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Wedding halls in Bengaluru asked Maharashtra govt to impose

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Tissued special guidelines to wedding and banquet Tranging from Rs 500 to Rs 150 to curb the menace
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on September 7, the civic body has issued guidelines on department, which is headed by Chief Minister Devendra
adhering to the plastic ban, apart from providing certain Fadnavis, the government said that the offence of open
on-site facilities to those who are renting out the space. GHIHFDWLRQ ZRXOG LQYLWH D ÀQH RI 5V ZKLOH WKDW IRU
The order reiterates that segregation of waste is mandatory throwing garbage and spitting in public would be Rs
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levied as per categorisation of areas into classes A, B
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bodies to achieve a target of 100% segregation and
disposal of solid waste. Local bodies have now been
delegated powers to ensure individuals, societies and
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said.The State government’s orders come in the wake
of a Supreme Court order on August 31 castigating some
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Management Rules even after the passage of two years.
and that the waste shall not be mixed, stored or disposed in Of the 235 municipal urban local bodies, around 106, or
plastic bags. The owners of the hall are not permitted to use ZHUH QRW WUHDWLQJ ZDVWH SURSHUO\ ´7LPH DQG DJDLQ
any of the items covered under the plastic ban, including the board has directed these corporations to implement
plastic carry bags, polypropylene bags, plastic plates, short-term and long-term measures but they have not
plastic cups, plastic spoons, plastic straws, cling wrap, and FRPSOLHG µ VDLG 3 $QEDODJDQ PHPEHU VHFUHWDU\ 03&%
plastic sheets for spreading on the tables. On-site facilities ´3URFHVVLQJ LV SRRU DV WKHVH FRUSRUDWLRQ 03&% VDLG
such as plate banks, RO water dispensers, dishwashing
facilities, and adequate bins that are appropriately colour
coded for collection of dry waste, wet waste, and sanitary
waste must be provided. The plate banks, depending on
the size of the hall, must include adequate stock of steel,
ceramic or melamine plates, spoons, and cups. D. Randeep,
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the civic body was obligated to follow the government’s
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said, and added that the civic body would soon invest
in setting up a plate bank as well. Earlier The Bruhat
Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council, had passed municipal corporations of big cities such as Mumbai,
a resolution to cancesk the trade liecence of Shops and Nashik, Nagpur, Navi Mumbi, Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad
establishments that continue to use forms of plastic that and Solapur, where action plans had been drafted, are
have already been banned.
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