Human chain to make Kozhikode plastic free
By IANSWednesday, January 26, 2011
KOZHIKODE - More than three lakh people Wednesday came out on the streets to form a 82-km long human chain to make Kozhikode district free from avoidable plastic.
Leading from the front was district Collector P.B. Salim, who told IANS that the human chain touched every nook and corner of the district.
We are told that this is by far the longest human chain formed anywhere on a campaign against plastic. The chain was formed at 10.30 a.m., Salim said.
A formal announcement that the district is free from avoidable plastic would be made Jan 30.
Those in the chain included ministers, political activists, students and ordinary folks. Veteran writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair read out a pledge which was repeated by all those in the human chain, said Salim.
Salim has been running campaigns to make people aware the danger of using plastic.
–Indo Asian News Service
