The Hindu, 03 November 2014
Delhi University students will now be trained to work in the five villages adopted by the varsity as part of the Centre’s Swacch Bharat campaign. The university has adopted five villages - Majra Dabas, Jatkhore, Sevapuri, Timarpur, Nandnagri - on the outskirts of the northern part of the Capital .
“We have tied up with Sulabh International (SI) to train 200 students in various aspects of cleanliness so that they can take forward the skills and practices to the adopted villages as peer educators,” said Rajesh, HOD, Adult Continuing Education and Extension (DACEE) wing, DU. The week-long training programme is being conducted by the DACEE in coordination with the Swachh committee at DU and SI, an organisation that works in the area of sanitation and waste management. Read more....