After mid-day's report on the failure of the plastic ban, 'What plastic ban?' (September 25), civic officials acted against over 3,500 shop owners in Thane and Navi Mumbai on Thursday. Some officials also posed as customers and took stern action against them.

A team of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) officials started checks on Thursday morning and acted against 2,500 shopkeepers in Ghansoli, Turbhe and Vashi. They also went to sweet shops and restaurants which were giving parcels in plastic bags. From the APMC market, NMMC and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board officials collectively seized 2,500 kg of plastic bags, till Friday afternoon. They also collected Rs 10,000 each as fine from shopkeepers who had violated the ban a second time.