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India would put an end to its use in the coming years, says PM Modi. China CAP SLITTING MACHINE Factory Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday declared that it was time for the world to say goodbye to single-use plastic, and that India would put an end to its use in the coming years. Apart from having adverse health implications, this is going to render land unproductive and unfit for agriculture.He also said India would raise its target of the total area to be restored from land degradation status from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.
“I am happy to state that India would be happy to help other friendly countries develop land restoration strategies through cost-effective satellite and space technology,” the PM added. I believe the time has come for even the world to say goodbye to single-use plastic,” Mr Modi said.. My government has announced that India will put an end to single-use plastic in the coming years. This is the menace of plastic waste.He was addressing delegates from nearly 200 nations at the high-level segment of the 14th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The Prime Minister also said India would take pride in using remote sensing and space technology for multiple applications, including land restoration.“Another form of land degradation, which if not prevented would become impossible to reverse.
