Airports Authority of India bans single-use plastic items
New Delhi, Jan 7: The Airports Authority of India on Monday imposed a ban on single-use plastic items at its 129 airports across the country.
Single-use plastic items are used only once and then thrown in the trash.
"Various steps have been undertaken to eliminate single-use plastic items at passenger terminals and city side. These steps include banning of single-use plastic items like straws, plastic cutlery, plastic plates etc," the AAI said in a statement.
"The AAI has decided to make its airports plastic-free by banning the use of single-use plastic items at its airports across the country," the statement read.
It said that on the basis of a third-party assessment carried out by Quality Council of India (QCI), 16 of its airports have been declared as "Single-Use Plastic Free".
The QCI will complete its assessment of total 34 airports which are managed by the AAI by January 31.
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BJP names one more candidate for April 9 Puducherry polls
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Sunday named one more candidate for the April 9 Assembly polls in Puducherry, fielding M Arulmurugan from Karaikal South.
On Saturday, the BJP had released a list of nine candidates for the polls, fielding Home Minister A Namassivayam for re-election from Mannadipet and outgoing Speaker Embalam R Selvam from Manavely.
The ruling AINRC and the BJP-AIADMK combine on Friday reached an agreement for the Assembly polls in the Union territory, where the AINRC will contest 16 seats, and the BJP the remaining 14.
The arrangements were finalised after Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy held talks with BJP leader and Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya at a private hotel here on Friday.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, the AINRC contested 16 seats and won 10, the BJP contested nine seats and won six, while the AIADMK contested five and drew a blank.
The single-phase polling for the 30 seats in Puducherry will be held on April 9, and the results will be declared on May 4.
