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Hyderabad (Telangana) July 4: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has has taken up a series of activities that spreads awareness and discourages the use of plastic in the city as there is rampant use of plastic despite a ban on the same. Commissioner, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Janardhan Reddy said “We have taken up a series of activities to discourage the usage of plastic, especially single-use plastic. We are organising meetings with resident welfare associations; student and we are taking it all the citizens of the Hyderabad.”
The GHMC is planning to visit 7,600 public and private school to conduct awareness programs. As per a ANI report, Reddy said,”First we will counsel and then confiscate and then we will compound the material and action will be initiated by the enforcement teams.”
Moreover special drives and awareness programs are being conducted in the city regarding the disadvantages and hazards of using plastic. Also, guidelines have been issued to discontinue the usage of single-use plastic items, like plastic and tetra bottles, single-use straws, plastic, styrofoam tea cups, containers, plastic below 50 microns or plastic coated items and any other forms of single-use or banned plastic.
Last month, the Telangana government instructed municipal bodies across the state to stop the usage of plastic.
With Inputs from ANI.
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