The Navodaya Youth Association and the Toshali Samrudhi Foundation jointly organised a polythene ban campaign in the Unit-4 market here.
During the campaign, the members distributed cotton bags among people in the presence of local Corporator Naren Sahoo and market secretary Badri Narayan Mishra.
The members also urged the vendors not to provide polythene bags to the consumers and rather to provide cotton bags. Association joint secretary Dibyashakti Mahapatra said that the campaign has been started to create awareness among the citizens.
Foundation secretary Divya Saswati said that the campaign would be organised in all markets in the city. Among others, Suvendu Biswal, Sunil Patnaik, Manas Swain, Sanjib Dhal, Abhishek Panda and Gyanendra Nayak were present.