Chandigarh, 9th
September 2019: A meeting was held today under the chairmanship of Adviser to
the Administrator, Sh. Manoj Parida to make Chandigarh plastic free.
Senior officials of all
the allied departments attended the meeting to participate in this massive
drive that has begun on the national level. Hon’ble Prime Minister appealed to
all the citizens to make India free from single use of plastic.As a part of 150th
Birth Anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, a state level citizen
participation will be encouraged to begin Swachhta hi Seva plastic free India
campaign.
All the departments
have shown keen interest in joining hands to participate and extend their
support in making Chandigarh plastic free. Serious steps will be taken to
create awareness among the residents of the city to stop the use of single use
plastic for a safe and healthy environment.
The activities will be
carried out in 3 phases
1. Phase 1- from 11
September to 1st October - preparation and awareness generation
2. Phase 2- 2 october
2019- Shramdaan as mass movement
3. Phase 3- 3-27
October 2019- Recycle, disposal of collected plastic waste
Markets, areas where
single use plastic is used in various forms will be targeted at the initial
level and sensitization will be carried out at a large scale. Officials of
major departments and institutions like PGIMER, PEC have also raised some
concerns and given impressive solutions to deal with this issue
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