1 lakh fine for stocking, making illegal plastic bags

The Times of India , Tuesday, April 07, 2015
Correspondent : Praveen Jose
GURGAON: The ministry of environment, forests and climate change has directed the state government to enforce a blanket ban on all plastic bag manufacturing units operating without a licence across all districts of the state.

The Union ministry and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ordered the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to comply with Section 5 of the Environment Protection Act, 1986, regarding closure of unauthorized plastic manufacturing industries. Following the order, the urban local bodies department (ULB) has directed all deputy commissioners to impose a fine of Rs 1 lakh on shopowners found stocking or selling plastic bags less than 40 microns in thickness.

The ULB's directives (a copy of which is with TOI) reads, "It is to be ensured that all illegal and unregistered units, units manufacturing substandard (less than 40-micron thickness) plastic carry bags be closed down immediately with the help of the local administration and police including disconnection of electricity".

Further directives include constituting of squads for vigilance and reporting illegal operation of such units. "Those found stocking/selling such carry-bags shall be penalized by with a fine of Rs 1 lakh and the material stocked or sold shall be confiscated," the order reads.

Pankaj Agarwal, urban local bodies director, told TOI that following the CPCB's order in December, the state pollution control body had asked the ULB to ensure compliance of the directives in February. "We have ordered all deputy commissioners, and heads of municipal corporations to enforce the directives and furnish a compliance report ," he said. He further said that in Gurgaon alone, there were about 25 plastic manufacturing units .

When TOI contacted deputy commissioner T L Satyaprakash, he said, "The ban on plastic manufacturing units and its sale, as sought by the pollution control board and ULB, will be complied with, and we are currently identifying such units."

 
SOURCE : http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/1-lakh-fine-for-stocking-making-illegal-plastic-bags/articleshow/46830125.cms
 


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