Srinagar, May 28 -- Tehsildar Sheikh Tariq was accompanied by Naib Tehsildar Shahid Khaliq and Mohammad Ashraf in this drive who visited many retail and wholesale grocery shops in Sopore town and adjoining Sangrama as well.

Pertinently the officers acted after a video created by social activist Dr Raja Muzaffar Bhat few days back wherein he explained the harmful effects of sunlight on plastic bottles containing water and soft drinks / juices. The video went viral on social networking sites like Instagram , facebook and X.

"Several scientific studies conducted worldwide especially by Columbia University and National Institute of Health -NIH clearly shows that exposure to ultraviolet radiation is dangerous to plastic bottles especially th...