The Maharashtra Government is working on a plastic ban in the state and exploring other options to protect the environment, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said here today.
"We are also in process for treatment of waste water before it goes into the sea," he said.
Environment protection should made be a peoples movement to make it more effective, he said after inaugurating the National Conference on Environment 2017 in Mumbai.
The Chief Justice of Bombay High Court Justice Manjula Chellur, Chairman National Green Tribunal (NGT) Justice Swatanter Kumar and Maharashtra ministers Ramdas Kadam and Deepak Kesarkar were present at the event.
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