The village Bari Khas, situated 33 km. from Dist. Shahjahanpur. Maximum people of this village are illiterate. It is a backward and poor village due to having a number of social, economical, educational types of problems like other villages. But among them a different type of problem has been suffering the life of villagers now a days . This is the excess use of politheen. We know well that polytheen is much harmful for environment along with the lives of human being as well as for animals too. Therefore this year under the DFC Campaign we decided to make Bari Khas a polytheen free village with the title “Polytheen – A Sweet Poison”.

Pollution due to Polytheen

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.Generally in village areas there are many problems and their solution is also must. But the problem of polytheen directly affects our health, as it suffers soil, drainage system, health of human being as well as of animals too.

It blocks the drains, consequently the dirty water logging starts which produces mosquitoes and many other harmful insects which become the cause of different dangerous diseases.

Often animals also eat it and suffer with intestine and digestion problem and at last they become dead. Poor quality polytheen affects the edible thighs too having in it. We felt that it can be removed only by prohibiting and boycott it because its smoke is more dangerous so we can’t burn

it. Along with it, it never rots so we can not buried it in the soil. Therefore we decided to make aware the villagers with different interesting activities.

Blocked drain due to polytheen A cow eating the polytheen

To aware the people in limited time of one week, we decided to organize meetings, rallies, street plays by using hand made posters, hand bills, banners, self prepared slogans etc.

We will also involve Jan Shikshan Sansthan (HRD, Central Government) like organizations to support our the campaign.

Each and every villager will be involved in this campaign. Shopkeepers will be our main focus area. To promote the paper bag making, will be the essential part of our campaign. A signature campaign will also be a part of this campaign to boycott the polytheen. The students will exchange self made paper bags with the polytheens.

Ralley was our first step, in which enthusiastic students of Satya Bharti spreading awareness through banners, hand outs and raising slogans like, “Jab jab panni feki jaye, mrida pradushan badhta jai”, “Politheen ko door bhagao, kapde ka thaila apnao”, Politheen na karo prayog, mitti ko lag jata rog”, “Polytheen kare manmani, ye roke nali ka pani” etc.

Students were distributing hand outs among the villagers during rally having the consequences of this sweet poison. At the different points of village students have represented street plays having some massages regarding the side effects of

polytheen use. Sticking of hand made posters on the walls of village was our next step.

Ralley with

slogans

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◄Aeareness

through street play

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• A large awareness meeting was held with the collaboration of Jan Shikshan Sansthan in the village.• A training session of paper bag making was also organized, in which the females of village were get trained.

Awareness meeting

Training of

paper bag

making

Lo gi ho gaye thaile tayaar

.Some polytheen Danger Zone were fixed in different areas of village, where villagers will have to stored the polytheens after collecting them from here and there.

Villagers have also took resolution in Signature Campaign not to use polytheen in future. An Exchange Offer (Paper bags in place of polytheen) was very effective part of this campaign. Shopkeepers have become motivated with the above offer and started to cooperate the students.

Collection of polytheen form village drains

Storage of polytheen

in Danger Zone

Signature campaign

After all these efforts villagers have started to give us full support.They became understood the side effect of its use. Shopkeepers’ boycott of polytheen was a big achievement for us.. Press reporters have also covered the whole campaign observing seriousness of the campaign. A team of student was formed for its regular monitoring in future.

Exchange of polytheen Resolution with signature Appreciation letter

Campaign

in news paper

The Students: Gajendra, Anil, Pinki,Aarti, Kush, Ranno, Aashish, Ashutosh, Milan,Ram, Saket, Shivam, Vimal, Chandani, Manju,Meena, Neha, Priyanshu.

The School Leader: Miss. Gitika Thapa

The Mentor Teacher: Mr. Upendra Srivastav