Workshop was organised on “Say NO to Polythene Bags : Save Mother Earth” project
Lion D V Taneja highlighted numerous harmful effects of polythene bags
GURUGRAM : ‘Lions Club Gurgaon City’ organized a workshop to make aware the civil society about the demerits of Polythene at ‘C’ Block, ‘Mayfield Gardens, Sector-50, Gurugram. The club has been working on “Say NO to Polythene Bags : Save Mother Earth” project for many years. Under the chairmanship of Lion D V Taneja , members of Lions club as well as thousands of Gurgaon residents are associated with this great environmental cause. Today also they motivated all residents to dissociate themselves from the use of polythene .
During this short, meaningful & rather purposive activity, Lion D V Taneja , Project Chairman ‘Save Mother Earth’ spoke purely to create awareness amongst the residents. Although it was a first kind of such program but the event was well received by curious & willing residents of ‘C’ Block, ‘Mayfield Gardens, Sector-50’ Gurugram . They made this Sunday 05 November evening very meaningful by learning how to save our earth from the chemical effect of polythene. The residents indeed were keen to listen Lion Taneja very carefully and promised to participate actively in spreading this constructive thought among aal blocks of ‘Mayfield Gardens.
Lion Taneja highlighted numerous harmful effects of polythene bags and their adverse as well as direct impact on the quality of air we inhale now a days. The resultant was that the residents took a pledge to shun polythene bag & make Mayfield Gardens , a ploythene bag free residential zone.
On this occasion many senior citizens attending event also shared their experiences and put forward their views against polythene bags. They were of the view that the govt must put a total ban on the production
of polythene itself.
Lion Col (Retd) Sunil Kumar Sobti , Club Secretary, Lions Club said that if we want to save our future generation healt
hy, we shall have to work on it forcefully. We must realize our responsibility and act upon it without any delay. He was of the opinion that law of land works in its own way but very slowly. Hence we ourselves should be more sensitive about our surrounding.
Speaking on this subject Dr Neelima Prakash Sr. Principal , Lions Public School Sector 10 A , Gurugram pointed out some scientific datas related to harm caused by polythene to the world society. She explained the UNO Perspective about this subject and urged all to keep away from polythene for ever .
Rajiv Kumar (Manager) ‘Lions Public School’ were also present in the event and expressed his views by means of public interest. He said that Under the chairmanship of Lion D V Taneja this movement has achieved a lot but still we have to walk more for the betterm
ent of our environment and the society. He appreciated the resident of Mayfield Gardens to give their consent for today’s workshop and made request to motivate another adjacent colonies to be part of this positive effort.
At the end of the very encouraging interactive event Lion Col Sobti thanked the residents for their enthusiasm & response.
