Poor solid waste management has been a major issue in the city for a long time. Huge heaps of solid waste have accumulated at the MC’s main garbage dumpsite.
Our CorrespondentMokokchung, June 30 (EMN): In pursuance to the government’s notification on ‘ban of single-use plastics’ (SUP), the deputy commissioner of Mokokchung, Shashank Pratap Singh, has listed out prohibited single-use plastic items which has low utility and high littering potential. The DC stated that the Nagaland Governor was pleased to impose a “Ban on single-use plastic in Nagaland” to eradicate the menace of plastic and the serious environmental and ecological challenges posed by the rampant use of plastics. He informed that manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of carry bags made of virgin or recycled plastic shall not be less than 75 microns in thickness with effect from September 30, 2021, and 120 microns in thickness with effect from December 31, 2022. He added that non-woven plastic bags should not be less than 60 gram per square meter (GSM) with effect from September 30, 2022. The DC also informed that manufacture, import, stock
For the first time, the BBMP on Monday seized a truck carrying over 25 kilos of single-use plastic bags that the state government had banned in 2015. The truck driver was planning to deliver the consignment of 177 bags to SV Road, from where it would have been distributed to several shops in KR Market and nearby areas. The marshals have taken the lead to confiscate the
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