Plastic-free campaign to be launched from Rara

Kathmandu –A campaign to promote Plastic-Free Society from the mountain region to the Tarai region is to be launched from December 2 in order to stop the use of plastic and plastic-based products. 


The campaign would be launched from Rara, which is located at an altitude of 2972 metres above sea level. The Art Summit Travel and Tours Pvt Ltd is coordinating the Campaign. Rara lake is around five kilometers long, three kilometers wide and 167 metres deep. 


The campaign will be launched by cleaning around seven kilometers distance from Tallomili to Rara as well as placing 15 dustbins at various places on this stretch. A dustbin will be kept in every 500 metres distance. 


Managing Director of the Art Summit Travel and Tours, Som Bahadur Tamang, said that the campaign is going to be launched from mountainous districts to Tarai as plastic-products have an adverse impact on the environment and human health. 
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