Door-to-door campaign for behavioural change
“Door-to-door campaign is must required from Residents’ Welfare Association and Market Traders’ Associations for behavioural change in the citizen for making New Delhi a Plastic Free Zone. It is a step towards individual and community wellness improvement of the society in letter and spirit,” Said Member of Parliament, Meenakashi lekhi while addressing the “NDMC Dialogue - We and Community wellness”, an interactive session under the Wellness Week organized by New Delhi Municipal Council(NDMC) in collaboration of Sleep Well Foundation at NDMC Convention Centre, New Delhi.
lekhi said that plastic bags and packaging is a hazardous element of our modern society. It is the need of the hour to change our behaviour and habit for using plastics in everyday life. She emphasized to adopt segregation of waste at source every household. It is high time to inculcate reduce, recycle and reuse for conservation of environment and mitigation of the climate change.
Chairman, NDMC Naresh Kumar while interacting with the participants of the Dialogue programme stressed upon the spreading of message of civic sense and responsibility amongst the residents and people visiting New Delhi area.
DDA to celebrate Yoga Day in a big way
Delhi Development Authority is celebrating International Yoga Day on June 21 from 5.30 am to 8.00 am in a big way. Ministry of Ayush, Govt. of India has designated its Senior Officers as Nodal Officers and also nominated supporting agencies. It has been decided to hold mega yoga sessions at following parks and sports complexes of DDA with the supporting agencies namely Patanjali Yoga Samiti, Art of living and Vivekanand Yogashram Hospital. It is expected that about 25000 citizens will participate in yoga sessions at the above locations. DDA appeals to all the residents of nearby localities to come and join the yoga day celebrations.