People in Bhubaneswar get meal in exchange of plastics

Bhubaneswar (Odisha), Dec 17 (ANI): Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in collaboration with NGOs has rolled out an initiative "Meal for Plastic". The initiative was taken under State government's Aahaar Yojana. People can go to Aahaar Center in the city and by giving half kg of plastics, they can get meal for one time. While speaking to ANI, BMC Commissioner, Prem Chandra Chaudhary said, "This is kind of a plastic collection campaign, plus food security. There are lot of people who collect plastic and some people throw plastics which creates problem. So we thought to solve both issues with single mechanism. Now, anyone can go to any of the 11 Aahaar Centers in city and by giving half a kg of plastics, they can get a meal.