Day 2 of drive: 1,100kg plastic carry-bags seized

JAWAHAR NAGAR CAMP
Ludhiana: While continuing its drive against banned plastic carry-bags, the municipal corporation seized around 1,100kg of these from shops in Jawahar Nagar Camp on Tuesday. On the second day of the drive, too, the officials imposed Rs 1 lakh as fine on the violators.
After reaching Jawahar Nagar Camp, the teams started checking shops, most of which were grocery stores. Around 8 quintals of plastic carry-bags were seized from a shop. A challan of Rs 20,000, which is the maximum, was issued to the shopkeeper. The news of teams raiding the shops created panic in the area.
The officials said there would be a crackdown on factories manufacturing plastic carry-bags, too.
MC secretary Jasdev Sekhon said, “The challaning drive will continue for long. We will now devise new strategies as shopkeepers are aware of the ongoing drive. We plan to involve the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials, too, so that they could reach out to the manufacturers. This will help ensure complete check on plastic carry-bags.”