Haritha Karma Sena: the doorstep collection force that Kerala's sanitation drive runs on

Background

The new State waste management campaign launched this week is to be carried out through local self-government bodies, where doorstep waste collection is done by the Haritha Karma Sena, so its structure is worth knowing.
The Haritha Karma Sena works in the field of sanitation and waste management in local self-government bodies in Kerala, collecting cleaned non-organic waste, and in some cases organic waste, from the doorstep of households and institutions.
It was established in 2017 under the Haritha Keralam Mission project.
Haritha Keralam Mission, Kudumbashree, Suchitwa Mission, Clean Kerala Company and the Local Self-Government bodies are the partners in the venture.
Local self-government bodies provide vehicles, uniforms and identity cards to the workers.
Residents pay a user fee fixed by the local self-government body on the basis of a Government Order.
Waste collected is taken to material collection facilities, sorted, and sent on to resource recovery centres for reuse or recycling.