Jammu, June 18 -- Share Tweet Share Srinagar, June 18 (KNS) : Expressing grave concern over the escalating plastic pollution crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, the Committee on Environment of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Thursday urged the government to impose a comprehensive ban on single-use plastic across the Union Territory, while also directing authorities to initiate immediate dialogue to resolve the ongoing strike by sanitation workers. The Committee, chaired by veteran CPI(M) leader and MLA M.Y. Tarigami, observed that the indiscriminate use of plastic has emerged as a major environmental challenge, adversely impacting public health, polluting water bodies, and degrading the region's fragile ecological balance. In a sig...