The members of the Salem Ilaignar Kuzhu has urged the district administration to direct the owners of hotels and eateries to supply food in banana leaves instead of serving the same in plastic and butter papers.
The members, holding banana leaves, presented a petition in this regard to the District Collector V. Sampath during the public grievances redressal day meeting recently. They also displayed banners with the slogans “Let us use banana leaves and eradicate plastic materials”.
They said, of late, in many vegetarian hotels and roadside eateries food is served in plastic materials, instead of banana leaves. Using plastic materials will prove harmful to health.
Food is served even in ‘Amma Unavagams’ in plastic materials.
They urged the Collector to slap a ban on using plastic materials for serving food in the hotels and eateries and direct them to serve the food only in banana leaves.
Mr. Sampath forwarded the petition to T. Anuradha, Designated Officer of the Tamil Nadu Food Safety and Drug Administration Department, to initiate appropriate action.
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