The Bharat Aluminium Company ltd (Balco) management has launched a massive campaign to make the Balco Nagar area plastic bag free.
The company said it will organise competitions to promote clean and green environment and the officials and employees who reside in Balco Nagar would be eligible to participate in it. The competition, ‘green home, clean home,’ which would be organised from April 9 to April 12, will have 17 segments, this was decided at a meeting of the organisers.
Balco general manager BK Srivastawa said Balco has been implementing several programmes to improve the life style and promoting green environment in the township. The ‘green home, clean home’ competition will help to make the township attractive and well-organised. Srivastawa appealed to the jury members to take the message to every home in the township and inspire them to join in the campaign.
Administrative head SN Singh expressed his confidence and said all residents will work united to develop the township. On the occasion, Balco ladies Club chairperson Meena Mantri, health service head SP Pant and others gave their suggestions. Balco team will visit different quarters from April 9 to April 12 and obtain consent from the residents for the competition. They will judge the participants on the basis of cleanness, green environment and creativity.
All the residents would be considered as participants in the competitions and the winners would be decided on the basis of evaluation made by the jury. The jury will comprise the officers working at Balco.
Besides Balco ladies Club, Balco Seva Samaj, Bangali Cultural Association, Chitragupta Samaj and other social and religious organisations will also be involved in this work. The names of the winners and the details of the award-giving ceremony would be announced on April 15. The winners and their families would be felicitated at a ceremony to be organised at Ambedkar Stadium.
Balco in a statement has appealed all its employees and residents to cooperate and participate in the campaign to make the township clean, green and plastic bag free.