Five sacks of illegal polythene carry bags recovered from utility vehicle in Yamunanagar

A joint team of the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar-Jagadhri (MCYJ), and the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB), recovered five sacks of illegal polythene carry bags from a utility vehicle in Yamunanagar.

The joint team issued a challan of Rs 25,000 to the shopkeeper from whom this polythene was loaded in the utility vehicle.

The polythene was being transported to the Renuka Ji area of Himachal Pradesh by hiding these under grocery items. CSI Anil Nain said he received information that banned polythene carry bags along with grocery items were being supplied to Himachal Pradesh from a shop situated on Railway Road in Yamunanagar.

He said on the instructions of Commissioner of the MCYJ Mahaveer Prasad, a joint team led by him and the SDO of HSPCB, Gaurav, was formed to catch the utility vehicle.

“We started an investigation outside the office of the Municipal Corporation, Yamunanagar, to impound the utility vehicle. After some time, we saw a utility vehicle coming from the railway station side. The vehicle was stopped there for checking. The driver of the vehicle was caught and five sacks of banned polythene were recovered from the vehicle. The sacks of banned polythene were hidden under the grocery items in the vehicle,” said Nain.

He said each sack was filled with 25 to 30 kg of polythene carry bags, which were seized. He further said that during interrogation, the driver told them that the material was loaded in the vehicle from the shop of a wholesaler situated on Railway Road in Yamunanagar. He said he was taking the banned polythene carry bags to Renukaji in Himachal Pradesh.

“The caught polythene was confiscated. The shopkeeper was fined Rs 25,000 in connection with the recovery,” said Anil Nain. He said strict action would be taken against those selling banned polythene carry bags. He added that after using the polythene, people threw it in drains and sewerage, blocking these.

MCYJ Commissioner Mahaveer Prasad said the Haryana Shahri Swachhata Abhiyan was being run to make all cities of the state clean and beautiful.

He said under the drive, the MCYJ was making a number of efforts to make the twin cities, Yamunanaga and Jagadhri, beautiful, clean and neat.