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Railway installs plastic bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Expres
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 19 (ANI): In an eco-friendly bid, the Western Railway for the first time has installed a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottle crushing machine in Mumbai Rajdhani Express.
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Build movement for conserving water, removing single-use plastic: VP Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Sept 18 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called upon students, teachers and all educational institutions to build a movement for water conservation and shunning single-use plastic.
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Bengaluru: VV Puram food street to shun single-use plastic as part of envi
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], Sep 18 (ANI): On the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 69 th birthday, BJP MP Tejasvi Surya on Tuesday stated that Bengaluru's popular VV Puram food street will be turned into a plastic-free zone with dedicated slots being reserved for pedestrians o
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Govt aims to phase out plastic in packaging: Paswan
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 17 (ANI): The Government aims to phase out plastic use in packaging and move towards 100 per cent use of jute in packaging foodstuff, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan, said here on Tuesday.
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AP's Krishna leads fight against single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi may have given a clarion call to shun single-use plastic last month, but Krishna district administration has been working on a plan to promote the use of cloth and jute bags as an alternative for the last two
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SDMC intensifies efforts against use of polythene bags, issues 350 challan
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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Indian Railways to provide chai, snacks in earthenware at 400 railway stat
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 12 (ANI): In a bid to shun the use of single-use plastic, Indian Railways will now serve tea, lassi, snacks and other food items in earthenware at 400 major stations across the country.
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'Coolie No 1' team ecstatic after PM's praise over move against single-use
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 12 (ANI): The team of Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan-starrer 'Coolie No 1' is ecstatic after Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged and praised their efforts in favour of doing away with single-use plastic.
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PM Modi lauds "Fever FM" for its campaign against single use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded radio station "Fever FM" for its innovative campaign against single-use plastic.
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PM Modi hails 'Coolie No. 1' team for supporting move to ban single-use pl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Sept 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the team of the upcoming Bollywood film 'Coolie No. 1', starring Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan, for their "superb gesture", contributing to the movement to eliminate the usage of single-use plastic in the c
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East Coast Railway to ban single-use plastic at railway stations, trains f
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Sept 12 (ANI): Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call, East Coast Railway (ECoR) will get rid of single-use plastics at railway stations in its jurisdictions and trains by October 2.
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Animals dying because of plastic trash: PM in Mathura
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mathura (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sep 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday highlighted the need to eliminate single-use plastic in the country saying animals are dying because of plastic trash.
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