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NGT asks TNPCB and GCC to submit report on Plastic Ban enforcement

consisting of polypropylene materials. Some of these
bags are even labelled “eco-friendly” and “TNPCB
permitted”. Taking a serious view of these facts, the
green bench directed the TNPCB to submit details of
what action has been taken against the persons who
violated the government's plastic ban order and also
details about the implementation of Extended Producers
Liability provided under the Plastic Waste Management
Rules, 2016.The Greater Chennai Corporation is also
directed to mention the status of actions initiated
against violators, the bench, comprising Justice K
Ramakrishnan and expert member Saibal Dasgupta said.
Earlier, the Madras High Court had come down heavily on
Amid complaints of indiscriminate use and disposal of the State government over the matter. Woven and non-
single-use plastics, the southern bench of National
woven plastic bags contain polypropylene materials,
Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to the Tamil which are harmful and cause severe environmental
Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) and the Greater damage. The said bags are non-biodegradable and non-
Chennai Corporation to submit detailed status report on
implementation of the plastic ban and the action taken compostable and disintegrate into micro plastics causing
micro plastic pollution. The Central Institute of Plastic
against violators. The NGT has admitted a petition filed
Engineering and Technology (CIPET), which tested some
by environmentalist Antony Clement Rubin, who alleged of ''eco-friendly” bags, confirmed the presence of
that there has been continuous production and polypropylene. The NGT has granted two-month time for
distribution of woven and non-woven plastic carry bags
authorities to submit the report.

Tamilnadu's CM invites investments, writes to industry leaders
In a bid to attract investment to Tamil Nadu, Chief
Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has personally written
to global CEOs in the logistics and petrochemical
sectors. Outlining the State's investment attractiveness.
He had earlier written similar letters to global heads in
the field of E-commerce; electronic and automobile
companies. According to reports the letters in the
logistics sector were written to Frederic W Smith,
Founder, Chairman, President and CEO of FedEx, and
David P Abney, CEO, UPS. In the petrochemical sector, he
wrote to Amin H Nasser, Chairman, Saudi Aramco; Darren
Woods, Chairman, Exxon Mobil Corporation; and Jia
Ruey Ou, and Chairman, CPC Corporation. Due to the
impact of Covid-19 on the world economy, many
overseas industries are likely to exit from certain
countries and relocate their manufacturing activities in Rs 15,128 crore. This shows that Tamil Nadu is the best
countries like India. The Chief Minister has constituted a destination for investment even in this pandemic
special Investment Promotion Task Force under the situation, it said. The letters outline the investment
Chairmanship of Chief Secretary for attracting these attractiveness and inherent advantages of Tamil Nadu
investments. The positive steps taken by the and offer excellent support for business and industry to
Government is already showing results as evidenced by further their growth and promises a customised
the fact that the State could recently sign MoUs with 17 incentive package as per their requirement.
foreign companies for investments to the tune of

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