Shah gives Clarion Call to Women to avoid Plastic Bags for Grocery, Vegetable Shopping

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New Delhi : On his first visit to Gujarat after scrapping of various provisions of Article 370 granting special status to J&K, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on August 29, 2019, participated in the concluding ceremony of “Mission Million trees” programme organised by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

The Mission, which started on World Environment Day on June 5, 2019, has concluded with plantation of 10,87,000 trees in Ahmedabad city.

Speaking on the occasion, Shah gave a clarion call to the women to keep away from using plastics bags while purchasing groceries and vegetables. Reminding the citizens of Paris climate accord, he outlined the danger of ozone layer depletion because of CO₂ and CO emission world over.

The Home Minister recalled that PM Narendra Bhai Modi on resuming powers second time in 2019 created a separate ministry for “Jal Shakti”. He said that this step will guide the entire world in coming days on various fronts of environment conservation including water conservation, water saving, waste water treatment, irrigation innovations etc.

Shah also flagged off 8 AC electric buses in the city and also inaugurated a battery charging station. Lauding the efforts of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Shah appreciated that Ahmedabad has taken a lead on electric Mobility with countrymade buses.

It may be mentioned here that the Union Home Minister had written a special letter to the chairmen/secretaries of the resident societies in his parliamentary constituency to plant at least 5 trees in their society which have more than 100 years of age such as Banyan tree, Peepal tree etc. Expressing satisfaction at the response, the Home Minister said that he has received 3,216 positive replies in which the societies have also made arrangement for regular watering and maintenance of the trees, according to a PIB release.

Speaking on the occasion, Gujarat CM Vijay Bhai Rupani assured the Home Minister that Gujarat will take lead in the country on enhancement of electric mobility. He emphasized that 50 electric buses have been provisioned in Ahmedabad now but in very short span of time 500 electric buses will be put to service in Ahmedabad alone. He reiterated for green, clean, environment friendly, and pollution free state of Gujarat. CM Rupani also informed that the electric buses are indigenously made which echoes the sentiments of Make in India.