Chennai: A two-month long Awareness campaign on single-use plastics jointly organised by the GIZ, UNEP, FICCI and MOEFCC was launched recently by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India.
The awareness campaign consists of four on-line regional events, along with a social media campaign on mitigation of plastic pollution.
Supriya Sahu, Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Forest, Government of Tamilnadu who had led the campaign on Environment and imposed plastic ban in the Nilgiris, Tamilnadu before 20 years delivered the special address for the event.
She shared her experiences on making the Nilgiris initiative a people’s campaign and highlighted the crucial need to unclog the river sources and springs in the hill station.
She stressed upon the need of public and private sector action to bring about resolutions, notifications and punitive action.