Green efforts fail to take off at trade fair-16 November 2011,Hindustan Times

The Indian Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO), organisers of the India International Trade Fair (IITF), may make tall claims that the use of plastic bags is banned inside the venue and promote the event as an eco-friendly fair, but the ground reality is completely different. On Day 2 of the two-week-long fair, many stalls, including a few international ones, were seen handing over goods to customers in plastic bags. In 2009, plastic bags were banned at Pragati Maidan, the venue of the trade fair, and it was made a no smoking zone. The Delhi government has also put a ban on the use of plastic bags in the Capital. The people are still unaware about the ban and feel that it is the duty of the organisers to discourage the use of plastic bags.

Green efforts fail to take off at trade fair