Dehradun : In a bid to make Uttarakhand polythene free, a campaign was kick-started by the Agriculture Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat in the state capital, today, under the guidance of Sant Chidanand Muni.
Giving the go ahead to the campaign, Rawat said that a Polythene Act would come into effect very soon as Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ was making efforts to get it passed in the forthcoming assembly session.
The launch of the campaign was attended by dignitaries and the student fraternity. The campaign aims at making the Rispana and Bindal tributaries of the sacred Ganga river polythene free. This would motivate the public, authorities and, above all, the politicians to understand the need and importance of cleaning the Ganga.
Chidanand Muni said that polythene had also been posing hurdles to the natural flow of the Ganga and its tributaries. Showing concern about the Ganga getting polluted with each passing day, Swami Chidanand said the river would only find mention in the history books, if timely efforts were not made to save it.
The Save the Ganga Campaign would culminate with setting up of four Gau Dham aimed at protecting cows from getting slaughtered, Rawat emphasised.
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