Over 5000 cloth-made bags distributed among people in GB.

GILGIT -- Assistant Commissioner Gojal Zulqarnain distributed as many as 5000 cloth-made bags among people to encourage their use and protect environment here on Wednesday.

These bags were distributed in a ceremony held at a local hotel among people from Ghala Pan to Sosast in collaboration with Pakistan Customs Sosast to replace plastic bags which were detrimental to environment.

The ceremony was attended by Deputy Collector Customs Khaldun Haq and senior officials of the district administration and people from across the society.

Speaking on the occasion, the AC said the polythene bags had harmful effects to environment and human health, therefore plastic bags were being replaced and people were encouraged to use cloth made bags.

The deputy collector and assistant commissioner also stressed on maintenance of cleanliness and added that Pakistan had...