To raise public awareness regarding the polythene ban and to make the city polythene free, a joint drive was conducted by the district administration on Wednesday. Dehradun Mayor Vinod Chamoli and District Magistrate BVRC Purushottam along with the nodal officers of other departments participated in the drive.
Apart from public representatives, including Rajpur Road MlA Rajkumar and public servants, NSS volunteers, school children and senior citizens participated in the anti-polythene campaign.
Speaking on the occasion, Purushottam said that, such drives are essential to raise public awareness about the harmful effects of polythene. A separate anti-polythene awareness campaign would be conducted involving public school children on January 25.
Purushottam also said that strict action would be taken against the traders found selling their goods in polythene bags and case would be filed on the spot against such offenders from February 20 onwards.
During the checking drive, polythene bags were collected at the Parade Ground and DM ordered these to be dumped in the trenching ground.
The district economics and statistics officer Geetanjali Sharma along with around 50 NSS volunteers and NCC cadets of Government Girls Inter College, Rajpur Road also participated in the campaign.
As per the instruction of the ADM Harak Singh Rawat to penalise traders found with polythene bags, around 50 challans were imposed on such traders and about 50 kilograms polythene bags were seized during the drive.