With regard to environmental protection, municipal commissioner Dinesh Chandra has issued instructions to Municipal Corporation establishment heads that refreshments will be provided only in steel utensils at meetings held in all the establishments of the city’s Municipal Corporation.
This model was first used in the kavad camps during the kavad yatra and had positive results. Dinesh said that due to the use of banned plastics, the city used to get dirt piles during the bhandara and religious events. He added that he made it mandatory to use steel and other metal utensils for all such events.
“Inspired by us, the management committees of the gurdwaras and temples have abandoned steel crockery and made steel utensil banks for the distribution of langar and food offerings,” said Dinesh. He added that they have also decided to put hoardings and stalls for publicity so that people are aware of it.