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Stop using single-use plastics: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday clarified he was against single-use plastics and not against the use of plastics, while speaking to party members who had come to the Chennai airport to receive him.

Stop using single-use plastics: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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Published : Sep 30, 2019, 12:04 PM IST

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was not against the use of plastics but was against single-use plastics.

Stop using single-use plastics: Modi

He was speaking to party members who had come to the Chennai airport to receive him. "I am not saying use of plastic should be stopped. What I said single-use plastics should be stopped," Modi said.

He said the message against single-use plastics should be taken to the people across the country during the padayatra to be undertaken as part of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

"It is always a delight to be back in Chennai. 'Chennai Makkallaii Santhippathil Magizhchi' - happy to meet people of Chennai," he said.

Also read: PM Modi arrives at IIT-Madras to attend convocation ceremony

Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was not against the use of plastics but was against single-use plastics.

Stop using single-use plastics: Modi

He was speaking to party members who had come to the Chennai airport to receive him. "I am not saying use of plastic should be stopped. What I said single-use plastics should be stopped," Modi said.

He said the message against single-use plastics should be taken to the people across the country during the padayatra to be undertaken as part of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

"It is always a delight to be back in Chennai. 'Chennai Makkallaii Santhippathil Magizhchi' - happy to meet people of Chennai," he said.

Also read: PM Modi arrives at IIT-Madras to attend convocation ceremony

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World has "great expectations" from India, says PM
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Chennai, Sep 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
Monday said the world has "great expectations" from India, and
asserted his government will lead the country to a path of
'greatness' where it will be beneficial to the entire globe.
On his first visit to Tamil Nadu after retaining power
in this year's Lok Sabha polls, the Prime Minister reiterated
his campaign against single-use plastic.
"During my (just concluded) US tour I saw the world
has great expectations from India, which is growing. It is the
responsibility of all--we will certainly ensure the welfare of
India, and swiftly, but we will make it such a great nation
that it will be useful for the world," he said.
Making the country great was not the job of the
Central government, but that of 130 crore Indians, he said
addressing BJP workers at a felicitation function organised by
the party at the airport.
This was the job of citizens settled in every nook and
corner of the country and "whether those who live in city or
village, the rich or poor and young or old," and the nation
will become great from the contribution of all these, he said.
Reiterating his campaign against single-use plastic,
he said its usage "creates a big problem."
While some mistakenly call for a "plastic-free" India,
he had been stressing only against the use of single-use
plastic, Modi said, pointing out it cannot be used further and
therefore "creates a big problem."
Many schemes have been successfully taken forward with
public participation and so should be the case with single-use
plastic also, the Prime Minister added.
Pointing out at the proposed 'padayatra' by BJP MPs
coinciding with the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
on October 2, Modi said it will be helpful in exploring "these
philosophies" on the ground, apparently referring to making
India great and the campaign against single-use plastic.
Referring to his remarks in Tamil in his public
addresses during his US tour last week, Modi said he had
pointed out that it was an "ancient language" of the world.
"Now Tamil is echoing in the US," he added.
Earlier, Modi was received at the airport by Tamil
Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, Chief Minister K
Palaniswami, his deputy O Paneerselvam and Cabinet Ministers.
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