You are at Toxics Alert > News > NGT bans use of plastic bottles in Haridwar
Toxics Alert, an environment news bulletin from toxics link Toxics Link
Issue 64
, 2015
View issue number:
  Home  |  Editorial  |  Feature  |  Interview  |  News  |  Policy  |  Updates  |  Reports / International News  |  Partner

* NEWS

NGT bans use of plastic bottles in Haridwar

Source: The Times of India, Date: , 2015

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has banned the use of plastic bottles around the banks of Uttarakhand here to check the menace of pollution in and around the river Ganges, an official said on Monday.  This has been necessitated as devotees and visitors bringing plastic water bottles along with them throw them near the banks, he said.  The littering causes these bottles to settle on the river bed, causing great harm to the river, the official added.  The NGT has asked the state government to ensure ban on sale of plastic bottles near the Ganges and shutdown all shops selling them.

Read More:
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/pollution/NGT-bans-use-of-plastic-bottles-in-Haridwar/articleshow/48419173.cms

Home  • FEATURE  • INTERVIEW  • NEWS  • POLICY  • UPDATES  • REPORTS / INTERNATIONAL NEWS  •