Further, the bench said the State must completely ban disposables and eatables in these areas.
“There is a need to ban plastic disposables. In fact ban all disposables be it plastic or thermocol everything should be completely banned. People should not use disposables in these areas and even if you are purporting some other kind of disposables, they will throw it around,” the Court said.
It also ordered the State to come up with some alternative to plastic bottles in the hill areas.
“People have a very impulsive tendency of throwing everything in a hilly area. I do not know what fun they get, may be seeing the bottle rolling down may give them some fun. But yes, this is a reality,” Chief Justice Agarwal observed.
The Court further suggested that the State can consider motivating local people to volunteer to ensure that visitors do not litter.
“People of the locality can be motivated to work as a voluntary force. They must be given this idea that it is not some region but their own house and no outsider can come and throw garbage in their house like this. Once such a spirit is instilled, they will make sure no one throws garbage,” the bench said.
The matter will be heard again after Diwali break of the Court.
Source: Barandbench
