Nagpur: The nuisance detection squad of Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Monday penalized five shopkeepers for keeping and selling plastic kites, which have been banned.
The team led by commandant V Tambe seized 225 banned plastic kites and recovered Rs5,000 fine from the shopkeepers.
The NDS team of Laxmi Nagar zone caught one shopkeeper after it found banned plastic kites on sale. Similarly, the civic cops from Satranjipura and Ashi Nagar zones raided shops under their jurisdictions and found two shops each selling banned plastic kites. Fine of Rs1,000 each have been recovered from these four shopkeepers, the action taken data procured from the NDS revealed.