Odisha will ban the use of plastic in its five municipal corporation areas and the pilgrim town of Puri from October 2 this year.
While speaking on environmental awareness during ‘Ama Mukhyamantri Ama Katha’ programme at the state secretariat on Tuesday, chief minister Naveen Patnaik said the ban on plastic will be imposed in Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur and Sambalpur municipal corporations and Puri town from October 2 in the first phase.
Later, the use of plastic will be completely banned across Odisha in the next two years.
Read more of this in a report published in Hindustan Times....
(Banning is fine, but me and you have to take steps too to save our environment. - Editor)
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