Cleanliness drive postponed

The Nature Committee (NATCOM) had intended to organize a Cleanliness Drive before going home for the coming vacations but it has been postponed to the first week of November. This step has been taken because we intend to get adequate number of dustbins in campus before students, faculty members, staff etc. are made a part of the Cleanliness Drive. Also, NATCOM feels that it is imperative that we segregate our wastes i.e. throw different kinds of wastes in different dustbins. We have submitted our proposal to the concerned authorities and if the proposal is accepted and granted funds for then by the time we come back from the vacations we will have implemented a segregated system of waste disposal in our University. Even the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (Salt Lake Municipal Corporation) does not have such a segregated waste disposal system. Once this system is implemented in our University, we will become one of the few Law Schools in India to have implemented such a system. Obviously this task is not as simple as it sounds. We can place different dustbins in campus but we also need to spread awareness of the benefits of this system and therefore, conduct orientation sessions with the housekeeping staff, office staff, faculty members and students. This ambitious project, if approved and successfully implemented, will ensure that all the recyclable wastes generated in the University either go to the Kabadiwalla or to a recycling agency. We now hope for the cooperation of the students and authorities alike. All we can say is we will do our best to make NUJS green.

Nature Committee – Tentative Agenda for the year 2009-2010

This is not an all exhaustive agenda. The things given are our priority but there are other issues also which the Nature Committee will take up in due course of time.

• Plan for Better-Upkeepment of the Quadrangle Ground – Beautification of the Quadrangle ground is one of the top priority of the Nature Committee this year.
• Minimal Use of Polythene Bags – The Committee has in its agenda the work of campaigning against use of polythene bags inside the campus.
• Wages of the Workers – The Nature Committee has decided this year to raise the issue of low salaries of the gardeners employed. It is our duty to make the university understand the plight of these people employed on low wages without any social security schemes
• Environmental Campaigning –We being conscious law students have an obligation to not only do things inside the campus but also spread general awareness around college about general issues like planting of trees, minimal use of polythene bags and garbage management of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste etc.
• Academic Involvement – This year, the Nature Committee is planning to organize a seminar on the theme of ‘Our Mutual Responsibility against Climate Change’. In addition to this, the Committee will also be organizing essay competitions and poster-making competitions this year.

Why did we come out with a blog outlining our agenda? Because, the work done by Nature Committee affects one and all in varying degrees and so, the idea is to involve more members from the general body in the work of the Nature Committee. It is a committee formed with the purpose of making life at NUJS a little more easy and comfortable. And, for that the committee needs active participation from the general body members in addition to your ideas.