Face of Nation : BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi has instructed going again to inexperienced Indian habits of ingesting water from cupped palms and utilizing “datun” or neem twig to brush enamel to chop down on plastic use.
“Why do we need even glasses and bottles ? When we were in school, we would drink water from our (cupped) hands which I think is the most hygienic way because you have washed your hands in the process and no water is wasted in cleaning the glass,” she stated in response to a question concerning the nation’s preparedness earlier than a whole ban is introduced on single-use plastic.
Collaborating in a round table session on ”vitality transition, subsidies, and air high quality administration” on Thursday, Ms Lekhi stated India wasted plenty of vitality and assets by copying issues which weren’t indigenous.
“When the vegetable seller would come, we would use a cane basket. No plastic. We have also given up the practice of using datun. Now, all these plastic toothbrushes go to the dustbin and then to the landfill,” she stated.
The BJP MP from the New Delhi constituency additionally instructed reusing outdated garments for making environment-friendly baggage and sanitary pads. She stated girls had been up in arms when 18 per cent GST was imposed on sanitary napkins, with out giving a thought that “we had been incentivizing polymer”.
“My grandmother, your nice grandmother, everybody would have used fabric, which might be destroyed after single use. Extra dialog round this can assist quite than pushing plastic, polymers as sanitary pads,” the MP stated.
“These polymers have taken up a lot of land and no person talks about it as a result of it turns into a sentimental problem. I used to say that as a substitute of 18 per cent tax, it ought to be 28 per cent,” Ms Lekhi stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who’s main efforts to scrap single-use plastics by 2022, is prone to announce a ban on just a few objects on October 2, the delivery anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
