Date :10/2/2019
2nd Press Release on 1st October 2019Campaign regarding “Jammu Against Plastic Pollution”.
In continuation to Jammu Municipal Corporation’s ongoing “Jammu Against Plastic Pollution” campaign, JMC under the instructions of Mayor, JMC Sh. Chander Mohan Gupta, and Commissioner, JMC, Sh. Pankaj Magotra (KAS), Secretary, JMC, Smt. Sunaina Sharma (KAS) launched Duna Pattal stall, a replacement to the Single Use Plastic at Gandhi Nagar Rehri Zone in presence of Revenue Officers Sh. Ashwani Sudan & Sh. Sunil Gupta.
The vendors at Rehri zone Gandhi Nagar gave an excellent response to the initiative of Jammu Municipal Corporation by launching the old and traditional Duna Pattal culture at their Rehri zone. They showed good response and started purchase of Duna Pattel instantly from the stall. The general public also welcome the move taken by Jammu Municipal Corporation. Similar stalls shall be installed at Bahu Fort and other areas of the city.
In today’s campaign Jammu Municipal Corporation’s three teams constituted for the collection of Single Use Plastic waste from different Schools also collected 03 truck loads of Single Use Plastic from them weighing 05 quintals 20 kgs collected by the School children.
Jammu Municipal Corporation again appeal to the general public to say “Say No to Plastic Use” and use only cloth bag, an indigenous replacement to “Single Use Plastic” to make our Jammu City Neat, Clean & Green.