The Bombay High Court has asked Central Railway to file a reply to a PIL seeking a direction to re-impose the ban on plastic bags of food items at platforms on suburban network and in local and long-distance trains.

A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka also asked the Railway authorities to provide sufficient number of dustbins on platforms and posted the PIL for further hearing in June after the vacations. The lawyer appearing for Central Railway informed the Court last week that they had invited tenders to award the cleanliness work to a contractor to dispose plastic bags found on tracks, platforms and trains.