Rally on ‘No Plastic Awareness’
The “Go Green” initiative is nothing new to KCG College of Technology. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced a ban on “one time use and throw away plastics”, with effect from 01.01.2019. But still people use the disposable plastics, without a concern for our future generation.
So, in order to spread an awareness amongst the public to reduce and replace plastic, a RALLY was organized by the KCG College NSS team. Nearly 1,000 students and 250 staff members of KCG College of Technology participated in the rally.
The RALLY was inaugurated by the Chief Guest – Dr R Pratap Kumar – State Information Commissioner, Tamil Nadu by waving a green flag, which headed from SANMAR, Karapakkam to Hot Chips, Karapakkam, Chennai-97.
The Guest of Honour – Dr T G Srinivvasan – Health Education Officer, Chennai Corporation and Mr T Sugumar – Zonal Officer, Zone 15, Sholinganallurdistributed cloth bags to the students which was designed and made by our Fashion Technology Department, to insist on bio-degradable and reusable substitutes for plastic.The students participated in the RALLY by carrying the cloth bags.
The students displayed placards with slogans to create an awareness on the ill-effects of using the plastic, substitutes for plastic, reducing and recycling the plastics.
It’s the responsibility of every citizen to leave this earth GREEN for our future generation.