The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has formed Flying Squads in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to crackdown on the single-use plastics which have been banned. Chairman of MPCB Siddhesh Ramdas Kadam has sought for stricter enforcement to stop the use of single-use plastics during a meeting of regional officers of MPCB in the MMR region.

“In this context, the MPCB has set up teams / squads for Mumbai, Mumbai suburbs, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi-Nizampur, Navi Mumbai and Panvel municipalities and Badlapur Municipal Council. Initially action will be taken through these squads against the establishments that store and distribute single-use plastics, as well as establishments that distribute single-use plastic under the guise of compostable plastic.” stated a press release by MPCB.