Bliss!

Last week, I was on a short trip to my home town Nagercoil when I heard this surprising news. The Kanyakumari district administration has banned the usage of plastic as packaging material. What is more surprising is the adaptation of this rule by the general public. In the five days I had spent there I saw a plastic carry bag only once!


I happened to hit a conversation with an auto driver about this only to be lectured about biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste! I could see even road side vendors using either paper bags or newspapers for packaging. The fruit and meat stalls have gone the traditional ways of using banana and lotus leaves for packaging! Many shops had signs urging the customers to bring in their own bags. Such is the effectiveness of the campaign!


I’m really feeling happy about this. I hope that this is taken as a model proof-of-concept implementation and rest of India follows this path soon!


Here are a few links on this:
http://kanyakumari.com/news/?p=847
Chennai Online’s report