Complete ban on polythene at national and tourist destinations
Q. There will be a _______ ban on use of polythene at all national monuments and tourist destinations from Gandhi Jayanti.- Published on 12 Sep 16a. Partial
b. Complete
c. Temporary
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Complete
There will be a complete ban on the use of polythene in all national monuments and tourist destinations from October 2
- The initiative aims to carry forward the Swaraj Bharat Mission for which the government chose the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to impose the ban
- Trial phase of the initiative will be launched in September and from October 2, it will be implemented in all the national monuments and tourist destinations
- Plastic bottles will not be banned however, but tourists will be asked to place then in recycle containers at tourist destinations
- It will be easy to implement this cleanliness initiative as the tourist destinations will have security personnel who check the tourists at the entrance
- Ban will be applicable to the protected zone or 100m radius of the monuments.