Ban on single-use plastic from July 1, violators to face punishment

Nagpur: Come July 1, single-use plastic will be banned in the city. “Nagpur Municipal Corporation’s nuisance detection team will take action against banned plastics in the city from July 1,” said additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi on Thursday.
The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change issued a notification on August 12, 2021 to completely ban production, import, storage, distribution, sale and use of single-use plastic material from July 1, 2022.
The action will be taken accordingly, which was decided in a meeting convened by Joshi and attended by nuisance detection squad (NDS) chief Virsen Tambe, superintending engineer Manoj Talewar, and deputy municipal commissioner (SWM) Dr Gajendra Mahalle among others.
“All shops, markets, establishments, trade associations etc in the city should inform the municipal corporation if they any prohibited plastic stocks,” said Joshi. NDS team from 10 zones will carry out a crackdown on markets, shops and establishments. In this case, if any use, flow and storage of prohibited plastic material is found, punitive action will be taken.