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Punjab DC Orders To Strictly Enforce The Ban Chandig ar h To

On The Use Of Plastics, Traders Oppose Ban Become Plastic Free

eputy Commissioner kapurthala officials of other departments were also
DDeepti Uppal has asked the present on the occasion.
commissioners of Municipal corporations In Ludhiana civic body is has said
and EOs of Municipal councils to ensure imposing a complete ban on single-use
the 100 % enforcement regarding the plastic in the city. The authorities have
ban on use of plastics .While presiding constituted a 13-member special team
a meeting of district environment for the imposition of the ban. The team
committee , DC saidthat the door members are also in a dilemma over
to door garbage collection scheme the list of items to the banned. Jasdev
should be implementedat all houses for Sekhon, MC secretary and head of the o make the city free of single-use
clean cities . Taking the use of plastic Tplastic, the UT Administration
seriously despite the ban, the Deputy special team, informed that the team will strictly implement the Plastic
Commissioner said that challans should will conduct a meeting soon to finalize Waste Management (PWM) Rules,
be issued against the violators of the ban. the list of items to the banned under the 2016.To preserve the environment
Advocating continuous inspection of single-use plastic as per the directions and make Chandigarh plastic-free,
Sewage Treatment Plants at Phagwara, of the National Green Tribunal. We’ll the UT Administration has already
Kapurthala, Sultanpur Lodhi, Begowal, take action against the violators after banned single-use plastic. For better
the Deputy Commissioner said that that, he added. However, with no enforcement of the plastic ban,
inspection report should be submitted alternative present in the market, the the Chandigarh Pollution Control
every month so that the treated water plastic industry representatives rued Committee (CPCC) organised an
could be used for agriculture purposes. that the decision to impose a complete interactive meet of stakeholders,
To eradicate the piles of garbage in the ban on plastic items will destroy the including the CPCC, the MC and
cities, the Deputy Commissioner said industry, which is already struggling to law enforcement agencies involved
that the piles of garbage lying on the non make ends meet amid the pandemic. in enforcement and regulation of
designated places should be verified and Mukesh Marjara, general secretary of the PWM Rules. The stakeholders
put in a suitable place within a month. the Plastic Manufacturers and Traders were updated with the recent
She also said that adequate arrangements Association, said the government should amendments, present status and areas
should be made for proper management work on waste management rather than for improvement. The chief sanitary
of bio-medical waste in all 460 hospitals, destroying the industry by imposing a inspector and sanitary inspectors were
nursing centers, primary health centers complete ban. Over five lakh people briefed on ways to wriggle out of the
of the district. Additional Deputy are involved in this sector, directly or confrontation and challan procedure
Commissioner General Aditya Uppal and indirectly, he added. with non-compliant/defaulting units
for smoother implementation of
the PWM Rules. To sensitise the
Health Superintendent, the chief
sanitary inspector and the sanitary
inspectors, the notification of the UT
Administration issued on September
27, 2019, and its amendments on
complete ban of identified single-use
plastic/thermocol items were discussed
at length and queries addressed. The
authorities requested the public to
refrain from using any of the banned
single-use plastic items.

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