The Hindu 31.12.2010
MAP: Corporation assures support
Staff Reporter
Kozhikode: Mayor A.K. Premajam has promised Collector P.B. Salim that everything possible will be done from the part of all 75 ward councillors at their respective wards under the Corporation to ensure that the ongoing campaign for a plastic-waste-free district becomes a success.
She was speaking at a special council meeting attended by the District Collector to discuss the execution of the Mass Action for a Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode (MAP) under way in the district.
Prof. Premajam said some wards under the Corporation were already implementing the project. “Cleaning process is already under way in several wards in an active way,” she said.
Dr. Salim explained the details of the project to the ward councillors at the meeting. He said the project, which was being implemented in the district in five phases, had evoked good response from various quarters.
The Collector said two major programmes, Quit Plastic Day on January 22 and a human chain across the district on Republic Day, will be organised as part of the campaign before the MAP declaration day on January 30.
“An oath against plastic-waste will be taken by the participants of the human chain, which is expected to be a programme with mass participation,” he said.
