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Air India flight to Delhi returns to Chicago due to unserviceable lavatory
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The investigation by the concerned authorities revealed that the lavatories became unserviceable as polythene bags, rags, and clothes were flushed down and got stuck in the plumbing.
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Single-use plastic to be banned in Ambala from Nov 1
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], October 30 (ANI): Single-use plastic and polythene bags will remain prohibited in Ambala, with effect from November 1, the Secretary of Municipal Corporation, Ambala City said on Thursday.
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K'taka govt orders NGOs to avoid distributing food in plastic bags
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI): Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered organisations and NGOs in the state to distribute food to people in plastic boxes and not in polythene bags.
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Women caught on CCTV throwing plastic bags into houses in Kota after spitt
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], April 13 (ANI): Some women were seen spitting on polythene bags and throwing them inside the houses in Kota district of Rajasthan on Sunday, allegedly in a bid to spread coronavirus.
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Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal spreads message on pollution
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Santoshpur Lake Pally committee has got designed the Durga Puja pandal in a manner to create awareness about the problem of pollution, which is fast assuming a critical proportion.
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SDMC intensifies efforts against use of polythene bags, issues 350 challan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): In a bid to intensify efforts to ban single-use plastics, South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Saturday announced that it had issued challans worth more than eight lakh in the last 10 days.
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This school in Assam accepts plastic waste as fee from students
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): A school in the pristine woods of Pamohi accepts polythene bags and plastic wastes as the only form of fee. The school makes students pledge that they will not burn plastic. Instead, they will hand over any plastic waste to the school.
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Dressed in polythene bags, Odisha man raises awareness of plastic hazards
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Mayurbhanj (Odisha) [India], Nov 12 (ANI): In an attempt to create awareness of how much waste is generated by plastic products, a 36-year-old resident of Mayurbhanj district is dressing himself using polythene bags and roaming on the streets of the district on his bicycle.
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Eco-friendly bags for 'parshad' at Golden Temple
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], Apr. 1 (ANI): To discourage the use of polythene bags in Punjab, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has introduced eco-friendly compostable carry bags for the ' karah parshad' at the Golden Temple.
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