MCC starts ‘Rupee Store’ at Community Centre EWS houses, Dhanas
With a aim to start ‘Rupee Stores’ throughout city, where required, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today started new ‘Rupee store’ at Community Centre, EWS houses, Dhanas.
Promoting the concept of 3R i.e. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and use the items collected to help the needy people in the city, the Mayor, Chandigarh Sh. Anup Gupta inaugurated the store today in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Ram Chander Yadav, area councilor, other prominent persons of the area and officers of MCC.
Aims to encourage the practice of following 3R and also, help people in need, where people can buy any item whether it is bed sheet, ladies suits, gents trousers and shirts just @ Rs. 1/- per item.
While speaking on the occasion, the Mayor said that the MCC has started permanent RRR centre at New Bridge Market, near Jagat cinema, Sector 17, where citizens can bring their reusable items to donate.
He said that after cleaning, repairing and refurbishing the old items collected at permanent RRR centre at sector 17, these type of Sales will be organized in different parts of city so that the needy may buy good quality usable items near to them by spending Rs. 1 only.
