An awareness programme by district administration was today held in Municipal Council auditorium. District development commissioner Bandipora Indu Kanwal Chib presided over the programme along with her executive officer Municipal Council Bandipora, other officers, members of civil society and students of various schools were present in the programme. The speakers highlighted the harmful effects of plastic on environment as well as on our daily lives. The experts put forward many suggestions on how to make District Bandipora free from polythene and other such disastrous substances, how water bodies including one of Asia's largest lakes Wular can be saved from plastic. Most of the speakers from the civil society highlighted the need for proper and scientific management of waste management.