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IN THE NEWS

Goa government bans single use Rs 34 crore to be spent on
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into effect on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma A ground will soon be cleared at a cost of a whopping
Gandhi. The circular, issued by the undersecretary of
Rs 34 crore. The work was allotted by the board of
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that the use of plastic water bottles, glasses, plates shall residents will be able to get rid of 5 lakh metric tonnes
be discontinued and instead items which are eco-friendly of garbage that has accumulated at Dadumajra. After a
and reusable to provide water and other items in the
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August, the Goa Legislative Assembly passed a bill to ban
the manufacture, import, store, transport or sell plastic
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Bill bans the manufacture, import and sale of carry bags
and items made up of plastic/styrofoam such as cups,
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plastic cellophane paper and such other items. Plastic major projects under the Smart City Mission as the 11th
is already banned in certain tourism places, wildlife meeting of the board of directors of Chandigarh Smart
sanctuaries in Goa while the manufacture of plastic below City Limited was held here under the chairmanship of
50 microns thickness is also already banned but is barely
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implemented. Vendors in municipal markets in Goa are
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also banned from handing out plastic bags along with waste’ — the clearing the mountain of trash at the
the goods they sell. Earlier, Goa Tourism Development
dumping ground. This will be done at a cost of Rs 34
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begin next month.The Board has accorded sanction to
assign the work to a Nagpur based company — M/s SMS
Limited. This work will be completed in 18 months. The
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manner”. This will be a huge relief for residents in the
vicinity, who have been facing issues due to the foul
smell and leachate oozing from the dump. Chandigarh
generates around 450 metric tonnes of waste daily.
As the civic body is at loggerheads with the garbage
Corporation had decided to eliminate plastic bottles, cups, processing plant saying that complete processing
straws starting this practice from its headquarters to its of waste is not being carried out, the municipal
hotels (GTDC Residencies) across the State. Prime Minister corporation plans to move the National Green Tribunal
Narendra Modi, who has set the goal to make India free of against the company managing the processing plant.
single-use plastics by 2022, had appealed to the nation to
stop the use of single-use plastic in his speech on India’s The civic body wants to ensure 100 per cent processing
Independence Day. of waste by the plant.

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