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    Eco-Friendly Way Of Twin Gujarat Events Of Ayush Ministry Inspire For Sustainable Dev & Healthy Planet

    Eco-Friendly
    Inam Ansari
    April27/ 2022

    New Delhi (The Hawk): The growing environmental concerns and consciousness among organisations and leaderships across the globe is now reflecting in the conduct of these entities. The eco-friendly measures and arrangements during the two events of the Ministry of Ayush, held in Gujrat recently, proved the same. An estimated use of more than 1 lakh plastic bottles, 15000 plastic tags and 50 thousand plastic cutleries was avoided during the eventsleading to an estimated reduction of 119437.5 kgof carbon dioxide equivalent (Co2e). Furthermore, countries, organisations and entities across the world are coming together to curb evils such as single use plastic. While speaking at the 14thsession of the Conference of Parties (CoP-14) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned, "Single-use plastic is not only harmful to the health of the people, but it is also a major reason for the deterioration of the health of the land." With the recently concluded events of the Ministry of Ayush in Gujrat highlighted the intent of the Government to lead with example in this direction.The Prime Minister laid the foundation of the world’s first WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine (GCTM) during the ground-breaking ceremonyheld at Jamnagar on 19th April and inaugurated the 3-day Global Ayush Investment and Innovation Summit (GAIIS) on 20th April in the presence of Prime Minister of Mauritius Sh. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and DirectorGeneral of the World Health Organisation Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. The mega eventsechoed the resolve of the country to curb single use plastic with dedicated efforts to minimize carbon footprints.Both the events were of global prominence that captured th ...

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