Ban on sale of plastic items at Ganga Ghats in Haridwar | 14 Apr 2022

Why in News?

On April 12, 2022, it was decided under the chairmanship of Haridwar Municipal Commissioner Dayanand Saraswati that from April 25, plastic items would not be sold at the Ganga Ghats in Haridwar.

Key Points

• After the ban on plastic items, bamboo, copper and glass bottles will be sold instead of plastic cans along with handmade cloth and jute mats at the ghats.
• This sale will be done through women self-help groups formed under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana and National Urban Livelihoods Mission.
• It is noteworthy that the National Urban Livelihoods Mission was launched in the year 2013 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (Government of India), under which the emphasis was on organizing the urban poor into strong infrastructure level institutions, creating opportunities for skill development goes.