CURATED BY – GAURAV SINGHAL | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Saharanpur, A meeting of District Ganga Protection Committee and Environment Committee was organized in the Collectorate Auditorium under the chairmanship of District Magistrate Dr. Dinesh Chandra. In the meeting, DM Dr. Dinesh Chandra gave instructions to conduct a survey to resolve the problems being faced due to pollution around M/s Star Paper Mill and Rakesh Chemical. He talked about declaring silence zones and installing sign boards around schools so that students do not face any problem in studying. Along with making maximum efforts to adopt organic farming in the district, farmers should also be trained. He directed to organize public awareness programs for not using plastic for environmental protection. He said that action will be taken against those causing pollution as per rules. He directed that the penalty proceedings should be implemented effectively to completely ban single use plastic. Instructions were given to take necessary action for disposal of biomedical waste in hospitals. Include the beautification work of ponds in Namami Gange. Orders were given to plant drumstick plants in every school. All the people present in the meeting were administered the oath of environmental protection. Additional District Magistrate Administration Dr. Archana Dwivedi, Additional District Magistrate Finance and Revenue Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, DFO Gautam Rai, DFO Shivalik Shweta Sen, Project Director DRDA Pranay Krishna along with industrialists Anup Khanna, Anupam Gupta and officials of the concerned department were present in the meeting.