RAMBAN: State Pollution Control Board Ramban organised a lecture on Environmental degradation and pollution control with a special focus on ban on polythene carry bags at New Convent Secondary School Banihal in district Ramban. Divisional Officer State Pollution Control Board Ramban deliberated upon the main causes behind environmental degradation. He interacted with students and replied their queries on different types of pollution threatening our environment. Special focus was laid on ban on polythene carry bags in the state of Jammu & Kashmir and its dangerous consequences on its sensitive ecosystems.
The PCB has been holding such interactions with the students and the faculty of different schools and the staff to work for betterment of environment and preservation of the state’s precious natural resources. Among the schools where similar programme were held recently include BVM School Ramban and Government High School Kanga.