Bengaluru: B.Y. Vijayendra, the newly appointed Karnataka State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), disclosed on Friday that the Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly would be chosen on November 17.

Vijayendra informed reporters that a legislative committee meeting is scheduled within the next week, during which the Leader of the Opposition will be selected.

He further explained that the meeting would have the participation of party members from the Centre, and, under their supervision, the opinions of all BJP legislators would be gathered for the crucial decision.

Vijayendra highlighted that the matter had already been discussed between veteran BJP leader B.S. Yediyurappa and J.P. Nadda, the National President of the party.

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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.