The Yogi Government made another tough decision in UP regarding the environment. Specific mandatory rules are assigned for the offices to follow immediately and strictly to make peace with the territory. Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has laid out instructions on using plastic and Paper. The instruction is given considering the sensitive environmental issues. Instruction of the Chief SecretaryChief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra has ordered all government officials to avoid plastic water bottles in meetings and unnecessary usage of papers for the sessions. He has called the officials to use soft copy materials only for the panels and other agendas and to avoid plastic water bottles in the meetings.Despite the explicit instruction, hard copies and booklets are still printed on a single side, along with using plastic water bottles in government meetings. And government officials still need to reduce the use of plastic water bottles. The motive of the instructions was to be responsible towards the environment, yet even after repeated instructions, these are yet to be followed.The instructions listChief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra released a set of instructions regarding the usage of plastic and Paper in meetings and other official events. The instructions state that the use of plastic water bottles must be avoided at any cost.The meeting materials should only be sent through the e-office. If there was an emergency for the physical copy, the hard copy must be printed on double sides. The use of spiral bindings and plastic covers should be avoided altogether. The UP government has again decided on a challenging course to follow, but the cause can help with the environment. Therefore, Chief Secretary Durga Shankar Mishra released a set of instructions to be followed concerning the sensitive issues of the environment to avoid using plastics and to reduce the unwanted use of Paper. Clear instructions were laid out to avoid plastic water bottles, and unnecessary hardcopies for official gatherings, unless explicitly mentioned, are yet to be followed.
