JAMMU, JULY 11: A team of State
Pollution Control Board today conducted surprise inspection in various shopping
malls across the city and seized banned polythene material being used by the
traders.
As per a
spokesperson of the Board, J&K SPCB special Task Force headed by Regional
Director SPCB Jammu, Er. J. N. Sharma confiscated the banned polythene
packaging material and allied products having thickness less than 50 microns as
per SRO-45 of 2017.
The PCB team
raided various establishments and fined the defaulters
as per the SRO issued by the government under the J&K State
Non-Biodegradable Material (Management, Handling and Disposal) Act, 2007.
The Regional Director Jammu urged the traders, manufacturers, stockists
and persons using such banned material to cooperate with the authorities in
eradication of banned material to protect the fragile environment of state. The
main establishment raided included Vishal Mega Mart at Railhead Complex
Jammu. The compound penalty for using the banned packaging material was
imposed on the spot against the offenders.
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