Women's Participation in Plastic Waste Segregation

   Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a comprehensive nationwide awareness campaign - Swachhata Hi Seva 2019 on cleanliness in Mathura. Special emphasis is being given to 'Plastic waste awareness and management' under SHS 2019. 

 

   It is being held from September 11 to October 2, 2019. The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan aims to dedicate an Open Defecation Free (ODF) India on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. 

   The launch of SHS was organized jointly by the Animal Husbandry and Milk Production and Drinking Water and Sanitation Departments of the Central Government and the Government of Uttar Pradesh. 

  The Prime Minister also went to the Livestock Health Science Fair, where he witnessed the surgery of cows to remove plastic waste from their stomachs. She then interacted with a group of women from Uttar Pradesh, who segregated plastic waste and placed them in recyclable and nonrecyclable categories. 

   The Prime Minister himself participated in the work of segregating plastic waste there. Addressing around 20,000 farmers, sarpanches, women's groups and cleaners, the Prime Minister called on all citizens to free their homes, offices and workplaces from the single use of plastic. Drawing public attention to the dangerous effects of such plastics on the health of the environment, animals and water animals, he said that when going out for shopping, use clothes or jute bags and use metal or clay to drink water in offices. Use glasses. 

   He asked the people to collect a fixed set of all plastic waste from their surroundings and ensure its safe disposal with the help of local administration during sanitation service. Addressing the gathering, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath talked about the positive effects of Swachh Bharat Mission, about the contribution of Swachh Bharat Mission in eastern Uttar Pradesh to overcome the deadly disease of encephalitis. 

  He said that with the significant increase in the scope of cleanliness under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the goal of freeing India from plastic waste will be achieved on the lines of ODF India. On this occasion, Union Water Power Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said that the whole world is eagerly waiting for the day when India will become ODF. 

   He said that the Swachhata Hi Seva 2019 campaign would go a long way in creating widespread awareness about plastic waste and its collection, recycling and disposal and would create a new mass movement for conservation of environment under the inspiring leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Milk Production Giriraj Singh, Minister of State for Water Power Ratan Lal Kataria, other ministers of the state and local MPs and MLAs also participated in the program.