Srinagar: Tosamaidan Development Forum (TDF) on Sunday carried out a cleanliness drive as part of Save the Earth from plastic pollution at Doodhpathri Budgam.
As per a statement issued here, TDF led cleanliness and removing of garbage mainly plastics drive at and in the meadows of Doodhpathri along with volunteers, appealed to the tourists, local people not to litter their surroundings with wrappers of chips and plastic bottles and other waste on the roads and meadows.
The drive also aims to achieve neat and clean tourist destinations of district Budgam, which attract more foreign and domestic tourists.
Participating in the cleanliness drive, Sheikh Maqbool Chief Spokesperson TDF said harmful plastic products are a threat to the environment and all living beings, plastic products also pose hurdle in segregation of domestic waste and their management.
He stressed the need of developed comprehensive action plan for elimination of single use plastics and effective implementation of Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016.
“Through this campaign, we are not only organizing clean Doodhpathri but also generating awareness about clean and healthy surroundings of all tourism destinations like Tosamadian and Yousmarg,” said Sheikh Majeed Secretary TDF.
“The earth, the air, the land, and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children. So we have to hand over to them at least as it was handed over to us,” Sheikh Majeed added.
“There are plenty of technical challenges, we need to develop new solutions for recycling the plastic what is actually recycled is lower because of the lack of infrastructure in UT of Jammu and Kashmir,” said Maik Hamid media coordinator TDF.
“There also needs to be technical innovation and new solutions to make collecting and reprocessing materials commercially viable,” Mailk added.
