200kg of plastic bags seized in Peshawar
The district administration confiscate some 200 kilogrammes of polythene bags
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PESHAWAR:
The district administration on Friday confiscated some 200 kilogrammes of polythene bags during a crackdown in Peshawar.
Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Asghar had directed Town-I Assistant Commissioner Asif Iqbal to take action against the polythene bags in the area, levelling penalties against violators.
Asghar said that a ban has been imposed on plastic bags in the province on the directives of K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and that polythene bag manufacturers, importers, warehouses and stores have been issued repeated warnings about dealing in the contraband.
“We have imposed Section-144 against polythene bags in the provincial capital, while we have also conducted awareness campaigns in the city, but a few violators fail to listen. That is why we are taking action,” Iqbal explained in a statement on Friday. He added that they have zero tolerance for such violators.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2019.
The district administration on Friday confiscated some 200 kilogrammes of polythene bags during a crackdown in Peshawar.
Peshawar Deputy Commissioner Muhammad Asghar had directed Town-I Assistant Commissioner Asif Iqbal to take action against the polythene bags in the area, levelling penalties against violators.
Asghar said that a ban has been imposed on plastic bags in the province on the directives of K-P Chief Minister Mahmood Khan and that polythene bag manufacturers, importers, warehouses and stores have been issued repeated warnings about dealing in the contraband.
“We have imposed Section-144 against polythene bags in the provincial capital, while we have also conducted awareness campaigns in the city, but a few violators fail to listen. That is why we are taking action,” Iqbal explained in a statement on Friday. He added that they have zero tolerance for such violators.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 24th, 2019.