Khargone (Madhya Pradesh): CMO Ms Priyanka Patel inspected various commercial establishments of the city on Saturday with regard to the nationwide ban on single-use plastic that has come into force. Around 1500 kg of plastic was confiscated during the inspection by the staff accompanying the CMO. Civic Health Officer Shri Prakash Chitte stated about 15 shops and godowns were inspected and non-standard plastic material was confiscated.
The value of the confiscated non-standard material is around 5 lakhs. The plastic material was seized from Anand Supari, Fakhri Stores, Dulichand's shop, Suresh Chandra Mahajan, Ankit Mahajan, Burhan Uddin, Dwarka Das, Sunil Kumar, Vinod Jain, Shri Niwas Marwari, Anil Dudh stores.
Earlier, Collector Kumar Purushottam had directed all the municipal chief executive officers of the district to strictly implement the plastic ban. Previously the civic body had notified the ban on single-use plastic.
