Single use plastic no longer permitted in ASI monuments: Prahlad Singh Patel

Tourism minister Prahlad Singh Patel said on Wednesday that single use plastic will no longer be permitted within ASI protected monuments and within the 100 metre radius of these monuments.

The minister was speaking at the Paryatan Parv 2019 organised by the tourism ministry on Wednesday.

Minister of environment, forest and climate change and information and broadcasting Prakash Javadekar; minister of petroleum and natural gas and minister of steel, Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the nationwide “Paryatan Parv 2019" in the presence of Patel.


Tourism secretary Yogendra Tripathi, I&B secretary Amit Khare, and other senior officers were also present during the occasion.

Organised by the Ministry of Tourism, Paryatan Parv 2019 will be held from 2nd to 13th October across the country. The Delhi leg of the Parv is being held from 2nd to 6th October, 2019 at Rajpath lawns between Rafi Marg and Janpath.
Speaking on the occasion, Prakash Javadekar said under the visionary leadership of prime minister Narendra Modi, the growth of tourism sector has been phenomenal over the last five years. Javadekar said that as per the appeal of the prime minister everybody should visit 15 places of India by 2022.

Dharmendra Pradhan called upon the countrymen and the foreign tourists to move into the countryside and visit the less explored places which have historical, cultural or religious significance. He said tourism in the country provides substantial employment opportunities and contributes much to the national GDP.

Patel said that as outlined by the prime minister, the doubling of number of tourists will be achieved much before the set target of 2022.

He further stated efforts are being made to phase out single use plastics in various organisations of ASI and ministry of tourism.

"Single use plastics will no longer be permitted within ASI protected monuments and within 100 metres of these monuments, the toursim minister announced.

The ministry said the idea of Paryatan Parv is to propagate the message of ‘Dekho Apna Desh’, with the objective to encourage Indians to visit various tourist destinations of the country and also to spread the message of ‘Tourism for All’.

The ministry has dedicated Paryatan Parv 2019 to the 150th birth anniversary of mahatma Gandhi.