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| Single use plastic water bottles to ban in offices | | | Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Nov 10: As polythene takes a tool on the fragile Jammu and Kashmir environment, government has decided to ban the single use plastic water bottles in government offices and universities of the new Union Territory.
In view of the adverse impact on health and environmental hazards posed by use of plastic items, the authorities have imposed a ban on them in government departments and educational institutions of Jammu and Kashmir.
The decision has been taken in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing at 74th session of UN general Assembly in September.
He has said that India was advocating for the elimination of single-use plastic for long. He emphasized that the country will soon initiate a very large campaign to make the country a plastic-free nation.
An official document reads, "All government offices, universities, industrial units in Jammu and Kashmir shall dispense with the use of single use plastic water bottled in their respective offices and make alternate arrangements for safe drinking water that does not generate plastic waste."
It says, "Only multi-use water bottles, dispensers, containers will be allowed in government offices, instead water bottles of alternative materials like glass, steel, aluminum, etc, may be used."
An official at State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) said, "We have issued orders banning the articles made of non-biodegradable material in the past."
"We are trying to create mass awareness on single use plastic ban through radio advertisements. The board has also distributed posters displaying the ill-effects of plastic in various districts to ensure the implementation of the ban," the official said.
PCB had recently carried out raid on a unit in Industrial Area Khonmoh manufacturing banned disposable items like plates, cups, bowls, tumblers, spoons, forks, knives and seized approximately 75 kg of the banned material.
A senior official informed, "The board has directed the district officers to take coercive measures on manufacturing units failing to comply with the directives."
The official said it was also the collective responsibility of people how to eliminate the use of plastic items. "Employees of these departments have a bigger role to play and ensure order is implemented," he added. |
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