Jammu, June 5 -- Srinagar June 5th

With an aim of curbing the plastic pollution & ensuring home composting of waste, the students and teachers of Salsabeel Educational Institute Humhama on eve of World Environment Day pledged to undertake composting of kitchen waste in their respective houses. Noted social activist and Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir RTI Movement Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat and his colleague Raja Amir Khan made the students and teachers to take the pledge in this direction.

Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat who had been invited as a guest speaker on the world environment day gave a detailed speech on ill effects of plastic pollution and explained in detail how unscientific waste disposal was impacting Kashmir valley. He said that more than 1...