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Schools declared plastic-waste-free

— photo: S. Ramesh Kurup

For all to hear: District Collector P.B. Salim giving an awareness speech on plastic menace in a bus at the Mofussil bus stand in the city on Wednesday in connection with a campaign by Calicut University NSS.

Kozhikode: Lyricist Usafali Kecheri declared the school campuses in Kozhikode district plastic-waste-free at a function held on JDT Islam campus here on Wednesday, as part of the Mass Action for Plastic-waste-free Kozhikode (MAP) programme.

District Collector P.B. Salim presided over the function in which district panchayat president Kanathil Jameela was the chief guest.

JDT Islam president C.P. Kunhumuhammed declared the JDT Islam campus plastic-waste-free.

Mayor A.K. Premajam inaugurated the district-level seven-day camp and ‘Disposable Impossible' campaign of the University of Calicut's National Service Scheme, as part of the MAP programme on the Mofussil bus stand premises. The students from various colleges under the university, taking part in camp, organised awareness programmes and conducted cleanliness drives in the nearby areas. Similar programmes were organised on the Palayam bus stand premises also. Dr. Salim was the chief guest at the function while NSS Coordinator of the university A.B. Moideen Kutty presided over it.

The Mayor will inaugurate the distribution of cloth bags and paper bags made by the students of BEMUP School and their parents, to support the MAP programme on the school premises on Thursday. The products will be distributed to nearby houses and merchant outlets.

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