It is our first and last warning to the earrings shopkeers:District Pollution Officer Mr Bilal Ahmad
KASHMIR NEWS ZONE CORRESPONDENT
Bandipora 17 Mar (KNZ):Jammu and Kashmir State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) on Monday carried out a major anti-polythene drive in Bandipora District Seizes huge quantity of polythene
A team of SPCB officials headed by District officer Pollution Control Board Bandipora Bilal Ahmad Khan assisted by officials of Municipal Committee raided many shopkeepers in Bandipora selling their merchandise in illegal polythene bags which have been banned in the State of J&K. These raids were conducted in Nowpora, Main Market, Nebirpora areas of the Bandipora in which a large quantity of banned and illegal polythene was seized.
To mention that Government vide SRO 45 dated 3 February 2017 has banned manufacture, stocking, distribution, sale and use of polythene carry bags, plastic sheets or like, cover made of plastic sheet, plastic packaging and multi-layered packing less than 50 microns in thickness within the territorial limits of the UT of Jammu of Kashmir.
He also appealed the public to refrain from using polythene in day to day life and go for eco-friendly alternatives of polythene.KNZ
District Pollution Officer Mr Bilal Ahmad Said,”It is our first and last warning to the earrings shopkeers .
They would be dealt with seroiusly according in law of found violating law”.KNZ
