HYDERABAD: Despite a ban on using plastic covers of underneath 50 microns density, the use of such damaging plastic continues to be rampant across the town, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’s (GHMC) crackdown in opposition to grocery stores and vendors the usage of banned plastic has published.
In a special drive carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, the civic body seized nearly 550 kgs of plastic covers and imposed a complete penalty of Rs 1.6 lakh on store homeowners found the usage of raise luggage of the banned low-density plastic.
According to civic officials, on Wednesday they seized about 25kgs of banned plastic luggage from grocery store homeowners and hawkers in areas like Jubilee Hills and Qutbullapur, they recovered about 10kgs of plastic luggage from LB Nagar.
On Tuesday, an identical inspections had been carried out in Kukatpally circle, among others, and banned plastic luggage of underneath 50 microns seized.
The civic body has, meanwhile, additionally appealed to all political events and public representatives to sign up for arms with GHMC in maintaining a pollution-free town by way of desisting from hanging up banners and flexies.
“Its high time the lengthy operating apply of erecting flexies will have to forestall. These days some people are additionally resorting to erecting flexies on occasions like birthdays. They can rejoice however will have to not pollute the surroundings,” stated GHMC commsiosner B Janardhan Reddy.
As a part of the civic body’s drive to curb the use of damaging plastics, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders G Nagendra and V Mohan Reddy were slapped with a penalty of Rs 15,000 every for erecting unauthorised hoardings at TRS Bhavan.
Interestingly, whilst checking for banned plastic in meat stores, civic officials additionally found many institutions operating their stores without the needful trade licence and promoting unstamped meat stored in unhygienic prerequisites.
The defaulters were booked underneath Sections 487, 539, 548 & 596 of the GHMC Act, 1955.
Though as of lately handiest plastic raise luggage underneath 50 microns are banned within the town, the civic body had, in its latest general body meeting held previous this year, unanimously passed a resolution to ban utilization of all plastics, even the ones above 50 microns density with exemptions proposed to be made just for dairy sector and a few other products. However, the state govt is yet to take a final call at the transfer.
Incidentally, the Modi govt plans to completely ban using one-time use plastic products like water bottles, cups, plastic plates by way of 2022.
In a special drive carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, the civic body seized nearly 550 kgs of plastic covers and imposed a complete penalty of Rs 1.6 lakh on store homeowners found the usage of raise luggage of the banned low-density plastic.
According to civic officials, on Wednesday they seized about 25kgs of banned plastic luggage from grocery store homeowners and hawkers in areas like Jubilee Hills and Qutbullapur, they recovered about 10kgs of plastic luggage from LB Nagar.
On Tuesday, an identical inspections had been carried out in Kukatpally circle, among others, and banned plastic luggage of underneath 50 microns seized.
The civic body has, meanwhile, additionally appealed to all political events and public representatives to sign up for arms with GHMC in maintaining a pollution-free town by way of desisting from hanging up banners and flexies.
“Its high time the lengthy operating apply of erecting flexies will have to forestall. These days some people are additionally resorting to erecting flexies on occasions like birthdays. They can rejoice however will have to not pollute the surroundings,” stated GHMC commsiosner B Janardhan Reddy.
As a part of the civic body’s drive to curb the use of damaging plastics, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leaders G Nagendra and V Mohan Reddy were slapped with a penalty of Rs 15,000 every for erecting unauthorised hoardings at TRS Bhavan.
Interestingly, whilst checking for banned plastic in meat stores, civic officials additionally found many institutions operating their stores without the needful trade licence and promoting unstamped meat stored in unhygienic prerequisites.
The defaulters were booked underneath Sections 487, 539, 548 & 596 of the GHMC Act, 1955.
Though as of lately handiest plastic raise luggage underneath 50 microns are banned within the town, the civic body had, in its latest general body meeting held previous this year, unanimously passed a resolution to ban utilization of all plastics, even the ones above 50 microns density with exemptions proposed to be made just for dairy sector and a few other products. However, the state govt is yet to take a final call at the transfer.
Incidentally, the Modi govt plans to completely ban using one-time use plastic products like water bottles, cups, plastic plates by way of 2022.
Hyderabad: Over 550kg plastic seized in 2 days
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