The Hindu 25.10.2010
Seeking replication of zero waste strategy
Staff Reporter
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29-member Mamallapuram town panchayat team in Nagercoil |
Nagercoil: A 29-member team headed by Mamallapuram (Kancheepuram
district) town panchayat president S.Vasanth Rao held discussion with
Collector Rajendra Ratnoo on Saturday in connection with implementing
the ban on non-degradable waste within their town panchayat limit in the
first phase.
The collector explained to them about success story on eradicating plastic menace in Kanyakumari district.
He told them that the ban on plastic materials was carried out in
three phases in the district. In the first phase, various awareness
camps were conducted involving school and college students,
representatives of various civic bodies, government employees,
representatives of self help groups and non-governmental organisations.
The awareness camps were conducted in nine panchayat unions, four
municipalities including Nagercoil, Padmanabhapuram, Colachel and
Kuzuthurai and Kanyakumari town panchayat.
In the second phase, people from all walks of life were asked to
carry paper or cloth bags instead of plastic bags while they were going
for shopping. Those who attended the camps were asked to take oath not
to use plastic items. In the third phase, those who violated the ban
were fined. The district administration has decided to declare
Kanyakumari as garbage free district by 2011, said the Collector.
Earlier, the team members visited Kanyakumari and Myladi to undertake an on-the-spot study.