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Author: Bhavani Prabhakar
Enter any lane in the city, you are sure to see a roadside vendor selling veggies or flowers neatly packed in a plastic bag. With the State banning single-use plastic products, it is sure to hit the small vendors.
From dengue deaths to AIIMS establishment in Madurai, in 2018, the State Health Department has been through a roller coaster ride. News Today brings out the highlights of the year.
Consumer Voice, Delhi, and Consumer Association of India, Chennai, organised a state-level workshop on tobacco control recently in Chennai.
“The good thing the government did was informing us well in advance and giving us plenty of time to think about alternative products. Once the ban was announced, the other viable and eco-friendly, government-certified alternatives started showing up. It promoted the substitute industry indirectly,” said Palam Silks founder, Jeyasree Ravi.
Since the time the plastic ban was announced by Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, several people have been coming up with bio-plastics as an alternative.
The Surrogacy (Regulation Bill) that seeks a blanket ban on commercial surrogacy was passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. However, the bill has a provision of conducting altruistic surrogacy.
With just a few days left for the plastic ban to be enforced, there are people who are still unaware of it though the move has been lauded by environmentalists and sustainability-practitioners.
Legend has it that in the mid-20th century, Kanchipuram Chandrasekara Saraswati while paying a visit to the neighbourhood, saw the hill, and pronounced that a temple for Lord Muruga would come up.