Say goodbye to single-use plastic: PM Modi at UN event

TIL Desk/National/Noida/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a global boycott of single-use plastic at a United Nations event here on Monday. “I think the time has come for the world to say Good Bye to single use plastic”, said Modi as the hall resonated with claps.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the 14th Conference of Parties (COP14) to United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) being held in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh on Monday.

Talking about India”s commitment to protecting forest land, Modi reminded global leaders that India has increased its forest cover by 0.8 million hectares between 2015 and 2017 alone. He said, any chopping of trees in India due to developmental projects are compensated by planting more trees.