Awareness campaign on “Single use plastic and its impact on environment”

Centre for Ethics and Social Responsibility, KLS IMER Belagavi organized awareness campaign on “Single use plastic and its impact on environment” on Thursday 24th October 2019. MBA first year students planned and executed the campaign, which covered various busy localities of Belagavi city namely, Shahapur, Khasbag, Bogarves and other market places. The students prepared paper bags using old newspapers and distributed to shopkeepers, vegetable and fruit venders to encourage them not to use plastic bags. The students educated common citizens in that locality about how to make paper bags for their routine shopping. The students got lot of encouragement from the people for this initiative and they also assured to join them in caring the environment. Dr. Atul R. Deshpande, Director, KLS IMER appreciated students for this unique initiative. The activity was coordinated by Prof. Shailaja Hiremath and Prof. Shreekant Naik.