In order to strictly implement the plastic ban, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will now focus on gatherings. It will send a notice to all halls, auditoriums, and even caterers and instruct them not to use banned plastic products. Next month the BMC plans to start raids on gatherings for the same.

The state government passed an order to ban single-use plastic and thermocol products in 2018. After the pandemic, the BMC started implementing the ban on July 1. “Till date, BMC personnel have visited 16,198 shops and dealers and seized 597.75 kg banned articles of plastic and thermocol. Currently, BMC is focused on shops and dealers. We are not taking action against common people. We are only appealing to them to stop using plastic and thermocol products,” said a BMC official.