New Delhi, Feb. 25 -- Public Works Department (PWD) minister Parvesh Verma on Tuesday inaugurated the department's first green waste processing plant at the Secretariat nursery. The plant will process horticulture waste generated along PWD roads and convert it into compost for reuse in landscaping and plantation activities.

Apart from the plant at the Secretariat nursery, five such facilities also became operational on Tuesday at the Patparganj Industrial Area, Mukarba Chowk nursery, Lajwanti nursery in west Delhi, Sukhdev Vihar, and RK Puram.

According to officials, the initiative aims to address the issue of horticulture waste such as branches, shrubs, and tree trimmings being left discarded along roadsides and in open spaces for exte...