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Kohima District Task Force on total ban of single use plastic with NGOs conduct checking and confiscation exercise in Kohima town on October 4. (DIPR Photo)
Kohima, October 4 (MExN): In a decisive move towards banning of all single use plastics in the State Capital, the Kohima District Task Force on total ban of single use plastic conducted a checking and confiscation exercise covering the whole of Kohima town on October 4.
The task force comprising of members from the district administration and various other departments and NGOs conducted the checking exercise with the objective of sensitizing the general public on the total ban imposed on all single use plastic products and also to restrict all shops within the Kohima jurisdiction from selling and using plastic bags, mineral water bottles below 2 liters, Styrofoam cups and plates, plastic cups, forks and spoons and a number of other single use non-biodegradable plastic products.
The task force conducted the checking exercise with its members divided into four teams, each covering different areas and was assisted by various public organizations. The teams also distributed paper bags and even approached pedestrians and shoppers using plastic bags and made them aware of the ban imposed and handed out paper bags as replacement for their plastic bags. A large number of shops were caught still selling the banned single use plastic products. The erring shopkeepers were let off with a formal warning and no fines were levied but the banned products were all confiscated by the teams for disposal. Future defaulters would be facing more severe penalties which would involve fines and even cancellation of trade licenses.
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