The Hindu 12.01.2010
Fund allotted to eradicate plastic use
Staff Reporter
Tuticorin: Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has allotted a sum of Rs. 4 lakh to eliminate plastic use in the district, according to Collector G. Prakash.
In the first phase, the district administration would tie up with Corporation for analysing the activities to be carried out within the corporation limits, he said while addressing the media.
The fool-proof method of proceedings would be ready in ten days. Referring to the distribution of free dhotis and saris ahead of Pongal festival to the people of below poverty line, Mr. Prakash said around 90 per cent of the beneficiaries had been covered so far and the remaining would be completed within January 13.
The garments would also be given to the people entitled to get the old age pension.
Responding to a query, he said that 98.6 per cent of children under the age of five were given pulse polio drops in the district .
The staff of the Health Department would carry out a door-to-door verification to find out the left-out children from the polio drive, if any, he added.
