The Pioneer 21.05.2013
Few takers for Government initiatives against polythene
when a workshop organised to spread awareness among stakeholders
attracted few. Neither the concerned officials nor the common people
showed the desired level of interest.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RMC, Deepankar Panda, Deputy Mayor of
RMC, Sanjeev Vijayvargiya and some other officials were present in the
seminar but chief guest and Principal Secretary of Urban Development
Department Arun Kumar Singh gave the programme a slip. Though the RMC
has made arrangements for 500 but it could gather barely 100 odd. Use of
polythene bags with thickness of less than 40 micron and measuring
18×12 inches in size is being made penal as per a Government order in
the State.
Town planner Gajanand Ram tried his best to understand the participants
about the disadvantage of using the polythene bags and encouraged the
use of paper and clothes made bags. He asked to share experiences.
Deputy Mayor of RMC Sanjiv Vijayvargiya said, “We have decided to
divide the city into six segments and ward members of the respective
areas will play major role in spreading awareness for stopping the use
of polythene bags of below the described thickness and dimension”. The
main motive of this seminar was to give the city people an awakening
call for dropping down the use of polythene bags of above mentioned
thickness and size and to run it like a movement in the city but the
effort made did not show much zeal and enthusiasm a very cold reaction
came out of it.
