5 yrs in jail for carrying plastic bags from Aug
0 Comments | DNA : Daily News & Analysis; Mumbai, Jul 27, 2010
Get yourself into good old habit of carrying a cloth bag while going to neighbourhood kirana shop or vegetable vendor. You would soon be devoid of convenience of going empty hand to the shopping and coming back loaded with so many plastic carry bags.
Just five days are left and the state would become a complete ‘plastic carry bag free zone’.
The state government has issued a notification imposing a complete ban on manufacturing, storing, selling, carrying and transportation of plastic carry bags from August 1.
Strict punishment like five years jail and Rs one lakh fine have been introduced for the violation of the new rules, the government would initially try to use corrective measures.
“We want people to understand the hazards of using plastic bags. Consumer pressure would be more effective than the law itself,” Member secretary of the Rajasthan Pollution Control Board, DN Pandey said.
However, the government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the ban is followed strictly. Knowing that it would be difficult to keep a tab on small vendors, the government has targeted manufacturers asking them to stop production.
Next in the line are mall owners and big retail chains
plastic bags manufacturer