Good Governance Award Scheme by Haryana to recognize outstanding public service
The state government has notified the ‘Haryana Good Governance Award Scheme 2024’ (Haryana Sushaasan Puraskaar Yojana 2024).
Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal, on Wednesday, said to ensure a complete ban on single-use plastics in the state, regular monitoring and raids should be conducted on manufacturing units as well as major wholesalers and suppliers in the state.
Presiding over a review meeting of the 2nd Special Task Force Committee constituted to ban and eliminate single-use plastic at the state level, Kaushal said plastic manufacturing units should be identified at the district level and dedicated efforts should be made to completely ban the use of single-use plastic.
This apart, checking should also be conducted on wholesalers and retailers, he said adding plastic coming from outside the state should also be strictly stopped. An awareness campaign should be conducted with the help of trader associations and shopkeepers to spread awareness among the masses.
Kaushal said the government has put a complete ban on the manufacturing, stocking, distribution and sale of plastic. He said that under the Plastic Waste Management Policy, plastic recycling and infrastructure units using alternative means would be set up and a subsidy would be provided to them.
Apart from this, he said a district-level task force under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and city level task force under the chairmanship of municipal commissioners has been constituted. A detailed action plan for plastic waste management has been prepared by the Urban Local Bodies Department in collaboration with other departments.
Kaushal said that Citizen Mobile App for Complaint Management System has been launched to register complaints of urban area citizens. Through this, any citizen can file a complaint about anyone using or selling plastic products. Citizens can register complaints regarding the burning of plastic waste, dumping of plastic waste, distribution, stock, sale and use, etc on this mobile app. The chief secretary said under the campaign being run across the state, an amount of Rs 43,20,250 has been recovered through 3904 challans during the month of July.
Presiding over a review meeting of the 2nd Special Task Force Committee constituted to ban and eliminate single-use plastic at the state level, Kaushal said plastic manufacturing units should be identified at the district level and dedicated efforts should be made to completely ban the use of single-use plastic.
This apart, checking should also be conducted on wholesalers and retailers, he said adding plastic coming from outside the state should also be strictly stopped. An awareness campaign should be conducted with the help of trader associations and shopkeepers to spread awareness among the masses.
Kaushal said the government has put a complete ban on the manufacturing, stocking, distribution and sale of plastic. He said that under the Plastic Waste Management Policy, plastic recycling and infrastructure units using alternative means would be set up and a subsidy would be provided to them.
Apart from this, he said a district-level task force under the chairmanship of deputy commissioners and city level task force under the chairmanship of municipal commissioners has been constituted. A detailed action plan for plastic waste management has been prepared by the Urban Local Bodies Department in collaboration with other departments.
Kaushal said that Citizen Mobile App for Complaint Management System has been launched to register complaints of urban area citizens. Through this, any citizen can file a complaint about anyone using or selling plastic products. Citizens can register complaints regarding the burning of plastic waste, dumping of plastic waste, distribution, stock, sale and use, etc on this mobile app. The chief secretary said under the campaign being run across the state, an amount of Rs 43,20,250 has been recovered through 3904 challans during the month of July.
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