Tribune News Service
Amritsar, September 29
In an initiative to keep the environment of the city clean, a ‘Plastic-Free Amritsar’ campaign has been launched by Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) here today. The objective of the campaign is to free the city dwellers of the plastic.
In this campaign, the residents of the city have been invited to bring plastic and get gifts in return. The residents of the city will collect plastic items and give them at a booth constituted for purpose and they will be given a gift as an honour.
Addressing the gathering Mayor Karamjit Singh Rintu said they were making efforts to make Amritsar a clean and developed city. He said the Municipal Corporation and the UNDP were working together to tackle the problem of plastics which was becoming the biggest threat to the environment. “The Punjab Government has launched the Plastic-Free Amritsar campaign to free the city of plastic. In this move, residents of the city should extend their full cooperation in making this campaign a success,” added Rintu.
The Mayor called the residents to use jute or cloth bags when go for shopping in the market to eliminate the need of plastic envelopes from the outset. “Protecting the environment has become a need for our survival. The people should also contribute in this campaign for the betterment of the country,” he said.
Plastic-free Amritsar: Give plastic waste, get a gift in return!
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