While the rest of the state struggles to come to terms with the plastic ban, it was allegedly used at a tree plantation event attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday.

The event was organised by the Thane Forest Department (DP), to pledge the plantation of as many as 33.5 lakh saplings in the district. Along with Fadnavis, state forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, guardian minister Eknath Shinde, minister for home (rural) Deepak Kesarkar and minister Ravindra Chavan, were also present at the event.