Himachal Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena on Tuesday said that from June 1, 500-ml plastic water bottles made from Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) will be banned in all government programmes and ...

The 500 ml bottles, that can also avoid wastage of drinking water, are currently being supplied on Shatabdi trains in Delhi. They are priced at Rs. 10 per bottle.

In Shatabdi trains 500 ml Rail Neer bottles are provided to passengers instead of one-litre bottles. This initiative is taken to reduce the wastage of water.