JAMMU, Sep 13: Team Trikuta Nagar Welfare Society (Regd.), Main Market, Trikuta Nagar, Jammu, organised an awareness programme on preventing the use of single-use plastic bags. Dalbir Singh, Operation Head, Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), was invited as the resource person to interact with residents, vendors and other participants and share practical measures to reduce the use of plastic bags.
The programme began with the chanting of the National Anthem and National Song. TNWS President Rajinder P. Kakkar welcomed the guest by presenting a chunari and introduced the members of the society to the gathering. Cloth bags were also distributed among participants to encourage residents and shopkeepers to adopt environmentally friendly alternatives to single-use plastic.
Addressing the gathering, Dalbir Singh shared useful tips on avoiding single-use plastic bags and highlighted the importance of collective participation in keeping the city clean and environmentally sustainable. He said that the JMC, under the leadership of Commissioner Dr. Devansh Yadav, has selected the Trikuta Nagar vegetable market as a model market for eliminating the use of single-use plastic bags.
The society said cloth bags would be distributed repeatedly among customers and vendors to encourage a lasting behavioural change. It was also conveyed that, as per the directions of the Supreme Court, penalties for the use of prohibited plastic bags would begin from Tuesday morning in the vegetable market. Residents were urged to cooperate with the JMC team and carry cloth bags from home, thereby reducing demand for plastic bags among vendors.
A second programme was organised for the distribution of subsidised health/Vay Vandana cards to senior citizens residing in Trikuta Nagar. TNWS President Rajinder P. Kakkar said the initiative marked the society’s eighth consecutive camp, through which more than 200 residents have already benefited.
The interaction was attended by Anita Gupta, Anil Sharma, Deepak Mehra, Krishna Lal Gupta, Sandeep Sharma, Vijay Gupta, Er. Varinder Kumar Suri, Som Nath Kaul, O. P. Sharma, Veerji Krishna, N. K. Bali and Er. Ashok Kumar Arora, besides a large gathering of Trikuta Nagar residents.
The programmes reflected the society’s continued efforts towards environmental awareness, community welfare and providing practical assistance to local residents. The organisers appealed to citizens to actively participate in the campaign against single-use plastic and support initiatives aimed at creating a cleaner, healthier and more sustainable Trikuta Nagar.