So, though I enjoy my trips, it’s not entirely guilt free," says Sushma Hegde who often makes trips to the Himalayas. "This is a farmer’s opportunity to enlighten people about his daily struggles and let the consumer connect to his own food," he says. .Chairman Railway Board, Mr Vinod Kumar Yadav directed the GMs to closely monitor projects related to safety in train operations and emphasized on expeditious completion of safety works like elimination of Manned Level crossings and construction of Road over Bridge (RoBs), Road Under Bridges (RuBs), interlocking of heavy Manned level Crossings, elimination of old mechanical signalling by electronic.Angadi, directed all zones and divisions to complete preparations with regard to 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi in time. Railways has already decided to replace its plastic cutlery with more environment-friendly products.Meanwhile, during the meeting the minister also reviewed safety, punctuality, freight loading, passenger traffic, infrastructure projects, locomotive and coach production and other ongoing developmental projects of the Railways.
So, while travelling, you’re not just having a good time, but also giving back.Since Akanksha’s young company doesn’t have much of a team, she ties up with other community-first travel initiatives for support.. Antara, who in her previous corporate job got a chance to engage in rehabilitation activities in Uttarakhand right after the 2013 floods, understands well the impact community-first tourism can have on local economies. While the Railways has also already announced to junk single-use plastic on its trains from October 2, the central railway has decided to feature pictures of Mahatma Gandhi on its locomotives." Akanksha echoes this view when she says, "‘Immerse’ is an important word, because when you immerse yourself in a place, you will behave in a manner the community is used to when you’re with them. "As a protective netting policy, we don’t hire anybody apart from the local villagers. It’s a marketing or advertising gimmick and makes it very difficult for the consumer to be able to differentiate between what is really environmentally friendly and what is just a commercial gimmick," she says and points out how very often elephant riding is promoted as an eco-friendly activity when it’s not. "They are the first people to be stopped from entering, despite being dependent on the natural resource for generations.On Wednesday, the railways had circulated the guidelines with regard to plastic waste management