MCD joins hands with community people to make Dwarka free from plastic
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MCD joins hands with community people to make Dwarka free from plastic

A program was organised in association with various RWAs, NGOs in Dwarka

MCD joins hands with community people to make Dwarka free from plastic

Dwarka: Municipal Corporation of Dwarka has joined hands with the community people to make Dwarka free from plastic. At an event organised at Sector 6 market premises, MCD announced the launch of the flagship program earlier announced by Lt Governor of Delhi, VK Saxena to make Delhi free from plastic.

On 22 January, LG VK Saxena had launched a 100-day drive aimed to make areas under the municipal corporation free of plastic. The ‘100 Days to Beat Plastic’ campaign led by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will end on April 22 on International Earth Day.

The program was organised by MCD in association with various RWAs, NGOs and the market association of Sector 6. On the occasion Deputy Commissioner Najafgarh Zone, Pradeep Kumar and the area Councillor Kamaljeet Sehrawat were present as distinguished guests.

DC Pradeep Kumar addressed the gathering and emphasised the concept of plastic free Dwarka and the campaign announced by Lt Governor. He said that at first the Sector 6 and Sector 10 markets would be made plastic free and the gradually the entire city would be made plastic free with the involvement of RWAs, market associations and NGOs. 

“We have to make Dwarka plastic free and we must take pledge to fulfill our target. Discouraging the use of plastic and increasing the use of alternative options like jute bags, cloths, bags etc would be very effective in making the campaign successful.”

As a part of the program, NGOs ‘Rakhsa - The Saviour, Matrix - association of Neighbourhood Ladies Get-together, Green Circle and other social organisations were present. Raksha The Saviour and Matrix  contributed cloth and jute bags to distribute to the community people and the officials to give a message of plastic free Dwarka. 

Councillor of the area, Kamaljeet Sehrawat in her address appealed people to come forward and join hands with MCD in the mission. She assured of all the possible help from the side of MCD. She also shared her experience and observations during visit to Indore about waste management. “Why not we should make efforts to make Dwarka an example like Indore. Lets make collective effort for that and show Delhi that we can do that,” she added.

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All Dwarka Resident Federation (ADRF) being instrumental in organising the event put several proposal in front of MCD to help and support in the mission with RWAs, NGOs, social organisations etc. Robin Sharma from ADRF said, “We want to support the system fully and to make it possible. I have made my medical shop empire medico free from any type of plastic use and we will be making efforts to make all the shops at Sector 6 market free from plastic.” On the occasion DC Pradeep Kumar made the gathering  take pledge to say no to plastic in any form.