HYDERABAD: Setting an instance for making Hyderabad a plastic-free town and sending a powerful message against use of plastic, municipal management and knowledge era minister KT Rama Rao on Friday refused a bouquet wrapped in plastic when the personnel of a celeb resort presented it to him.
As quickly as he got down from his automotive and entered the resort where he addressed a press conference on the IT division’s annual file, the resort workers warmly welcomed him and presented him a bouquet, but the minister courteously refused. “The bouquet was once wrapped in plastic, so I can't settle for it. I am just getting back from a programme where I had made a commitment to scale back the use of plastic,” he told the resort personnel, thereby sending out a clarion message.
Rama Rao’s act can be seen in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to other people to offer a guide as a substitute of a bouquet as a greeting. “I request our other people to offer a guide as a substitute of a bouquet as a greeting. Such gesture will make a big distinction,” the PM stated ultimate June at a meeting.
Soon after, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued instructions to all states and Union Territories (UTs) with respect to items given to the PM throughout his excursions inside India by which it stated a flower, a khadi handkerchief or a guide might be presented to welcome the dignitary as a substitute of bouquet.
He additionally participated in a serve as at Bhayanagar Nandana Vanam (city forest park) at Uppal. A campaign was once taken up from the place to make forest reserves plastic-free. “In the next two years, 50 extra parks shall be evolved in the town,” he stated and explained the measures being taken up to safeguard lakes and water bodies.
As quickly as he got down from his automotive and entered the resort where he addressed a press conference on the IT division’s annual file, the resort workers warmly welcomed him and presented him a bouquet, but the minister courteously refused. “The bouquet was once wrapped in plastic, so I can't settle for it. I am just getting back from a programme where I had made a commitment to scale back the use of plastic,” he told the resort personnel, thereby sending out a clarion message.
Rama Rao’s act can be seen in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to other people to offer a guide as a substitute of a bouquet as a greeting. “I request our other people to offer a guide as a substitute of a bouquet as a greeting. Such gesture will make a big distinction,” the PM stated ultimate June at a meeting.
Soon after, the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had issued instructions to all states and Union Territories (UTs) with respect to items given to the PM throughout his excursions inside India by which it stated a flower, a khadi handkerchief or a guide might be presented to welcome the dignitary as a substitute of bouquet.
He additionally participated in a serve as at Bhayanagar Nandana Vanam (city forest park) at Uppal. A campaign was once taken up from the place to make forest reserves plastic-free. “In the next two years, 50 extra parks shall be evolved in the town,” he stated and explained the measures being taken up to safeguard lakes and water bodies.
KT Rama Rao refuses bouquet in plastic wrap
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