Government Mahindra College in collaboration with Municipal Corporation Patiala started plastic free campaign

Patiala, February 7 (Punjab Khabarnama)
Under the special plastic collection campaign, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Patiala Babandeep Singh Walia and Principal Prof. Mahindra College Patiala. Under the able leadership of Amarjit Singh, a special cleanliness campaign was organized to make the campus polythene and plastic free in the college with the support of Municipal Corporation Patiala.
Prof. Amarjit Singh while addressing the students inspired about the importance of segregation of waste. He appreciated the students for keeping their surroundings clean and the college campus free of plastic and polythene. They also informed about the disadvantages of using single use plastic.
Meanwhile, IC expert of Patiala Municipal Corporation Amandeep Sekhon said that a special cleaning campaign is being conducted by Patiala Municipal Corporation from February 5 to February 10 in the city, the purpose of which is to make the city free from plastic waste. have to do He asked the college students to actively contribute to this campaign. He said that if single-use plastic is not used in daily life, then the amount of waste in the city will be reduced. The plastic collected during this drive was sent to the MRF center at Gate 21 by Municipal Corporation Patiala under the proper management of Sanitary Inspector Rajesh Mattu. He said that single-use plastics such as polythene envelopes, plastic cups, plates, spoons and other disposables are banned by the government and fines are imposed on their manufacture, storage, sale and use.
Prof. NCC in charge of the college in the cleaning campaign. Navjot Singh, NSS Program Officer Prof. Sunita Arora, Prof. Suveer Singh, Prof. Kamaljit Kaur, Prof. Swaran Kaur, Community Facilitator of Municipal Corporation Patiala, Jawala Singh, Motivator and Cleaner joined. Around 100 volunteers from NCC and NSS of the college participated in this campaign and made the program a success and resolved to make the college plastic free.