At least 300 members of various associations of plastic manufacturers who are frustrated with the action being taken by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and the BMC, conducted a meeting to discuss their woes on Saturday. While many are finding it difficult to work with the regulations imposed by the state government since the plastic ban was implemented in June, many others alleged that the authorities have been wrongfully seizing their stock used for packaging purposes.

Nikhil Rathi, Secretary of Maharashtra Plastic Manufacturers' Association, pointed out that MPCB and BMC officials have been conducting raids at the shops and factories even though the manufacturers and traders are not selling any of the banned plastic bags. "The government norms say that the plastic bags that have thickness of more than 50 micron are allowed, and we are following that. Even then, the traders and manufacturers are being harassed. We have to fight it out collectively," he said.