and creative steps with regards to the 3 R’s and these are our star projects
Road safety & Management
- Public awareness of traffic rules and good practices, as well as Road / traffic management
- Initiating and maintaining active community group for flagging of traffic issues
- Developing and maintaining working relationships with local traffic police for effective management of traffic in the locality
- Becoming a liaison between residents and traffic police, and Metro officials
Best Practice Sharing
- TSKN launched the Gated Communities group which has elected members of residential societies/gated communities. The group is meant for sharing of best practices related to society matters of all kinds.
- Two groups – ‘Go Green Grow More’ and ‘Organic Gardens’ is about sharing of best practices related to environment-friendly living, and composting as well as terrace and balcony gardens. The groups also encourage people to share saplings, seeds and extra plant produce.
Infrastructure Management
- Liaison with elected leaders and municipal authorities in charge of infrastructure such as roads, footpaths, drainage, waterworks, streetlighting, electricity, and other facilities, through regular meetings, that involve local residents as well, to ensure that the area is well maintained and all facilities are being taken care of.
- The Swachh Kalyani Nagar whatsapp groups are used by residents and team members to flag off issues related to infrastructure, essential services, that also include green cover maintenance.
Local Entrepreneurship
- TSKN has launched Commercials group on Whatsapp for local businesses to promote their products and services at no cost. This helps build closer bonds within the community, and enables an environment-friendly hyperlocal business model.
- We have included residents from nearby areas like Viman nagar, Koregaon Park to showcase their businesses.
Celebrating the Community
- Talent Show (Kalyani Nagar’s Got Talent! ) was organised as a virtual event for the residents to exhibit their talent.
- Painting, Singing, Dancing and Creative skills came to the fore, as residents of all ages participated with great enthusiasm.
- A fun-fair is planned on an annual basis to enable residents to mingle and showcase and monetise their crafts.
- Happy Streets organised in partnership with Times of India for local engagement on Sunday mornings.
Solid Waste Management
- Awareness of SWM methods, sharing and promoting best practices through – Organic Garden group; Resource Recycling Centre
- Developing recycling channels and channel partners for easy sustainable solutions
- Developing community solutions on waste issues with housing societies and the PMC ward officers
- Becoming one-stop solution providers between residents and government officials
Local Cleanliness Drives
- We have organized cleanliness drives from time to time to involve residents in the cleanliness of the area, and to sensitise them to the challenges that the safai karmacharis face. We also support the PMC Plogathon event.
Tree Plantation Drives
- In order to increase green cover in the area, TSKN has been conducting tree plantation drives just before the monsoon. We have also been nurturing the saplings that we transplant in order for them to get the best chance to grow and thrive. We encourage residents to collect seeds of fruit trees during the monsoon so that they can be handed over to groups that collect them for plantation just before the monsoon, on hills, in open spaces, and in empty plots. Some residents also are involved in making seed balls using these seeds.
Felicitations for Sanitary Staff
- An annual felicitation of the various agencies that are responsible for keeping Kalyani Nagar clean is done every year around Diwali time. It’s our way of saying a thank you to those who keep our area clean. The agencies comprise the sanitation department of the PMC which comprise safai karmacharis, ghanta truck staff, senior Sanitation Department team, PMC Garden department team, Library staff, NGO Swach coordinator in our area, APCCI local team, Janwani coordinator for the area, and more. The event mostly happens at the Joggers Park. We have different corporates that come forward to support us here – Extentia, Cybage are some of the companaies who have bee a great support to us.
COVID Community Support
- In order to increase green cover in the area, TSKN has been conducting tree plantation drives just before the monsoon. We have also been nurturing the saplings that we transplant in order for them to get the best chance to grow and thrive. We encourage residents to collect seeds of fruit trees during the monsoon so that they can be handed over to groups that collect them for plantation just before the monsoon, on hills, in open spaces, and in empty plots. Some residents also are involved in making seed balls using these seeds.
- The COVID-19 pandemic completely disrupted normal life. TSKN supported the community through regular authentic and validated information regarding COVID restrictions, information and support for residents to get basic provisions and medicines. This made the life of residents more comfortable. However the work done by frontline workers was incomparable, and TSKN sought to keep them safe by handing over PPE kits to them all – PMC sanitation staff, Police personnel at the local Ramwadi PS, Yerawada PS, and Pune Police HQ, Naidu Hospital.
Organic Terrace Garden
Under Swachh Survekshan 2022, the wet waste management at source initiative to promote home composting, Pune Municipal Corporation’s Vadgaon sheri ward office took an initiative to develop a rooftop terrace garden at the Joggers Park in Kalyani Nagar.
More than 35 pots have been created at the organic garden, where members of the Team Swachh Kalyani Nagar and Kalyani Nagar Organic Garden Group jointly took off the initiative involving local residents.
The initiative also saw participation of members of Vadgaon sheri paryavaran group. The initiative was launched by Yogesh Mulik, corporator, Vadgaon sheri. The initiative was launched on February 26, 2022.