Chief Secretary S S Kapur today called for a vigorous campaign for preservation of water bodies and other natural resources bestowed in the State. He urged the people to come forward and lend a helping hand in government
MUMBAI: Anita Prabhu, a 27-year-old computer professional working in Belapur, and her friends had an embarrassing moment at MTDC's Ganpatipule beach resort when they were about to leave the place last weekend. They were fined for leaving plastic bags and beverage cans around the `Konkani huts' they had hired for three days.
BHUBANESWAR: Call it creating wealth out of waste or innovation in converting a mere garbage material to eco-friendly polymers, the benefit is threefold: Helping the environment in manufacturing biodegradable material for a green planet, finding out ways for multiple uses of the bio-polymers with a vast array of human and scientific applications and utilising industrial byproducts.
Srinagar: Academicians, administrators, students and representatives of non-governmental organisations today discussed the need to root out the problem of polythene from the Kashmir valley on the occasion of World Earth Day here.
Kurukshetra: The Election Commission has banned the use of plastic and polythene for the preparation of posters and banners by parties and their nominees during the election campaign. All presidents and secretaries of recognised parties have been directed to follow the directions strictly.
While noting that the ultimate solution to the environmental damage caused by non-biodegradable plastic bags is to introduce bags made of biodegradable materials, Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternative Energy Askari Taqvi said on Thursday that a
Taking a step forward in rooting out polythene from the Kashmir valley, Green Dream, a group of young professionals and students, visited the Jamia Masjid area and appealed to traders there to avoid polythene in their daily operations.
Green Dream members Khurram Wani, Kaunsar Bhat, Mehboob Jeelani and others asked traders to make alternative arrangements instead of using polythene.
