People gathered for Aligarh plastic free state - thousands of hands raised plastic,400 KG polythene collected

Report by-Ajay kumar aligarh

Public representatives officers and employees gathered polythene- a plug run awareness rally was held in protest against polythene. In which the people of Aligarh took a pledge to destroy the plastic monster. During this, Chandaniya Pokhar resonated with the slogans of Clean Aligarh, Sundar Aligarh.With this, Chandaniya Pokhar Mahashajapath was started along with the restoration campaign of Chandaniya Pokhar. The campaign to make Aligarh the first single-use plastic-free district of the state has intensified.

While the MLAs took to the streets to collect polythene from the historic Ghantaghar Park, in the presence of the NGO Municipal Commissioner, Additional Municipal Commissioner - Public Representatives, there was a crowd of people to make polythene free in the historic plug run. The movement has started. On Sunday, the grand finale of the race campaign will be held at the clock tower.

Let us tell you that on the vision of Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi and initiative of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to declare single-use plastic-free Uttar Pradesh by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India, by June 30, the state should be free of plastic and polythene waste. For public awareness to be free from side effects Under "RACE" for Single Use Plastic Free Uttar Pradesh Mahabhiyan from 29th June to 3rd July, massive public awareness campaign RACE ( On the fourth day of Reduction, Awareness Circular (Solutions) & (Mass) Engagement, a plug run-awareness rally was taken out by Aligarh Municipal Corporation from historic Ghantaghar to Chandaniya Pokhar via Samad Road on Saturday morning.

During this, MLA Anil Parashar, Deputy Chairman Dr. Mukesh Sharma, Councilor Dinesh Gupta Praveen Arya, Municipal Commissioner Gaurang Rathi and Additional Municipal Commissioner Arun Kumar Gupta jointly flagged off the plug run-awareness rally from Clock tower and organized public for various places of Aligarh. Released for awareness. In the plug run-awareness rally, public representatives, officers, employees and officials of various social organizations collected plastic lying on the side of the road, along the drains and on the banks of the puddle.

Whereas in the awareness program organized at Chandaniya Pokhar, the closing place of the Plug Run-Awareness Rally, the dignitaries and thousands of people present were administered the oath of cleanliness and non-use of plastic and were told about the ill effects of single use plastic.

During this, Municipal Commissioner Gaurang Rathi said that the race campaign is a commendable initiative of the state government, by throwing plastic and polythene waste here and there, it reaches the river, ponds, from there it reaches to humans. Eating this waste by animals, birds and fish itself threatens their life. At the same time, human life also cannot live without being affected by it.

He said that wide public participation is the most important point in the race campaign and this campaign is being run by Aligarh Municipal Corporation in all areas of the city with wide publicity on the ground, which is a commendable initiative. deserves congratulations.

While Municipal Commissioner Gaurang Rathi said that the race campaign is showing fruitful results, local civil society organizations and businessmen are constantly joining the campaign and taking a daily initiative, they are taking a commendable initiative to abandon single-use plastic polythene.

Expressing gratitude to the public representatives, NGO officers, employees and councilors involved in the race campaign, Additional Municipal Commissioner Arun Kumar Gupta said that certainly with the cooperation of every citizen of the city and the continuous efforts of Aligarh Municipal Corporation, Aligarh became the first city of the plastic free state. will form.

Mayor Mohd Furkan while congratulating the plug run said that the state will be made free from plastic pollution through public cooperation and for this the race campaign is a worthwhile initiative.

About 400 kg of polythene single use plastic products were collected by the public involved in the plug run-awareness rally, which were sent to the A to Z plant by the Municipal Corporation and disposed of.