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Agartala, September 08, 2019: In response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to make country single use plastic free, State Mahila Morcha – women’s wing of BJP – has launched massive door-to-door awareness campaign in Agartala today. Activists of the Morcha, led by its State president Papiya Dutta kicked off the plastic-free campaign at 21 Ward in Banamalipur. Notably, target was set to make Ward 21 a ‘Model’ ward.
Notably, the Prime Minister pitched for freedom for India from single use plastic during his last I-Day speech. Invoking people to shun single use plastics, Mahila Morcha activists have taken a bow to materialize the vision of the Prime Minister, Dutta commented.
During the campaign, Mahila Morcha activists visited dwellings and focused on importance of Modi’s call for making country single use plastic-free and harmful environmental and climatic impacts of plastics were also pointed out. The awareness campaign was launched under Swachh Tripura Mission 2019, Papiya Dutta said and added, Mahila Morcha will take the campaign in every corner of the State.
“The objective of the campaign is creating awareness and empowering women to ensure plastic-free Tripura – moreover, we are pointing out utilities of bio-degradable wastes and recycling facilities for non-bio-degradable wastes as part of Solid and Liquid Resource Management (SLRM) ”, Datta said.
Detailing about SLRM, she said, wastes can be converted and recycled to generate employment. Datta also pointed out collection of bio-degradable and non-bio-degradable wastes separately for proper reuse and recycling. She also said, “We have distributed a piece of mosquito net to cover up the outpipe of septic tank to combat mosquito menace. It is observed, mosquitoes – in large number – are found in outbound pipe of household septic tanks – covering up the pipe with the piece of net will help to fight against mosquitoes”.
