A walkathon cum awareness programme on ban on single use plastic was organised here by the Navodaya Alumni Association of Odisha (NAAO) on Saturday.
It began from the Sahidnagar with participation of 200 members comprising of JNV alumni, college and school students, local persons and members of civic bodies. The walkathon moved upto Lower PMG through Ram Mandir Square drawing attention of the common people. Later, an awareness programme was organised at the Lower PMG.
A skating programme by Utkal Unicorn Group was one of the main attractions.
The event was flagged off by Principal Chief Safety Officer, East Coast Railway Sudhansu Sekhar Mishra besides scribe Dilip Bisoi and activist Linkan Subudhi.
Eco-friendly jute bags were distributed among the people in exchange of 10 polythene carry bags as an encouragement not to use single use plastic materials which was well appreciated by the participants.
The organising team was led by Dr Pradyut Pradhan.