Medical conferences will have implications
Advocate Ira Gupta
The National Green Tribunal has directed the
Election Commission, the Centre and the Central Pollution Control
Board (CPCB) to convene a meeting to consider whether to ban the use of
campaigning material made of plastic during elections.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel directed the
Election Commission, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
(MoEF&CC) and CPCB to convene a meeting at the earliest, preferably within
one week.
The tribunal passed the directions on a petition seeking a direction to the
MoEF&CC and the states to prohibit the use of short-life PVC (polyvinyl
chloride), synthetic plastic polymer and chlorinated plastic which includes
banners, hoarding, etc for promotion and advertising during the poll campaign.
The petition claimed that campaigning material made of plastic are used
during election and later discarded as waste, which was detrimental to the
environment.
The above has implications on medical conferences.
(Source: Latestlaws.com)
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