Chandigarh, March 3 -- Punjab is all set to go the milky way without plastic bags. For, the Punjab Government is working on the proposal to bring the milk dispensing vans, instead of the supplying milk in plastic bags.
The move is expected to save approximately 80 crore plastic bags, used by the Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited, popularly known as Milkfed, for the sale of milk and milk products.
"Introducing milk dispending vans is under the consideration of the government, and it is expected to be implemented soon," said the state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu while responding to the query of Congress MLA from Jalandhar North Avtar Singh Henry Junior during the question hour.
Sidhu, responding on behalf of...