The Sambalpur railway station has been declared as a 'No Plastic Zone' from Wednesday. This has become the second plastic-free railway station in the country after the Tirupati station.
On the occasion, a pledge taking was organised at Sambalpur where staffs and officers of Sambalpur Railway Division led by Divisional Rilway Manager Dr Jaideep Gupta along with station employees, senior citizens, school and college students, Bharat Scouts and Guides and NCC volunteers took pledge not to use plastic/polythine of single-use inside the station premises and not allow anybody for single-use plastic/polythine at the station.
Dr Gupta also highlighted the adverse impact of plastics on the environment.
A rally was organised to aware passengers, rail users and common public not to use plastic at the Sambalpur station.