DSDA planning to make Digha & Shankarpur plastic-free

Aiming to make the popular tourist destinations Digha and Shankarpur plastic-free, the Digha Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) is planning to ban the usage of plastic in and around the coastal towns, a senior official said.

In Digha and Shankarpur, plastic is posing a problem as all the drains and water outlets are getting choked leading to waterlogging during high tide or when natural calamity like cyclones hit the area, the official of the Digha Shankarpur Development Authority said.

Digha is a seaside resort town in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district. Located around 190 km from Kolkata it is at the northern end of the Bay of Bengal. Digha beach also serves as a popular location for shooting movies
"And as a part of it, we are planning to make it plastic-free. Not only sea beaches, we are also planning to make the entire district plastic pollution-free. Once we are able to stop plastic-usage, the pollution due to this dangerous material will be somehow be arrested."
Samrat Bandyopadhyay, associate manager of a three- star accommodation in Old Digha said, "We have already stopped using plastic-made materials in our area. We have also put up notices in every room of our hotel to raise the awareness- level of the boarders."