The state government, according to officials of the Department of Environment, is planning to introduce modern school bags made of jute and other alternative materials and to popularise them among children and youth.
According to one estimate, India may be generating more than 100 tonnes of Covid-related waste every single day, an addition by about a sixth to the already burgeoning waste tally of the country.
The cast, which also consists of Sara Ali Khan, and crew of the film have been given plastic-free sippers.
Prime Minister's third episode of Mann ki Baat also talked about mega-celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary.
