Campaign ends but life in era free from polythene to start soon in City of Temples: Mayor
Over 7,000 persons participate in anti-polythene Walkathon
CS Walks with Mayor till City Chowk, lauds environment friendly objective
STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: The month-long campaign by Jammu Mayor Rajinder Sharma to motivate and aware masses of Jammu to put an end to the use of plastic and polythene made items concluded here at Parade Ground on Monday morning with a Walkathon which witnessed participation of over 7000 people mostly students drawn from various schools, colleges and universities.
The Chief Secretary of J&K Union Territory Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta graced the function along with SSP Traffic Faisal Qureshi and other officers, morning walkers, saints, social, traders and other organisations.
“The campaign has ended today but the life in new era free from polythene will make its start soon in the City of Temples,” the Mayor told reporters on the sidelines of the Walkathon.
The Walkathon started that started from Parade Ground of Jammu culminated at Maharaja Hari Singh Park near Tawi River and the Chief Secretary walked till City Chowk area accompanied by the Mayor and others.
The CS appreciated the efforts of Mayor and talked on hazards that polythene is causing on the health of humans and environment.
He was delighted on the objective of the move and hard work put behind it by the Mayor and his team and the management of the Walkathon and mass participation of the students.
The CS expressed full faith in political leadership of the urban local body and said that he was confident that the movement aimed to strengthen the environment will surely reach its logical conclusion soon.
Many other speakers on the occasion express satisfaction over the alternates provided for polythene carry bags in the form of carry bags made of bio-degradable material cellulose-starch developed by DRDO.
The jubilant students walked the walk carrying placards with slogans like ‘Stop the Use of Polythene’, I Will Make a Start’ etc written on them.
They said that they will not only stop the use of plastic and polythene but will object and question others using the same and aware such people about hazards of using polythene and plastic.
The Mayor personally met each student and representatives of their institutions and provided them refreshments. The educational institutions assured the Mayor to further join any future move of human interest by the JMC.
The participating schools included KC Public School, Shiksha Niketan Higher Secondary School, MIER College of education, Govt College for Women Parade, Delhi Public School Jammu, Govt MAM College Jammu, PSPS Govt PG College for Women Gandhi Nagar Jammu, Dewan Badrinath Vidya Mandir Amarvilla Tallab Tillo, Govt Boys Hr Sec School Bakshi Nagar, St Peters High School, SKUAST Jammu, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Muthi Jammu, NCC from Govt Women College Parade, Govt Hr Sec School Paloura, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Canal, Govt Hr Sec School Paloura, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Gandhi Nagar, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Shastri Nagar, Govt Hr Sec School Bahu Fort, Govt GGM Sc College, Govt Boys Hr Sec School Gandhi Nagar, KC International School Akhnoor Road,
Govt Girls Hr Sec School Bakshi Nagar, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Nowabad, Tallab Tillo, Govt Girls Hr Sec School Rehari,
Govt Boys Hr Sec School Camp Road Nowabad, Shri Ranbir Hr Sec School, Govt Hari Singh Hr Sec School,Govt College of Education, GD Goenka.
The Chairmen of Standing Committees of JMC who participated in the Walk were Arun Khanna and Subash Sharma.
The JMC Councillors who participated in the Walk were Gurmeet Kour Randhawa, Narotam Sharma, Nidhi Mangotra, Dr Akshay Sharma, Dinesh Mahajan, Anil Masoom, Jeet Angral, Anita Sharma, Surjeet Singh, Dwarka Nath Chowdhary, Sham Lal Basson, Neena Gupta, Ashok Singh Manhas, Rekha Manhas, Kapil Singh Chib, Anik Kumar and Joti Devi.
