A city-based NGO, Delhi Greens, has written to the ministry to remove these competitions immediately. There have been 600 entries made to these contests so far.”India was the global host of the World Environment Day celebrations this year. The two competitions, paragraph and slogan writing, ask citizens to share success stories in this regard as “negativity around the use of plastics needs to be effectively addressed”. This is important until we develop some safe method to dispose of the…

pic. Just look at water crisis in Shimla. Together, let us ensure that our future generations live in a clean and green planet, in harmony with nature.com/Uodv341pOV— Congress (@INCIndia) June 5, 2018The Information and Technology Minister of India, Ravi Shankar Prasad too was not behind in promoting environment conservation. The focus on the host country helps highlight the environmental challenges it faces, and supports the effort to address them.The Earth doesn&…

The BMC too has been providing trailers and trucks to collect the waste, which is later sent to recyclers. PVC sheets factory His NGO has now started a mission to collect plastic waste from Worli village every week. A lot of the plastic garbage ends up at Dadar beach from Worli village, BMC officials said.During the trial period itself, the group has collected around 30kg plastic waste from 300 homes and shops. Mumbai: In an…

So now milk in plastic bags will not be allowed. It will help the environment as well as reduce expenses too,” he said. We will also study and make necessary amendments in the act in the upcoming session.  Most ministers remain in Matralaya for only 5-6 days in a month. However, this is only from the Mantralaya canteen, and there is no accounting for the number of bottles purchased from outside.Mr Kadam said, “The plastic China PP…

Ensure that the vegetables remain crunchy.Recipe courtesy chef Gajendra Singh, DRAMA Upside Down Bar. Add the red curry paste and sauté till very fragrant. Layer with lasagna sheets, followed by the mushroom and water chestnut mixture, more béchamel and finally the cheese. Add a lasagna sheet followed by the cheese. Place the roll-ups in it, and pour 1 cup barbecue sauce over them. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until cooked through and the topping is bubbling and golden.Recipe courtesy chef…

Somet-imes a ban is a good solution, but it’s not the only tool.This year, the theme of World Environment Day is ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’, which also finds relevance in Mumbai, which generates around 282 tonnes of plastic waste daily as per the civic body’s Status Report of 2017. But ultimately we need upstream change, because the objective has to be to stop plastic from ending up in oceans in the first place. While the city’s mangroves have been cleared of 8 lakh kilograms of garbage in…