Mangalore, August 4: Officials of Mangalore City Corporation and Karnataka State Pollution control Board raided many shops in the city on Wednesday and seized thin plastic carry bags weighing about 800 kg, according to a senior official in MCC.
The official said that about 100 shops were raided in parts of the city including Kadri, Central Market, Bunder, KS Rao Road and City Bust Stand areas. Plastic bags having less than 40 microns of thickness were seized.
He informed that five wholesale plastic traders were fined Rs 750 each. About 13 flower traders were found selling flower in banned plastic bags.
In Kadri some eateries were found packing food items in thin plastic bags. All of them were warned.
The officials learnt during the raid that some persons who came on two-wheelers sold thin plastic bags to traders. The officials are yet to identify those persons.
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