An awareness campaign for curbing the use of polythene bags was organised by students of Delhi Public School, Raipur at Shastri Bazar.
Marching their way through the streets of Shastri Bazar, about a hundred students from the school distributed 300 bags made of cloth and almost 1,000 bags made of paper to the people arrived for shopping so that they discard the thought of procuring their daily needs in polythene bags supplied by the vendors ending in only pollution of the surroundings later, according to a DPS Press release.
It is worth mentioning that the students spent part of their summer vacation making these bags so that they could participate in the ‘No Polythene Drive’ and convey their subtleties towards mother nature vehemently, it stated.
“The knowledge of dissemination should be congruent with the society’s needs and not just confined to books,” averred Vijay Shah, General Secretary of the Management Committee.
Seconding him, DPS Principal, Raghunath Mukherjee also acknowledged, ‘No Polythene Drive’ was another tranquil strategy to awaken the students’ responsibilities at their level towards the community and environment.”
“Earlier too, students have depicted their concern towards the environment and social issues through street plays, human chain, rallies hoping to arouse the people towards a conscious spirit of fighting our predicaments that need continuous views and reviews for which I am thankful to the students, teachers and parents,” Pukhraj Jain, Senior Member of the Management Committee.