 Early Times Report
JAMMU, Oct 1: In continuation to its ongoing "Jammu Against Plastic Pollution" campaign, the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) today launched Duna-Pattal stall, a replacement to the Single Use Plastic at Gandhi Nagar Rehri Zone.
The stall was launched under the instructions of Mayor, JMC Chander Mohan Gupta, and Commissioner, JMC, Pankaj Magotra Secretary, JMC, Sunaina Sharma in presence of Revenue Officers Ashwani Sudan and Sunil Gupta.
The vendors at Rehri zone Gandhi Nagar gave an excellent response to the initiative of the JMC by launching the old and traditional Duna-Pattal culture at their Rehri zone. They showed good response and started purchase of Duna-Pattal instantly from the stall. The general public also welcomed the move taken by the JMC. Similar stalls shall be installed at Bahu Fort and other areas of the city.
In today's campaign, the JMC's three teams were constituted for the collection of Single Use Plastic waste from different Schools also collected 3 truck loads of Single Use Plastic from them weighing 5 quintals 20 kgs collected by the School children. |
