NEW DELHI: Asserting that strong and concrete policies are a need of the hour to sustainable and efficient plastic waste management, Chairman and Chief Executive Councillor of Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council Leh, Advocate Tashi Gyalson on Thursday re-iterated the declaration on the need for Extended Producer’s responsibility (EPR) to the mountain states in the Indian Himalayan Region.
The CEC was speaking at the 10th ‘Meet of Mountain States’ organised by Integrated Mountain Initiative at Indira Paryavaran Bhawan (MoEFCC), New Delhi. The Union Minister of State for Tourism, Ajay Bhatt, and Union Minister of State for MoEFCC, Ashwini Chaubey, were the chief guests, while President IMI, P D Rai, PCCF Ladakh, Jigmet Takpa; Former CEC/Member Governing Council IMI, Rigzin Spalbar, and various other officials from the mountain states and UTs were present during the meeting.
At the meeting, CEC Gyalson chaired a session themed “Plastic Waste Management – EPR implementation in the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR)”.
Speaking in the session, Gyalson stressed the need for having adequate policies on solid waste management for which he re-iterated the declaration on the need for Extended Producer’s responsibility (EPR) to the mountain states in the Indian Himalayan Region.
The CEC also highlighted the resolutions passed in the legislators’ meet during SMDS-XI held in Leh last year on the same theme.
Besides, sessions on themes including ‘Harnessing Tourism for Sustainable Mountain Development, and Agroecology in Indian Himalayas – Resurgence with Millets were also conducted today.
