8th, May, 2022

Topic: Eco-Friendly Initiative

Importance: Himachal HPAS Prelims and Mains

What is the news?

• A group of children in the Spiti valley are using plastic waste to make bricks in order to conserve the volatile environment of the tribal district. The bricks can be used to construct embankments alongside roads.

Minister for Technical Education Ram Lal Markanda shared:

• Impressed by their ingenuity, Minister for Technical Education Ram Lal Markanda met them in Spiti on Friday.
• He appreciated their commitment and urged the local administration to promote the idea among other children as well. He directed the district officials to deposit the prepared “poly bricks” in the block development office so that these could be used in construction.

(Source: The Tribune)