Ranchi: From next week and so on, all holy places, parks, zoos, and protected areas owned and run by the Ministry of Forestry State will apply a blanket ban with single plastic use in their jurisdictions.
The State Forest Department on November 3 has officially told the order signed by the Head of Wildlife Warden Ranjiv Ranjan.
The department in the order also heard a strict fiscal penalty and the term imprisonment in the event of a violation – RS 25,000 the term subtle prisons and three years or both.
Confirming the publication of the Order, Ranjan told TI on Saturday that the idea was to curb plastic waste in protected forest areas and protect the health hazards on wildlife.
“Orders have been sent to all divisions that request them to implement a ban on direct effects.
As far as I know, Dalma Elephant Sanctuary has begun to do it.
From next week, Betla National Park will also do it.
The others must also obey orders.
The main goal is to curb The harmful effects of soup in animals and larger environments in general, “he said.
“We are working on the token system model at the entrance gate where visitors must declare the items they carry with them.
If they use plastic using a single with them, we will issue a unique token to them.
We will keep matching tokens that are identical to us.
After Back, they must deposit all the plastic thrown in the box intended at the gate, send the tokens that fit us, and leave it.
“He added that all entities also conducted far further brainstorming.
“Violators will be punished under Part 51 of the Indian Wildlife Law, 1972 which has a maximum period of three years in prison, or RS 25,000 is fine or both,” he said.
There are 12 national parks and holy places in Jharkhand and three zoos.
Bhagwan Birsa Ranchi Biological Park is owned by the Ministry of Forestry and two other zoos in Bokaro and Jamshedpur each owned by Bokaro steel mills and steel steel.
The United States Government has set a target to remove a single plastic use of the country in mid 2022.
Earlier this year, he has notified the rules of plastic waste management amendments, 2021 which prohibits manufacture, import, sales and use.
Of some single plastic use items.
According to the rules, plastic items that have a thickness of less than 100 microns are single plastic, some of them include ice cream and candy wrappers, earbuds, thermocols, plastic flags, glasses, glasses.
Reacting to Transfer, Samir Pandey, a plastic tableware wholesaler and goods on a bazaar, said, “From an environmental point of view, I welcome the prohibition, but the government must ensure that plastic single use is prohibited from manufacturing points than the crackdown on the retailer.
Because, wholesalers or retailers will sell items provided to them from stockists and producers and they may not be responsible for punishment.
The most important thing, the state government or law enforcement agency must also ensure that the right settings for disposal of these waste Made first.
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Complete ban on single plastic in the forest area starting next week
