Monti Fest celebrated with fervor in Dakshina Kannada
Mangaluru: The feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Monti Fest, was celebrated with fervor in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, and Kasargod district on Saturday. Monti is the Konkani name of Mother Mary. The festivities begin nine days in advance and culminate in the feast that marks the birth anniversary of Mother Mary.
The church priest blessed the new paddy at Rosario Cathedral in Mangaluru. Similarly, St. Lawrence Church in Bondel, Urva Church, Holy Cross Church of Kulasekhar and churches in Puttur, Belthangady, Sulya, Bantwal Taluk were thronged by the devotees.
The new rice meal is made of milk, coconut milk, and milk powder by crushing rice grain rice in the wake of the festival.
Meal prepared with the paddy and milk is the special food for this festival.
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Karnataka: Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre unveils plan for scientific disposal of plastic bottles
Bengaluru: In a bid to address the mounting plastic waste problem, Eshwar B. Khandre, Minister for Forests, Ecology, and Environment, has directed the additional chief secretary of the department to formulate regulations that will require packaged water bottle manufacturers to take responsibility for the scientific disposal of plastic bottles.
As part of the proposed plan, Khandre has suggested introducing a minimum price for each water bottle, which would be refunded when the bottle is returned to any establishment selling packaged water, as reported by Deccan Herald on Monday.
Under this initiative, when a person buys a new water bottle, the minimum price for each returned bottle would be discounted from the bill for the new one.
The goal is to ensure that empty bottles are returned to the shops where they were purchased, preventing them from being discarded in public spaces or ending up in the environment. Under the plan, these establishments would then return the empty bottles to manufacturers, who would be responsible for the scientific disposal of the plastic.
Khandre emphasised that the proposed regulations are aimed at tackling plastic pollution more effectively. Although the central government has already banned the manufacture, storage, sale, and use of certain single-use plastics, and the state government has enacted similar regulations, plastic waste continues to be a significant environmental challenge.
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