Joining hands against plastic waste

 

 

 

The human chain created across the district on the Republic Day on Wednesday stood testimony to the resolve of the people here to act against a major man-made menace to the earth —plastic waste.

A cross-section of the society, including students, housewives, merchants, members of socio-political organisations, environme...ntalists and professionals turned up in the city in response to a call made by the district administration to form a human chain on the 82-km stretch on the highway across the district on Wednesday.

The call was made to garner mass support for the ongoing campaign against plastic waste initiated by the district administration under the label MAP (Mass Action for Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode). Dignitaries including writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair (who read out the pledge on the occasion), Fabi Basheer (wife of Vaikom Muhammed Basheer) people's representatives, District Collector P.B. Salim and Mayor A.K. Premajam were part of the chain at Mananchira in the city.

A gigantic image of a bottle created with thousands of used plastic bottles was put on display at Mananchira. The programme started with a performance by a band troupe of students around 10.30 a.m.

Mr. Salim and Industries Minister Elamaram Karim spoke about the drive on the occasion before Mr. Vasudevan Nair read out the pledge to the participants. A few foreigners also participated in the chain.