Delhi LG Saxena Launches '100 Days To Beat Plastic' Campaign, Calls It 'Great Initiative'

VK Saxena launched the campaign '100 days to beat plastic' and called it a great initiative. He said that a policy can only be successful when the public takes part in implementing it.

New Delhi: Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi Vinai Kumar Saxena lunched the campaign '100 days to beat plastic'. Speaking during the event Saxena called it a great initiative and said that a policy can only be successful when the public takes part in implementing it.

"We must make Delhi plastic-free and a policy can only be successful when the public takes part in implementing it. I have been told that various products are made of plastic, which will help us make good use of plastic. It is a great initiative,” Saxena said.

Delhi LG Saxena Chaired First Meeting Of NGT-Constituted Committee For Yamuna Cleaning On Friday.

Delhi LG VK Saxena on Friday chaired the first meeting of the NGT-constituted High-Level Committee for Yamuna cleaning. Committee charted out a 6-month plan of action with monitorable quantified timelines. LG asked officials to stick to timelines, as reported by the news agency ANI.

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Friday launched a skill-development programme for the training of 1,020 inmates, informed the Raj Niwas. The skill training programme is being conducted under Innovative and Special Projects (ISP) of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) and has been sanctioned by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India, as reported by ANI.

Primero Skills and Training Pvt. Ltd. has been selected as a training partner by the Ministry for this purpose and the programme is being steered through the Mission Swaraj (State Urban Livelihood Mission). This skill development programme has been envisaged to be of around 350 hours/3-4 months duration with a batch size of 30 inmates.

Those inmates who are going to be released in the next 6-9 months will be considered for this training. This skill development programme will ensure placement of around 70 per cent of the successful trainee inmates, enable them to earn their livelihood, help them re-integrate them into the society and thus lead a meaningful life after release from the prison, ANI reported.

LG Vinai Kumar Saxena, while inaugurating the training programme exhorted all inmates for their reformation. He asked them to consider the training programme as a temple for the enhancement of their skills, which will help in earning their livelihood post-release and thus also support their family.