World Environment Day onwards, car free Mondays in Dharawad for government officials

DHARWAD: The district administration and the judiciary of Dharwad has decided to implement new methods and rules for encouraging public for environment protection and conservation, to celebrate World Environment Day on June 5. The decisions to implement new eco plans were taken at a meeting on celebrating World Environment Day at the district administration recently.

According to new plans, the judges and government officials will walk, peddle or use public transport on Mondays and this programme will be launched in the district on June 5.

Chairing the meeting, M Deepa, deputy commissioner, Hubballi Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) said that all officials, including the deputy commissioner, zilla panchayat chief executive officer, those in the district administration, taluk and gram panchayats, and the legal fraternity, including judges, will not use their government vehicles on Mondays. They will either come on bicycle or use public transport to reach their offices, she said.

Apart from this, the district administration jointly with zilla panchayat and the judiciary will launch a new scheme of planting one lakh saplings on the environment day, to create awareness and concern of people towards environment protection.

The deputy commissioner also said that starting from June 5, special drives are going to be conducted to stop the use of single-use plastic bags in hotels, restaurants and stores.

Prashant Kumar Mishra, commissioner, HDMC said that the corporation officials would join this initiative by not using vehicles on Mondays and HDMC would plant 30,000 saplings in the city limits.