Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy announced that plastic flexies were being banned in Andhra Pradesh from August 26 (Friday). Cloth flexies could be used but not the plastic ones as they would affect the environment, he said.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy was speaking during a programme organised to create awareness about plastic waste management at AU Convention Centre in Visakhapatnam.
“During my arrival to the venue, I have seen a number of flexies. Since I am coming to an event related to plastic pollution, I felt that I am sending a wrong message to the people by arranging plastic flexies. When I asked the Collector, he informed me that all the flexies were not of plastic and that there were cloth ones too,” he said.
