In an effort to discourage the use of plastic bags, the Vellore division of the India Post on Friday distributed free cotton cloth bags to its customers.
Friday’s initiative comes after the State government launched the ‘ Meendum Manjappai’ scheme in December to discourage the use of plastic bags, which have become rampant in the State over the years, by switching over to cloth bags.
“Every year, we introduce environmental friendly initiatives in a small way. Last year, we declared the Head Post Office in Vellore as a no plastics zone. We want our customers to go back to using manjappai (yellow cloth bags),” said P. Komal Kumar, Superintendent of Posts (Vellore division).
