Get Gold for Plastic, a unique initiative to make environment plastic free in Kashmiri village
| 07-Apr-2023 |
In a first of it’s kind and an eco friendly initiative, a gold coin is being offered for collecting plastic waste to save the environment in far flung Sadiwara village. Sadiwara village Panchayat comes in Hiller Shahbad block of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
The village head has started a campaign called "Give plastic and take Gold”. The village Panchayat has started a unique mission for saving the environment.
As per the scheme, if someone gives plastic waste of 20 quintals, then the Panchayat will give him a gold coin.
Village Sarpanch and also a lawyer by profession of the Sadiwara village, Farooq Ahmed Ganai is being applauded and has become a source of inspiration for starting this campaign and after the start of this campaign, the whole village was declared plastic free with 15 days.
The campaign has gained lot of popularity and has been appreciated by all and even been adopted by other panchayats too.
Advocate Farooq Ahmad Ganai while talking to ANI said," I started a slogan in my village to give polythene in return for a reward. I took the initiative to clean the rivers and streams. Now everyone in the village helped us to clear the sites.
" The village which had heaps of plastic thrown on the roads and streets is now completely clean and all the plastic that is collected is handed over to the panchayat members. This village is setting an example for all other villages and the government is also trying to replicate the same idea in every village of the Union Territory.”
(With inputs from ANI)