DIMAPUR — A joint coordination meeting of the Kohima District Task Force and the flying squad team on the enforcement of the ban of single-use plastics (SUP) was held at the DC’s conference hall on Friday.
The meeting deliberated on the use of drinking water bottles in the government offices and following the notification from the government, it was decided to enforce the already existing ban on drinking water bottles below 20 litres in government offices in Kohima district as well as government programmes and meetings, a DIPR report stated.
The meeting also decided to enforce the revised penalty of INR 5000 for the first offence, INR 10000 for the second offence and INR 20000 for the third offence.
KMC was also advised to intensify the checking in the jurisdiction of Kohima to ban the use of SUP, and to encourage the use of paper carry bags.
The sub-divisions were also requested to initiate awareness programmes for sensitising the masses and set up action plans to discourage the use of SUP. The meeting also decided to intensify the checking the wholesale marketers and the printing press printing flex banners.
