GNDH bans entry of tea vendors using plastic cups
Manmeet Singh Gill
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 6
In a move which could help it get rid of the problem of littering to a great extent, Guru Nanak Dev Hospital here has banned the entry of vendors selling tea and other snacks inside the premises. The vendors earlier used to roam inside the hospital including wards and served tea and snacks to patients and their attendants.
Now considering that these vendors mostly use plastic cups and plates, which otherwise has been banned by the government under ban on single-use plastic items, the hospital authorities have put a ban on their entry inside the premises.
People throw plastic cups after use
Usually, people throw the plastic cups and plates in the corridors. Sometimes, they throw it into the open places from the upper stories and this way the entire green areas have been turned into garbage dumps. An employee
The office of the medical superintendent has also written to the company managing the security at the premises not to allow such venders. Additionally, the nurses deputed at wards have also been asked to report visit of these vendors.
Plastic waste scattered around the premises especially alongside the wards of the Indoor Patients Department (IPD) has remained unresolved.
The officials said the tea and snack vendors mostly use single time plastic cups and plates which has also been banned by the government. The stated that most of the garbage scattered alongside the wards include plastic cups plates and other items used by these vendors.
The authorities stated that the move to ban entry of tea vendors is not to take away anyone’s livelihood but to ensure that no one is throwing plastic waste here.
“Usually, people throw the plastic cups and plates in the corridors. Sometimes they throw it into the open places from the upper stories and this way the entire green areas have been turned into garbage dumping sites,” said an employee. He said that vendors should use glass or steel cups which are more eco-friendly.
