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Haryana aspires to become polythene-free

To Make The State Polythene-free, Directions Have Been Issued To Haryana's Industries And Commerce Department To Find Alternatives For Polythene, CM Manohar Lal Khattar Said.

PTI | Updated on: 16 May 2017, 10:47:43 PM
Haryana aspires to become polythene-free

Chandigarh:

The state of Haryana sets the focus to become polythene-free.

To make the State polythene-free, directions have been issued to Haryana's Industries and Commerce department to find alternatives for polythene, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said on Tuesday.

He was speaking at a workshop of members of Panchayati Raj Institutions and Urban Local Bodies in Panchkula, near here.

He said the state would have to be made pollution-free for which people would have to change their behaviour.

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Haryana has claimed to have become kerosene-free as the supply of the fuel has been stopped under the public distribution system from April 1.

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First Published : 16 May 2017, 10:26:00 PM

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