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WASTE

UNDER ARREST

A waste management programme
run by the Department of Prisons & Correctional Services (DPCS),

Himachal Pradesh in collaboration with the
Waste Warrior Society, Dharamshala.

Up-Cycling of waste into vermi-compost

Up-cycling of tetra packs into furniture like bookshelf,
table, chair, etc.

Process being taught to the inmates as a self sustaining
vocational venture

First flagship initiative of the Prisons Department in the
country that will be replicated in all 14 correctional
homes across HP

DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS & CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, H.P.

Ms. Satwant Atwal Trivedi, IPS
Addl. Director General

Prisons & Correctional Services,
Himachal Pradesh.

Everyday, the world generates Inauguration of Waste Management Unit by the ADG Prisons.
more and more waste without thinking. In
2020, an estimated 2.24 billion tonnes of LALA LAJPAT RAI
solid waste, amounting to a footprint of
about 1 kilograms per person per day was District & Open Air Correctional Home,
generated. With rapid population growth Dharamshala.
and urbanization, annual waste generation
is expected to increase by 73% from 2020 The year 1913 witnessed the
levels to 3.88 billion tonnes in 2050. Source establishment of a prison at Dharamshala in the
reports state that, 79% of the plastics made foothill of the majestic Dhauladhars by the British.
in the world enter our land, water and This prison witnessed incarceration of many a
environment as waste and traces of plastic valiant soldiers of Indian Freedom Struggle, most
also enter our bodies through the food prominent of amongst them being Lala Lajpat
chain. Rai, who was lodged between 21.04.1922 to
09.01.1923. Commemorating his contribution to
For us residents of the Dev Bhoomi the freedom struggle, this prison at Dharamshala
what is more concerning is that the pristine now has the honour of bearing his name and is
beauty of the state of Himachal is being known as the Lala Lajpat Rai, District & Open Air
ruined by generation of 377 metric tonnes Correctional Home, Dharamshala, since 2019.
of solid waste, per day.
At present there are 500 inmates in this
Existence of mankind depends on Correction Home among them 75 inmates have
harmony with nature. The imbalances now become experts in various skills and actively
created by the abuse of natural resources, being engaged in these activities like carpentry,
has threatened the very existence of life on tailoring, bakery, nursery, dairy farming,
earth. The continuous accumulation of vermicompost, etc. They are also teaching these
non-biodegradable wastes in our living skills to other inmates.
spaces is a major hazard to healthy
existence of all species.

Joining hands with those who are
actively involved in saving the
environment, the Deptt. has collaborated
with one such NGO active in Dharamshala
known as the Waste Warriors and
launched a first of its kind programme
'Waste Under Arrest' for waste
segregation and upcycling at the Lala
Lajpat Rai, District & Open Air Correctional
Home, Dharamshala.

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Himachal Pradesh is first state in the Every year we dump a massive
country to launch waste management 2.12 billion tons of waste on the planet.
unit in prisons. If all this waste was put on trucks they
would go around the world 24 times.
Waste Under Arrest works
with two pronged strategy.

i Segregation of waste.
ii Upcycling of the waste

-into vermi-compost - that
will be used for inhouse nursery
and also be put up for sale
under the name Kaara-Compost
at the rate Rs. 25/- per Kgs.
-Most important aspect of this
scheme is turning of non
biodegradable tetra packs into
particle boards and then making
durable indoor furniture from these
boards.
The furniture has been set up for sale
and also appreciated by the Hon’ble
Governor, H.P. on his visit to Model
Central Jail, Kanda on 01.12.2022.

Composting Organic Waste. Segregation of Waste

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KAARA-COMPOST

WASTE UNDER ARREST - THE MODEL

[email protected] Himachal Prisons
www.hpprisons.nic.in
0177-2628851 Directorate of Prisons &
Correctional Services, Himachal Pradesh,
Block No. 31, SDA Complex, Kasumpti,
Shimla-171009