Polythene bag ban to be imposed from Monday....******** This appeared on THE HINDU on March 14th 2013
Ever evolving usage of Polythene bags by almost every household in Uttarakhand is one of the most thought upon menace to the society and to the environment as well. Recent strenuous initiative by the Uttarakhand government to curb the usage of polythene bags in the open marker is laudable. The movement received a great support from all scores of society and will be marked as a commendable step in the state Government's report card. Whatever might be the original character of this highly praised move by the state government, it has become a challenge for the administrators in order to make it a complete story of success.
Initially everybody felt enthusiastic with the move but slowly and gradually citizens have started falling to their same old habit of using these bags, often without any regret or shame on their faces. There are many instances wherein I myself came across shopkeepers giving things in poly bags. When asked, they said nobody has ever imposed any fine for using these bags, how could they realise that what they are doing is sheer disrespect to the ban.
One wonders where are the so called social saviours-NGOs-of city hidden, why aren't they picketing the municipal offices so as to make the ban stricter. And if they cant they should stop pretending to be the well wishers of the commoners. To my consternation, in all the twelve districts of Himachal Pradesh polythene is completely banned, nobody can even dare to hide his head in rain with a polythene bag. When a state like HP can implement this measure so diligently and encourage its residents to say no to polybags why cant uttarakhand, given that geographical location of HP is equally hilly as it is of Uttarakhand, in case any official finds an excuse in that. However,the statement that, the efficacy of the ban also relies and depends on the level of civic sense among the citizens,is somewhat correct keeping in mind the ignorance people show but it is still not enough to give officials a reason to shrug off without showing sincereness to the issue which it surely deserves.
Dehradun has again indulgently forgiven the administration and let them get away with such mismanagement.
But nevertheless, if there is any thing that doonites loathes, it is sheer disregard towards such a pristine environments that Dehradun has always boasted of.
Ever evolving usage of Polythene bags by almost every household in Uttarakhand is one of the most thought upon menace to the society and to the environment as well. Recent strenuous initiative by the Uttarakhand government to curb the usage of polythene bags in the open marker is laudable. The movement received a great support from all scores of society and will be marked as a commendable step in the state Government's report card. Whatever might be the original character of this highly praised move by the state government, it has become a challenge for the administrators in order to make it a complete story of success.
Initially everybody felt enthusiastic with the move but slowly and gradually citizens have started falling to their same old habit of using these bags, often without any regret or shame on their faces. There are many instances wherein I myself came across shopkeepers giving things in poly bags. When asked, they said nobody has ever imposed any fine for using these bags, how could they realise that what they are doing is sheer disrespect to the ban.
One wonders where are the so called social saviours-NGOs-of city hidden, why aren't they picketing the municipal offices so as to make the ban stricter. And if they cant they should stop pretending to be the well wishers of the commoners. To my consternation, in all the twelve districts of Himachal Pradesh polythene is completely banned, nobody can even dare to hide his head in rain with a polythene bag. When a state like HP can implement this measure so diligently and encourage its residents to say no to polybags why cant uttarakhand, given that geographical location of HP is equally hilly as it is of Uttarakhand, in case any official finds an excuse in that. However,the statement that, the efficacy of the ban also relies and depends on the level of civic sense among the citizens,is somewhat correct keeping in mind the ignorance people show but it is still not enough to give officials a reason to shrug off without showing sincereness to the issue which it surely deserves.
Dehradun has again indulgently forgiven the administration and let them get away with such mismanagement.
But nevertheless, if there is any thing that doonites loathes, it is sheer disregard towards such a pristine environments that Dehradun has always boasted of.
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