MUMBAI: Continuing its action in opposition to banned plastic merchandise within the city, the BMC on Monday visited over eight,000 stores. A tremendous of nearly Rs 3 lakh was once amassed from over 50 store house owners for stocking banned plastics.
An FIR was once lodged in opposition to 50 individuals of a traders' association in Ghatkopar after a few of them refused to pay fines, said deputy police commissioner (zone 7) Akhilesh Singh.
The penalty for the ones discovered the use of banned plastics within the first instance is Rs five,000, in the second instance is Rs 10,000. In the third instance, violators will probably be asked to pay a penalty of Rs 25,000 and will face a three-month prison term. The consequences as listed in Section 9 of the Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage Control Act, 2006. If a violator can't pay the tremendous, then the individual will probably be prosecuted.
On Monday, civic inspectors surveyed stores in markets across the city.
"The inspectors mostly visited many of the BMC markets and it was heartening to see that the shops are actually switching over from plastic," said an legit, including that stores in markets like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, Null Bazar and Dadar had been inspected.
Assistant municipal commissioner (markets) Sangeeta Hasnale said that at Mirza Ghalib Municipal Market in Bhuleshwar they discovered that many of the shopkeepers had refrained from plastics. "Some vendors packing meat in paper. We have asked the inspectors to continue with the action in the coming days," she said.
Around 40 farsan stores in Malad east, which have been closed over the weekend, reopened on Monday. Around 400 individuals of the union marched to the ward workplace where they made a representation to the officers.
An FIR was once lodged in opposition to 50 individuals of a traders' association in Ghatkopar after a few of them refused to pay fines, said deputy police commissioner (zone 7) Akhilesh Singh.
The penalty for the ones discovered the use of banned plastics within the first instance is Rs five,000, in the second instance is Rs 10,000. In the third instance, violators will probably be asked to pay a penalty of Rs 25,000 and will face a three-month prison term. The consequences as listed in Section 9 of the Maharashtra Non-Biodegradable Garbage Control Act, 2006. If a violator can't pay the tremendous, then the individual will probably be prosecuted.
On Monday, civic inspectors surveyed stores in markets across the city.
"The inspectors mostly visited many of the BMC markets and it was heartening to see that the shops are actually switching over from plastic," said an legit, including that stores in markets like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Mandai, Null Bazar and Dadar had been inspected.
Assistant municipal commissioner (markets) Sangeeta Hasnale said that at Mirza Ghalib Municipal Market in Bhuleshwar they discovered that many of the shopkeepers had refrained from plastics. "Some vendors packing meat in paper. We have asked the inspectors to continue with the action in the coming days," she said.
Around 40 farsan stores in Malad east, which have been closed over the weekend, reopened on Monday. Around 400 individuals of the union marched to the ward workplace where they made a representation to the officers.
Plastic ban: BMC nets Rs 3 lakh in fines
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