Background:

In the first phase ( 2017- 19 ) of Alag Karo, the Program focused on tightly-knit, well-organized communities like high-rise condominiums, office complexes, and schools. These areas typically had professional housekeeping teams responsible for waste management who could be closely supervised. In contrast, many cities in India comprise a wide range of housing settlements with diverse waste generators, varying income levels, educational backgrounds, and deep-seated social and cultural divisions. Due to significant rural-to-urban migration, numerous migrants do not feel connected to their new surroundings and lack a sense of ownership, which is crucial for fostering civic responsibility, particularly in waste management.

Based on this idea and built on its initial success, the Alag Karo Program expanded its efforts by collaborating with the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram in Phase 2. This phase introduced a ward-level intervention aimed at creating self-sustainable waste management and was piloted in Ward 32 of Gurugram. It aimed to address a wider range of waste generators, including independent plotted houses, open markets, and street shops, while also streamlining waste management practices across these diverse areas.

Objectives:

1. Setting up a sustainable ward-level waste management system in Ward 32 of Gurugram:

a. Increasing awareness of stakeholders on the segregation of waste and responsible waste management 

b.  Bringing about a change in behavior for implementing source segregation of waste 

c. Improving recycling rates and reduction in dumping and landfill 

d.  Training waste workers for systematic waste collection and processing 

2. Replicating Alag Karo to a new geography (Vasant Kunj, Delhi)

a. Awareness and implementation of source segregation in 2000HHs

b. Upgrade a Dhalao into a dry waste centre 

c. Training of waste workers