Authorities impose Rs two lakh penalty on Reliance Smart Point for using banned plastic products

Friday, 09 September 2022 | PNS | DEHRADUN

The authorities have imposed a penalty of Rs two lakh on Reliance Smart Point store at Kamalwaganja in Haldwani for allegedly using banned plastic products under the anti-plastic campaign of the Nainital district administration. The Haldwani municipal commissioner Pankaj Upadhyay informed that a team including the city magistrate Richa Singh, Tehsildar and the police along with municipal officials conducted a raid on the store on Wednesday evening and found about 30 quintals of banned single use plastic products in the premises including 128 sacks stuffed with single-use plastic bags. He said that despite the countrywide ban on single use plastic usage from July 1, the store management continued the usage of banned products and stored them too.  Considering this, a penalty of Rs two lakh has been imposed on the management of the store as per the rules. He said that the corporation has given seven days to the store management to deposit the penalty and ensure no banned plastic products would be used in the premises in any way. If they fail to submit the penalty within the given time frame or found to be violating the rules again, strict action will be taken by the corporation under the relevant acts, said the commissioner.