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Odisha government has started the process to ban use of plastic and polythene containers in the state

in Environment August 9, 2018 Comments Off on Odisha government has started the process to ban use of plastic and polythene containers in the state 1,017 Views

Bhubaneswar:9/8/18;’  Odisha government has started the process to ban use of plastic and polythene containers in the state.

A modality of the ban was discussed at a high-level meeting presided over by chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi at the State Secretariat here on Thursday.

Briefing mediapersons after the meeting, additional chief secretary, Forest and Environment, Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said that to dissuade the people from using plastic and polythene containers, they would be paid on returning Omfed milk pouches and plastic bottles to the agents who would be engaged in the collection of these items.

A public notice in this regard would be issued by the end of August.

“The state government will give 15 days’ time to the people for their opinion in this regard while a law to this effect would be enacted by September 15,” Mohapatra said.

He said the chief secretary has directed the department concerned to implement the ban order within two weeks after the enactment of the law.

On July 10, the Chief Minister during a video conferencing of the ‘Ama Mukhyamantri, Ama Katha’ programme at the State Secretariat had announced a ban on the use of plastic and polythene in the state from October 2.

 

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