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Campaign : Polythene, No More!
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Plastic menace has become a thorny issue in many of the areas. In the absence of
any conservative mechanism over control of usage of plastics, particularly bags,
the practice of bringing vegetables, edibles, groceries and other house hold items
in plastic bags has hit an all time high, causing degradation of environment everywhere.
This indiscriminate use and disposal of plastic in the city has aggravated water
logging and increase of vector diseases.
The city is expecting more rainfall in fewer days due to impacts of climate change -which
means more water logging. In such situations, plastics and polythene tends to disrupt
the drainage of water and hence aggravate the problems.
To curb or control the menace of plastic in the city the Gorakhpur Environmental
Action Group in association with Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation has launched rigorous
awareness campaign at school and public level to protect the environment, to educate
the literate and illiterate people about the harmful effect of plastic and in form of benefits
to the society.
The campaign Polythene, No More! was started with the
support of NSS students on 15th November through flag off by the Mayor Ms. Anju
Chaudhary, in M.G.P.G college. The entire campaign was conducted in three phases.
In this campaign following activities were made:
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1. Distribution of pamphlets and education materials
2. Spot speech with students
3. Rally
4. Puppet show
5. Exhibition on a mobile van
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The awareness campaign was launched in various placesof city, with the help of street
plays and puppet shows.
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The campaign also included orientation of service clubs, women organization, citizen's
groups and so on.
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Most fascinating event in this entire awareness campaign was the co-operation and
pro-active involvement of small children below the age of 10 years. It was conducted
from 15th -19th December, 2009. In this process group of children in proper uniform
motivated people in the market to adopt alternative means such cloths bag, paper
bags instead of plastic bags.
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