MLA Rohani inspects JMC’s ‘Bag Bank’ at Bhawartal Garden

 

 

To see the efforts being made by the Jabalpur Municipal Corporation (JMC) to make Jabalpur a plastic bag-free city, MLA Ashok Rohani visited Bhawartal Garden and inspected the Thaila Bank (Bag Bank). He appreciated the efforts of the JMC and sought detailed information about the Bag Bank. After taking information about working of the Bank, Rohani appealed to the citizens and voluntary organisations to bring old and unused clothes kept in homes and get new bags from Bag Bank located at Bhawartal garden.

 

On the occasion he also granted Rs 15,000 from the MLA fund and said efforts should be made to establish bag bank in all wards of the city. Rohani said the efforts of Municipal Corporation is not enough to bring the city to the first position in cleanliness, active participation of citizens and various organizations and institutions is also necessary. Till the day, nearly 700 hundreds people have exchanged their unused old clothes with new bags from the bank.

 

Municipal Commissioner, Anoop Kumar Singh said the Union and State Government has asked to check use of plastic carry bags during Swachh Survekshan 2021. Hence, the JMC has established Jabalpur Thaila Bank to provide bags made of old, unused cloths to the denizens under the direction of Administrator B Chandrashekhar and Collector Karmveer Sharma. He said people have been provided with bags free of cost after accepting old cloths from them. The process would continue till 6 pm, on Monday, informed Singh.