Setting a timeframe of six months for
non-biodegradable plastic producing companies to make the necessary changes, he
vowed to formulate policies to put a ban on the producers and take stringent
action against them that do not adhere to the government rule.
Non-biodegradable plastic products have severe
repercussions on the environment as they do not degrade and pollute the
environment when they burn, he said while speaking at an interaction.
He also said the government would not allow
vehicles without green stickers, a sign that a vehicle has passed the emission
test, to ply on the roads of metropolitan and sub-metropolitan cities from
April 14 – the first day of the Nepali New Year.
“We are all set to implement a ban
on every good that is imported without following the government-set measures.
The government won’t let any stone unturned to improve the environment,” said
the newly-appointed minister.
He further said that the ministry
was adopting policies to make the brick kilns environment- friendly.
He pledged that within a year the
capital city would be clean enough for the people to go about without having to
put on a mask.
Published in The Rising Nepal on 28 February 2018.
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