The Special Squad of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seized a huge cache of the banned single-use plastics worth Rs 50 lakh from the house of a person at Saheed Nagar here on Thursday.
Acting on a tipoff about the plastic items that included glasses, cups, plates, and spoons being stored in a godown in the premises of the house, the squad raided the spot and informed the officials of the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) after the seizure of the goods.
The plastic items were reportedly being bought from Kolkata and Gujarat, and supplied to various eateries in the city. Notably, the State Government has since October 2 this year banned single-use plastics in all urban areas of the State.