Joining the nationwide campaign to get rid of Single Use Plastic (SUP), Punjab has geared up its machinery for community mobilization regarding plastic waste shramdaan slated for October 2 to making the state free from SUP.
Chief Secretary Karan Avtar Singh on Saturday held a meeting with departments of Environment, Local Government, Rural Development & Panchayats and Punjab Pollution Control Board to chalk out a comprehensive strategy for tackling the menace of plastic pollution under the umbrella of "Mission Tandrust Punjab ".
The State has decided to elicit public participation as a noble initiative to create awareness amongst masses about the ill-effects of plastic pollution to mark the occasion of 550th Prakash Purb of Guru Nanak Dev.
An official spokesperson said deliberations were aimed at strategizing an action plan to garner public support and involvement to make this movement a grand success across the state. The Local Government was directed to evolve a strategy for effective execution of programme at ward level. Likewise, the Rural Development and Panchayats Department would also spearheaded the drive in the Rural areas.
Similarly, the Punjab Pollution Control Board was directed to being awareness amongst the people to publicise the obligations under Rules and the specific single use plastic items to be discouraged under the ban, as well as the alternatives among the public through every possible communication medium.
