Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) enforcement teams on Sunday conducted surprise raids on shops and seized 71 kg of polythene/plastic and collected a total fine of Rs 15,200.
With this, the BMC has seized around 250 kg of polythene/plastic since the polythene use ban order by the State Government on October 2.
A squad led by Joint Commissioner Bimalendu Ray conducted rains on the Forum Mart in Satyanagar, Bhawani Mall in Saheed Nagar and other places in the southeast zone from where 60 kg of polythene/plastic were seized and Rs 6,000 collected as fine.
Similarly, the north zone enforcement team led by Deputy Commissioners Subhransu Mishra and Pramod Kumar Prusty conducted raids on the Pal Heights, City Pharmacy, Pantaloon (Patia), Subway, Angan Heritage and Big Bazaar (Patia) and collected fine of Rs 9,200, besides seizing 6 kg polythene.
Southwest zone team led by Zonal Deputy Commissioner Lalatendu Sahoo conducted raids on Big Bazaar and V2 at Krishna Plaza near the Iskcon Temple, The World near Khandagiri and Sashtri Nagar and Priya Darshini Market near CRP Square. They seized around 5 kg of polythene.
Nine shop owners in Bapuji Nagar were fined Rs 250 each for not keeping dustbins near their shops.