The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has decided to implement a complete ban on single use plastic.
Commissioner of SDMC Gyanesh Bharti called the first meeting of ‘City Level Task Force’.
The task force, constituted on June 18 this year by the SDMC under Waste Management rules 2016, has been aimed to phase out single use plastic from the city.
The task force took several important decisions to implement proper ban of single use plastic during the meeting. “It was decided that 20 markets in SDMC jurisdiction will be declared as single use plastic free. It was also decided to ensure enforcement and monitoring of ban on plastics less than 50 microns, IEC activities in active collaboration with RWAs, market and traders’ associations,” the civic body said in a statement.
The meeting was attended by task force members including District Magistrates, Deputy Commissioners along with representatives of Nehru Place traders association and senior SDMC officials.
In addition to this, workshops, rallies and training programmes to be organised to make people aware about harmful effects of single use plastic. Announcements (munaadi) will be made to aware and encourage people to carry their cloth bags. Stickers, carrying the same messages, will be pasted on shops, it said.