Dr Sharad Kale, Padmashri awardee, guided students and residents and explained by showing how to segregate the wet waste and how they are processed into the substances required for making fertilizer.
The decision was taken after the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court asked the state DGP to introduce dedicated cells and provide telephone numbers where one can lodge complaints against the use of nylon manja.
The municipal commissioner Ganesh Deshmukh has warned that the civic administration will take strict action against those who advertise without prior permission.
A cash prize of Rs 2,000 was also handed over to a group of 8 girls who designed 2 mud forts, which is a festive tradition in many parts of Maharashtra on the occasion of Deepavali.