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Mumbai trashes BMC's 'successful plastic ban' claims
Updated On: 17 June, 2019 07:22 AM IST | Mumbai | Team mid-day
mid-day test drive shows Mumbai still demands and is happily provided with plastic bags banned a year ago; vendors say first shut down factories that manufacture them
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Life is plastic and fantastic for Mumbai once again. While the Maharashtra government and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) have been making tall claims regarding the effective implementation of the plastic ban, a test drive by mid-day at various markets in the city has revealed a very different picture. Close to a year since the state implemented the ban, plastic bags are still being freely handed out in the open market.
In June 2018, the state government banned single use plastic bags and also stopped the usage of any kind of plastic carry bags. The ban was announced with much fanfare and people found using plastic bags were fined anywhere between Rs 5,000 to Rs 25,000. BMC had claimed that 310 of its officials would be visiting lakhs of shops in the city to check on the plastic usage. While the blue squad initially went easy on shop owners, there were over 15,000 shops that were eventually penalised. The civic body earned over R3 crore in fines for collecting 57,128 kg of plastic.
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