Over 4 quintals of plastic bags seized

Ludhiana, January 21

The MC has started a drive against the use of banned plastic and thermocol items from Thursday.

Nodal officer of the MC Ashwani Sahota said the joint teams of the MC and the police seized 4.18 quintals of banned plastic carry bags during the drive on Day 1.

He said the MC had issued 81 challans against violators.

Meanwhile, Mayor Balkar Singh Sandhu and MC Commissioner Pardeep Kumar Sabharwal conducted a meeting with stakeholders of industrial and market associations, scrap dealers and religious heads to get their support for making the Buddha Dariya and Ludhiana garbage-free.

A similar meeting was also conducted today in this regard with officials of the Punjab Mandi Board, office-bearers of vegetable and fish market associations.

Main objectives of these meetings were to make the Buddha Nullah and the city garbage-free. Thosewho attended these meetings were made aware about the compliance of the National Green Tribunal order and the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016. They were told that heavy environmental compensation will be imposed on the MC, Ludhiana, in case of failure to comply which will be recovered from violators. Besides, a discussion was conducted on the Swachh Survekshan-2021, and Garbage-free city certification. — TNS