NAGPUR: Seven months after the state government prohibited use of plastic baggage, it's freely available across the town.
The state government had banned all plastic merchandise, together with polythene elevate baggage, from June 23, 2018, and asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) along with nine different government offices to strictly implement the rule in the town.
In an obvious lackadaisical perspective against the government directions, the MPCB and NMC totally failed to control the use of plastic now not handiest in the town but additionally near its personal administrative center premises.
The ban on plastic in Nagpur is proscribed to manufacture of polythene elevate baggage which are overtly available in town’s markets. IdealNews visited many market spaces and found that the banned merchandise are easily available. Except retail chains like Big Bazaar, Purushottam Super Bazaar and a few others, IdealNews came across many roadside distributors and a few grocery retail outlets or those promoting vegetables, fruit and different merchandise using plastic baggage. The big retail chains offer paper and material baggage.
The baggage are overtly available in retail outlets in Gandhibagh, Mahal and different spaces in the town. The actions towards retail outlets preserving banned merchandise could be very dismal in both Gandhibagh and Satranjipura zones jurisdictions.
TOI attempted to talk to a few distributors promoting flowers, fruits in banned baggage and in addition those buying those merchandise but they refused to talk. Spotting this reporter, some shopkeepers even concealed the banned product.
In the preliminary months, the NMC’s nuisance detection squad and zonal workforce of NMC’s health (sanitation) division had extensively performed raids at native retail outlets, together with wholesale dealers of plastic merchandise in Itwari, Mahal, Cotton Market and Dharampeth spaces.
Between June 23 and February 7, the NMC’s nuisance detections squad and sanitary inspectors from all 10 zones checked 22,791 retail outlets and issued challans to 614 shopkeepers for preserving the banned product. The NMC has also imposed a wonderful of Rs30,37,800 on them via seizing over nine,494kg of banned plastic merchandise most commonly elevate baggage, published data compiled via NMC’s health (sanitation) division.
The NMC’s drive turns out to have misplaced its sheen as even elevate baggage under 50 microns are easily available out there.
The state government has empowered 11 government departments like MPCB, district collectorate, police, forest division and so forth to implement the ban but handiest the NMC is beginning action because of which use of plastic continues unabated in the town.
Even NMC’s health (sanitation) division used to be now not extending make stronger to implement the ban, stated resources. Apart from 4 civic law enforcement officials, the NMC used to be supposed to spare 8 of its group of workers in each and every zone. “But now, handiest 4 civic law enforcement officials are lively in each and every zone,” admitted a senior legitimate from the NMC’s sanitation division.
According to the officer, the health (sanitation) division, assigned for the job, has many different responsibilities like sanitation, cleanliness and so forth. “It could be very tricky without the make stronger of electorate and different government agencies to implement the ban,” he stated. Despite repeated makes an attempt, MPCB officials weren't available for remark.
Vidarbha Plastic Industries Association vice-president Harish Mantri claimed that plastic manufacturers in the district had totally stopped production of banned pieces. When asked concerning the large-scale presence and use of plastic elevate baggage, he stated they should had been sourced from neighbouring states the place the ban isn't in power.
The state government had banned all plastic merchandise, together with polythene elevate baggage, from June 23, 2018, and asked the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) along with nine different government offices to strictly implement the rule in the town.
In an obvious lackadaisical perspective against the government directions, the MPCB and NMC totally failed to control the use of plastic now not handiest in the town but additionally near its personal administrative center premises.
The ban on plastic in Nagpur is proscribed to manufacture of polythene elevate baggage which are overtly available in town’s markets. IdealNews visited many market spaces and found that the banned merchandise are easily available. Except retail chains like Big Bazaar, Purushottam Super Bazaar and a few others, IdealNews came across many roadside distributors and a few grocery retail outlets or those promoting vegetables, fruit and different merchandise using plastic baggage. The big retail chains offer paper and material baggage.
The baggage are overtly available in retail outlets in Gandhibagh, Mahal and different spaces in the town. The actions towards retail outlets preserving banned merchandise could be very dismal in both Gandhibagh and Satranjipura zones jurisdictions.
TOI attempted to talk to a few distributors promoting flowers, fruits in banned baggage and in addition those buying those merchandise but they refused to talk. Spotting this reporter, some shopkeepers even concealed the banned product.
In the preliminary months, the NMC’s nuisance detection squad and zonal workforce of NMC’s health (sanitation) division had extensively performed raids at native retail outlets, together with wholesale dealers of plastic merchandise in Itwari, Mahal, Cotton Market and Dharampeth spaces.
Between June 23 and February 7, the NMC’s nuisance detections squad and sanitary inspectors from all 10 zones checked 22,791 retail outlets and issued challans to 614 shopkeepers for preserving the banned product. The NMC has also imposed a wonderful of Rs30,37,800 on them via seizing over nine,494kg of banned plastic merchandise most commonly elevate baggage, published data compiled via NMC’s health (sanitation) division.
The NMC’s drive turns out to have misplaced its sheen as even elevate baggage under 50 microns are easily available out there.
The state government has empowered 11 government departments like MPCB, district collectorate, police, forest division and so forth to implement the ban but handiest the NMC is beginning action because of which use of plastic continues unabated in the town.
Even NMC’s health (sanitation) division used to be now not extending make stronger to implement the ban, stated resources. Apart from 4 civic law enforcement officials, the NMC used to be supposed to spare 8 of its group of workers in each and every zone. “But now, handiest 4 civic law enforcement officials are lively in each and every zone,” admitted a senior legitimate from the NMC’s sanitation division.
According to the officer, the health (sanitation) division, assigned for the job, has many different responsibilities like sanitation, cleanliness and so forth. “It could be very tricky without the make stronger of electorate and different government agencies to implement the ban,” he stated. Despite repeated makes an attempt, MPCB officials weren't available for remark.
Vidarbha Plastic Industries Association vice-president Harish Mantri claimed that plastic manufacturers in the district had totally stopped production of banned pieces. When asked concerning the large-scale presence and use of plastic elevate baggage, he stated they should had been sourced from neighbouring states the place the ban isn't in power.
Plastic ban only on paper as bags still freely available
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February 11, 2019
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